Flutter -- No Firebase App '[DEFAULT]' has been created - call Firebase.initializeApp()

Question

I'm learning Flutter by following the relatively recent tutorial (made in February - LINK) and while I wrote the same code as author I'm getting the following exception:

======== Exception caught by widgets library =======================================================
The following FirebaseException was thrown building FutureBuilder<FirebaseApp>(dirty, state: _FutureBuilderState<FirebaseApp>#881ee):
[core/no-app] No Firebase App '[DEFAULT]' has been created - call Firebase.initializeApp()
The relevant error-causing widget was: 
 FutureBuilder<FirebaseApp> FutureBuilder:file:///C:/Users/Mrky/Desktop/Sve/Faks/10_semestar/mynotes/lib/main.dart:30:13
When the exception was thrown, this was the stack: 
#0 MethodChannelFirebase.app (package:firebase_core_platform_interface/src/method_channel/method_channel_firebase.dart:173:5)
#1 Firebase.app (package:firebase_core/src/firebase.dart:53:41)
#2 FirebaseAuth.instance (package:firebase_auth/src/firebase_auth.dart:38:47)
#3 HomePage.build.<anonymous closure> (package:mynotes/main.dart:37:34)
#4 _FutureBuilderState.build (package:flutter/src/widgets/async.dart:615:55)
#5 StatefulElement.build (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:4919:27)
#6 ComponentElement.performRebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:4806:15)
#7 StatefulElement.performRebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:4977:11)
#8 Element.rebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:4529:5)
#9 BuildOwner.buildScope (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2659:19)
#10 WidgetsBinding.drawFrame (package:flutter/src/widgets/binding.dart:891:21)
#11 RendererBinding._handlePersistentFrameCallback (package:flutter/src/rendering/binding.dart:370:5)
#12 SchedulerBinding._invokeFrameCallback (package:flutter/src/scheduler/binding.dart:1146:15)
#13 SchedulerBinding.handleDrawFrame (package:flutter/src/scheduler/binding.dart:1083:9)
#14 SchedulerBinding._handleDrawFrame (package:flutter/src/scheduler/binding.dart:997:5)
#18 _invoke (dart:ui/hooks.dart:151:10)
#19 PlatformDispatcher._drawFrame (dart:ui/platform_dispatcher.dart:308:5)
#20 _drawFrame (dart:ui/hooks.dart:115:31)
(elided 3 frames from dart:async)
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The code that I have currently written is:

import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';
import 'package:mynotes/firebase_options.dart';
import 'package:mynotes/views/login_view.dart';
void main() {
 WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
 runApp(
 MaterialApp(
 title: 'Flutter Demo',
 theme: ThemeData(
 primarySwatch: Colors.green,
 ),
 home: const HomePage(),
 ),
 );
}
class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {
 const HomePage({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
 @override
 Widget build(BuildContext context) {
 return Scaffold(
 appBar: AppBar(
 title: const Text('Home'),
 ),
 body: FutureBuilder(
 future: Firebase.initializeApp(
 options: DefaultFirebaseOptions.currentPlatform,
 ),
 builder: (context, snapshot) {
 switch (snapshot.connectionState) {
 case ConnectionState.done:
 print(FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser);
 return const Text('Done');
 default:
 return const Text('Loading...');
 }
 },
 ),
 );
 }
}

As it is visible I have Firebase.initializeApp inside future of FutureBuilder. Also If I comment out the line print(FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser); the app will show text Done without any problem.

• Matthew Trent: Wrote this answer out a while ago, seems like your exact problem: stackoverflow.com/questions/67368311/… (read the question too). Let me know if it helps!
• Matthew Trent: This also may help: stackoverflow.com/questions/63492211/…
• LukaMrko: Just for the sake of it I tried to run it on web-browser and on web browser it works normally. Then I tried the second link and just deleted and ran flutter pub add firebase_core and now it works on my emulator. Thanks
• Matthew Trent: added it as an answer! Could you accept it to help people who have the same problem in the future?

Answer 1

Run flutter clean, then add the dart pub package firebase_core with the command flutter pub add firebase_core. Finally, run flutter pub get to resolve all the dependencies.

Answer 2

Make your void function async and add the following lines inside your void main.

void main() async {
 WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
 await Firebase.initializeApp();
 runApp(const MyApp());
}