Bug and solution: angularfire2 auth not working with angular universal

[hiepxanh]

Thanks for @katowulf advice.

Think you found a bug?

Yes, I found a bug in angular auth when running on nodejs with angular universal universal starter repo

Version info

• @angular/ 4.2.4
• firebase: 4.5.0
• angularfire2: 5.0.rc-2

Steps to set up and reproduce

1. clone universal starter repo
2. add firebase module to app module
3. add auth in app.component.ts
   
4. run npm run build:dynamic && npm run serve:dynamic
5. get error

I make an sample repository here to view my code

ERROR

Failing test unit, Plunkr, or JSFiddle demonstrating the problem

Expected behavior

In my opinion, angularfire2 already have XMLHttpRequest library, but maybe some problem when bootstrap. Maybe you can fix this bug and I don't have to add XMLHttpRequest manually

Actual behavior

get error with XMLHttpRequest.
Solution: I add this on top, error gone.

// server.ts file
(global as any).XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;
// your code next...

[patrickmichalina]

Firebase doesn't official support universal yet :(

I have worked Auth and the RTDB into my starter with some dependency injection monkey patching if you want to try it out before official universal support is here:

https://github.com/patrickmichalina/fusebox-angular-universal-starter

[hiepxanh]

thank you for that

[davideast]

Closing to keep issues consolidated.