How to check if a Firebase App is already initialized on Android

Question

With the following, the first time it's called it works, but then fails on subsequent calls with "FirebaseApp name [DEFAULT] already exists!"

public FirebaseDatabase conn(Context c) {
         FirebaseOptions options = new FirebaseOptions.Builder()
                .setApiKey("key")
                .setDatabaseUrl("url")
                .setApplicationId("ID")
                .build();


        /////I tried Try and Catch with no success//////
        FirebaseApp app = FirebaseApp.initializeApp(c, options);

        /// for this : FirebaseApp app = FirebaseApp.initializeApp(c, options, "some_app");
        //// will fail with "FirebaseApp name some_app already exists!"
        return FirebaseDatabase.getInstance(app);
}

All of the above is an attempt to connect to a second Firebase App.

score 214 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 12 '20 at 15:49

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On firebase web, you check if already initialized with:

if (firebase.apps.length === 0) {
    firebase.initializeApp({});
}

edited Feb 12 '20 at 15:49

Franck Jeannin

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answered Dec 06 '16 at 21:18

Daniel Laurindo

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Cool but in android this impossible – Vlad Jan 19 '18 at 13:08
I had been using the `App` returned from `initializeApp()` but with the above approach this is no longer possible, so I'm using now `firebase.app('[DEFAULT]')`, but I'm not sure if that's recommended. – eoinmullan Jul 09 '20 at 21:21
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@eoinmullan this worked for me https://githubmemory.com/repo/firebase/firebase-js-sdk/issues/5037 – Pumuckelo Aug 03 '21 at 06:33
and in case if you want to get instance in else you can get by `firebase.app();` – cjmling Sep 27 '21 at 07:39
Can you update it to web 9? – Ayush Kumar Nov 16 '21 at 17:47

score 37 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '21 at 00:04

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In v9, Firebase has been modularized for better tree shaking. So we can no longer import entire app and check the apps property AFAIK. The below approach can be used instead.

import { initializeApp, getApps, getApp } from "firebase/app";
getApps().length === 0 ? initializeApp(firebaseConfig) : getApp();

https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/v9/app.md#getapps for documentation

answered Apr 18 '21 at 00:04

Nitin

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I tried this but I get this error - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72028182/how-to-initialize-firebase-in-firebase-version-9-firebase-v9/72029160#72029160 – user3399180 Apr 28 '22 at 05:00

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 05 '18 at 11:37

For those wondering how to do the same as the accepted answer, in Android:

if (FirebaseApp.getApps(context).isEmpty()) {
    FirebaseApp.initializeApp(context);
}

and in an instrumented test environment, use this context:

InstrumentationRegistry.getContext()

score 14 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 03 '21 at 00:26

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Firebase Version 9

import { initializeApp, getApp } from "firebase/app";

const createFirebaseApp = (config = {}) => {
  try {
    return getApp();
  } catch () {
    return initializeApp(config);
  }
};

const firebaseApp = createFirebaseApp({/* your config */})

answered Jul 03 '21 at 00:26

Max Ma

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Thank you. One of the few explanations that make sense for being able to export the firebaseApp variable. – Levi Wilkerson Feb 22 '22 at 14:00

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 20 '17 at 17:20

You can try to get the Firebase app instance, in it's code firebase checks if it's initialized, if not it throws an IllegalStateException.

    try{
        FirebaseApp.getInstance();
    }
    catch (IllegalStateException e)
    {
        //Firebase not initialized automatically, do it manually
        FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this);
    }

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 12 '16 at 22:26

I think what you want to do is check the list of running apps before initializing your app. Each of the SDKs have a method for getting this array, in android it's getApps:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/FirebaseApp.html

Then you can check to see if your app is already initialized.

In my case I just ended up checking the length of the array (I'm using the javascript / web sdk so I'm sure it's a little different for Android) and initializing a new app if it is 0.

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 19 '17 at 05:02

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I faced the similar issue. I solved the following problem by deleting the already initialized app.

    // Access your firebase app
    let app = firebase.app();
    // Delete your app.
    app.delete(app);

Solution works for web.

answered Dec 19 '17 at 05:02

Manoj Pathak

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doesn't work anymore - https://github.com/zeit/next.js/issues/1999#issuecomment-302244429 – Anand Rockzz Jul 01 '19 at 01:42

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered May 16 '21 at 20:28

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In firebase admin SDK for java, initialize the app if and only if there is no app.

if (FirebaseApp.getApps().isEmpty()) {
    FirebaseApp.initializeApp();
}

answered May 16 '21 at 20:28

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 02 '20 at 06:32

Not sure in android, but how about using a singleton method. In JS you can do this. Hope this helps someone

// Config file
import * as firebase from "firebase";

const config = {...};

export default !firebase.apps.length ? firebase.initializeApp(config) : firebase.app();

// Other file
import firebase from '../firebase';

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 05 '20 at 12:05

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import * as firebase from "firebase/app";
firebase.apps.map(e => e.name); // Give you an array of initialized apps

answered Nov 05 '20 at 12:05

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 27 '21 at 05:14

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For those who are using dotNet FirebaseAdmin SDK

if (FirebaseApp.GetInstance("[DEFAULT]") == null)
{
    var createdApp = FirebaseApp.Create(new AppOptions()
    {
        Credential = GoogleCredential.FromFile("private-key.json")
    });
}

answered Jul 27 '21 at 05:14

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Oct 11 '17 at 08:13

I faced the similar issue, I resolved it as following:

Create a var for the application and initialize it with null
Take reference of the application while initialization
Check before initializing it again

//global variable
var firebaseResumeDownloadAdd = null;

//inside function check before initializing
if(firebaseResumeDownloadAdd==null){
   firebaseResumeDownloadAdd =
   firebase.initializeApp(functions.config().firebase);
}

score 0 · Answer 13 · edited Mar 28 '21 at 09:44

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in Android, depending on Daniel Laurindo's answer:

if (FirebaseApp.getApps(context).size != 0) {

}

edited Mar 28 '21 at 09:44

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answered Mar 28 '21 at 09:39

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 14 '21 at 13:47

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A cleaner solution for ES6+ is


if (!firebase.apps.length) {
 ...
}

answered Jun 14 '21 at 13:47

mr3mo

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 06 '21 at 08:59

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Simple use Java 8 Stream and Optional featured.

Code below as

FirebaseApp.getApps()
.stream()
.filter(firebaseApp -> 
    firebaseApp.getName().equals("APP_NAME"))
   .findFirst()
   .orElseGet(() -> FirebaseApp.initializeApp(firebaseOptions, "APP_NAME"));

answered Jul 06 '21 at 08:59

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Apr 07 '22 at 08:31

Th Use Platform check to initialize according to environment

On firebase web, you check if already initialized with

use the below snippet while launching MYAPP()

import 'dart:io';

void main() async {

WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();

if (Platform.isAndroid || Platform.isIOS) {

await Firebase.initializeApp();

} else {

if (Firebase.apps.isEmpty) {

  await Firebase.initializeApp(

      // connect for web to firebase
      options:firebaseOptions

}

} runApp(const MyApp());

}

score -1 · Answer 17 · answered Mar 14 '20 at 01:07

If you are using Nativescript to build an hybrid mobile app for Android | iOS you can use this script:

import * as firebase from 'nativescript-plugin-firebase';

_initFirebase(): Promise<any> {
    if (!(firebase as any).initialized) {
      return firebase.init({}).then(
        () => {
          console.info('firebase started...');
        },
        (error) => console.error(error)
      );
    }
  }

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