My understanding is that the node module will rely on specific versions of the native Firebase libraries. Android handles this well with Gradle and version specification, but the iOS docs @ https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v4.2.x/installation/ios currently say to simply add and , etc.

Over time, for projects that are not able to update their node modules quickly enough to keep up with breaking changes, (e.g.) will no longer work with old versions of the node module.

Instead, I believe the docs OR somehow the node module should specify the precise version of each Cocoapod needed (in the same way as is done on Android), e.g. .

Not having this is making troubleshooting an import issue very cloud for us since we cannot safely run on our project.