How to avoid hardcoding REVERSED_CLIENT_ID into iOS Info.plist for dev/prod Google sign in?

Question

I am develop Flutter mobile app with Firebase.

I need separate Firebase environment for development and production.

I am follow this guide for setup.

Issue is when I implement google authentication for iOS because in Runner must copy REVERSED_CLIENT_ID from GoogleServices-Info.plist into Info.plist file.

I cannot just hardcode this REVERSED_CLIENT_ID into Info.plist because it is different for my development and production environments.

Is there way to specify variable in Info.plist to get correct REVERSED_CLIENT_ID for different environments?

I am use this script to copy correct GoogleServices-Info.plist:

if [ "${CONFIGURATION}" == "Debug-prod" ] || [ "${CONFIGURATION}" == "Release-prod" ] || [ "${CONFIGURATION}" == "Release" ]; then
cp -r "${PROJECT_DIR}/Runner/Firebase/Prod/GoogleService-Info.plist" "${PROJECT_DIR}/Runner/GoogleService-Info.plist"

echo "Production plist copied"

elif [ "${CONFIGURATION}" == "Debug-dev" ] || [ "${CONFIGURATION}" == "Release-dev" ] || [ "${CONFIGURATION}" == "Debug" ]; then

cp -r "${PROJECT_DIR}/Runner/Firebase/Dev/GoogleService-Info.plist" "${PROJECT_DIR}/Runner/GoogleService-Info.plist"

echo "Development plist copied"
fi

I look for answer everywhere but cannot find! I am completely block because of this.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I was able to solve this be creating a User-Defined variable that is environment specific and pull that variable into Info.plist

I setup my application to connect to two firebase projects (dev and prod) using instructions in this article: https://medium.com/@animeshjain/build-flavors-in-flutter-android-and-ios-with-different-firebase-projects-per-flavor-27c5c5dac10b

The thousand-foot summary is that you end up with a GoogleServices-Info.plist file for each dev and prod that is copied into the correct location at build time.

To set two REVERSE_CLIENT_IDS:

1. Create a User-defined variable by adding it to ios/Flutter/Debug.xcconfig and ios/Flutter/Release.xcconfig. I called mine: GOOGLE_SERVICE_REVERSE_CLIENT_ID = {REVERSE_CLIENT_ID found in GoogleService-Info.plist file}
2. Replace the hard-coded REVERSE_CLIENT_ID set in Info.plist with $(GOOGLE_SERVICE_REVERSE_CLIENT_ID)

3. Open your project in XCode and go to the User-defined section and set the actual environment specific REVERSE_CLIENT_ID for each build type. Targets > Runner > Build Settings > Search "user" > User-Defined > GOOGLE_SERVICES_REVERSE_CLIENT_ID >

   Debug-dev = com.googleusercontent.apps.{dev client-id}
   Debug-prod = com.googleusercontent.apps.{prod client-id}
   Profile-dev = com.googleusercontent.apps.{dev client-id}
   Profile-prod = com.googleusercontent.apps.{prod client-id}
   Release-dev = com.googleusercontent.apps.{dev client-id}
   Release-prod = com.googleusercontent.apps.{prod client-id}