For better CI/CD I am trying to load the firebase configuration from an external source before bootstrapping the app.module.ts. I tried many solutions which were suggested by others, e.g.: the solution suggested by @efraespada in #1095 or this guide by sakshi subedi but I couldn't get them to work on my end.

Also the APP_INITIALIZER does not work, as the providers don't block the execution of the imports.

Being able to use useFactory as suggested in #2451 might solve this issue by allowing something like this:

 {
 provide: FIREBASE_OPTIONS,
 useFactory: loadFirebaseConfigFromExternalSource,
}

But with the initialisation of angularfire since V7 an approach like this would be even better:

@NgModule({
 declarations: [
 AppComponent
 ],
 imports: [
 ...
 provideFirebaseApp( async () => {
 const fb_config = await loadFirebaseConfigFromExternalSource();
 return initializeApp(fb_config);
 }),
 provideFirestore(() => getFirestore()),
 ...
 ],
...

So is there a way to load the firebase config via a http get before initialising the app? If not, would it be possible to include such a feature by also handling () => Promise<FirebaseApp> instead of only () => FirebaseApp in provideFirebaseApp?

Thanks in advance