Where do I place Googleservices.json in Flutter app in order to solve 'google-services.json is missing'

Question

I get this error when i try building the default flutter app after integrating it with Firebase

I have placed the googleservices.json in the right place. Now it says it is searching for it in locations that are not there. like

src\debug\nullnull\google- services.json     

this folder does not even exist, i have looked and it is not present.

Launching lib\main.dart on Phone in debug mode... Configuration 'compile' in project ':app' is deprecated. Use  'implementation' instead.  registerResGeneratingTask is deprecated, use   registerGeneratedFolders(FileCollection)  registerResGeneratingTask is deprecated, use   registerGeneratedFolders(FileCollection)  registerResGeneratingTask is deprecated, use registerGeneratedFolders(FileCollection)  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.  * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugGoogleServices'. > File google-services.json is missing. The Google Services Plugin cannot  function without it.  Searched Location:  C:\Users\rober\Documents\VS\APPNAME\android\app\src\nullnull\debug\google-  services.json C:\Users\rober\Documents\VS\APPNAME\android\app\src\debug\nullnull\google-  services.json C:\Users\rober\Documents\VS\APPNAME\android\app\src\nullnull\google-  services.json C:\Users\rober\Documents\VS\APPNAME\android\app\src\debug\google-  services.json C:\Users\rober\Documents\VS\APPNAME\android\app\src\nullnullDebug\google-  services.json C:\Users\rober\Documents\VS\APPNAME\android\app\google-services.json  * Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --  debug option to get more log output.  * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org  BUILD FAILED in 8s Gradle build failed: 1 Exited (sigterm) 

Answer 1

You need to place it under android/app:

Also it should be named google-services.json without the space after the dash. To rename it right click on it then click Refactor>Rename.