Install Firebase with Carthage

Here you can find an (almost official) guide in how to add Firebase with Carthage.

For information about setting up a Firebase project in the Firebase Console, please refer to this guide.

Adding Firebase

Carthage Integration

1. add firebase binary frameworks to the Cartfile

#Firebase
binary "https://dl.google.com/dl/firebase/ios/carthage/FirebaseAnalyticsBinary.json"
binary "https://dl.google.com/dl/firebase/ios/carthage/FirebaseMessagingBinary.json"

2. Build dependencies: carthage update

Xcode

Once built, add

• FIRAnalyticsConnector.framework
• FirebaseAnalytics.framework
• FirebaseCore.framework
• FirebaseCoreDiagnostics.framework
• FirebaseInstanceID.framework
• GoogleAppMeasurement.framework
• GoogleUtilities.framework
• nanopb.framework

to your project

Depending on which features you need to integrate, you'll need various additional frameworks. The easiest way to figure out which frameworks to add is to download the [Firebase SDK](framework SDK zip) and study the README.md file and the folder structure.

To integrate Messaging for instance, you find the contents of the Messaging folder and see that you would need to add:

• FirebaseMessaging.framework
• Protobuf.framework

to your project...so you do that from the Carthage/Build/iOS folder.

Almost there :)

• Add -ObjC to "Other Linker Flags"
• Build and pray

If you start seeing weird linker errors about GoogleAnalytics something something, you may need to add CoreData as a dependency to your project.

Points to be aware of

• Remember to set the -Obj flag in Other Linker Flags
• Add the following dependencies, besides from the Firebase frameworks:

  libc++.tbd
  libsqlite3.tbd
  Security.framework
  iAd.framework
  StoreKit.framework

• Remember NOT to add the Firebase.framework in list of frameworks
• Be aware that this way of implementing Firebase, won't necessarily guarantee you the newest versions - you need to keep your binary .json files updated, to get the newest version when running carthage update, and then hope that Google keeps these files up to date as well.

If in doubt of implementation, have a look at the demoproject :-)