Hi there,
I’m setting up Firebase for Android using the the Firebase extension, but I don’t fully understand the instruction for setting up Firebase on Android.
I already downloaded the json file, but I don’t understand how exactly I can convert it into the XML resource. I’m using a Mac, do I have to run that in the terminal? I’m totally lost here.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks a lot!
These are the instructions:
- Run
generate_xml_from_google_services_json.py
or generate_xml_from_google_services_json.exe
(both from Firebase C++ SDK) to convert the previously downloaded google-services.json
to an Android resource XML:
$ ./generate_xml_from_google_services_json.py -i google-services.json -o google-services.xml
Correct, the “$” (or sometimes “>” or similar) is a sign that it’s most likely something that is intended to be run in a command line prompt. (e.g Terminal
in OSX)
In this case it’s a python file, and it should be possible to run as is.
Download the python file (e.g. to /Downloads).
Open a Terminal
window, and type the command and press enter. (Change the paths accordingly)
$ ~/Downloads/generate_xml_from_google_services_json.py -i path/to/google-services.json -o path/to/google-services.xml
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Thanks a lot Mathias!
I’m learning a little by little about the terminal.
For those who prefer to avoid the terminal I also found this recourse which converts the json into the xml you need.
Convert google-services.json to values XML
Cheers!
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