How to fix fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution undefined

Question

I'm trying to setup CI-CD for firebase app distribution on my local system.

fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution plugin can't be found.

Error loading plugin 'fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution': cannot load such file -- fastlane/plugin/firebase_app_distribution
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------+
|                               Used plugins                               |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------+
| Plugin                                    | Version   | Action           |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------+
| fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution | undefined | No actions found |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------+

What should I do?

Did you install this Plugin with `fastlane add_plugin fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution`? Or try to execute: `sudo fastlane install_plugins`. Seems like others have the same issue: https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution/issues/15 — balazs630, Mar 22 '20 at 21:34
Yes. `sudo fastlane install_plugins` worked for installing. But, when I run `bundle exec fastlane testFlightRelease` it throws same error. — sagarkothari, Mar 23 '20 at 00:01
If you use bundle, use it consistently for every Fastlane related call: `bundle exec fastlane install_plugins` — balazs630, Mar 23 '20 at 11:24
@SagarKothari I am facing a pretty similar issue. did you find out the solutions? mine problem happens only on CI (github actions) — Andriy Antonov, Sep 06 '22 at 09:32

score 24 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '20 at 13:45

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Looks like some kind of file permission issue under Catalina, so chmod might help. But you can also install fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution in gem's USER INSTALLATION DIRECTORY (gem env will tell you where it is).

Uninstall the gem from the default dir:

sudo gem uninstall fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution

Install in user dir:

gem install fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution --user-install

answered May 20 '20 at 13:45

komorian

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this is the correct answer and work with me and also found it in fastlane issues https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution/issues/15 – Abdelrahman Mohamed Jun 15 '20 at 19:01

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '20 at 06:55

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Thank you @Balaz.

Try this. I think this will solve the issue.

sudo chmod -R a+r /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution-0.1.4

I had the same issue.

answered May 17 '20 at 06:55

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This problem seems to be on macOS Catalina – Adolf Dsilva May 24 '20 at 14:15

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '20 at 08:39

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For me simply updating the Fastlane and then updating the plugins worked

bundle update fastlane
fastlane update_plugins

answered Sep 08 '20 at 08:39

Sonu Sourav

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Works every time! :D My tip to Stackoverflow newbies, upvote the answers that help you. Because there will come a time when you will experience the same problem and you'd know what answer did help you when you first encountered such problem. – Glenn Posadas Jan 04 '22 at 15:01

Vasily Bodnarchuk · Answer 4 · 2020-09-22T22:46:24.003

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Install plugin again. Command:

fastlane add_plugin firebase_app_distribution

more info: https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-distribution/ios/distribute-fastlane

If instillation does not help try to run
```
bundle install
```
And the run your lane.

edited Sep 22 '20 at 22:46

answered Aug 30 '20 at 16:05

Vasily Bodnarchuk

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I started experiencing this issue after updating fastlane. Reinstalling the plugin seemed to work for me. – Nick Young Jun 06 '21 at 19:38
This step worked for me but required moving the Gemfile.lock file first. – John Dunne Aug 23 '23 at 13:00

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 04 '21 at 00:17

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Probably, Fastlane is not up to date. Might need to check fastlane version and update it

bundle update fastlane

answered Mar 04 '21 at 00:17

Wirat Leenavonganan

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 31 '22 at 14:12

Flutter and Github Actions for Android:

If you are setting up Github Actions for a Flutter project for android and run into this error in one of your steps, see the work flow below:

  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
      LANG: en_US.UTF-8
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Set up ruby
        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1

      - name: Setup Fastlane
        working-directory: ./android  # <-- Make sure you have this
        run: bundle install

      - name: Run Fastlane
        working-directory: ./android. # <-- Make sure you have this
        run: bundle exec fastlane android [lane name].

Make sure to setup the ruby/setup-ruby@v1 action correctly depending on your project. see the doc: https://github.com/ruby/setup-ruby

In my case I have not specified the ruby version because I am using the .ruby-version file in my project.

How to fix fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution undefined

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