Getting blank page when React App is deployed and hosted by firebase

I am getting a blank page when I go to my website domain after deploying it through firebase – I know what I did wrong which was I said (yes) to the option of overwriting my index/html file when running firebase init.

I have tried to solve it through various methods, I have replaced the index.html file in the build folder that firebase produced with my original and added in the required base and script tags so now at least the blank page loading and the React App name and sign in tab shows that it is loading it up. However the contents aren’t displaying.

I have tried changing my firebase.json to [“hosting”: {“public”: “dist”,] as it was originally [“hosting”: {“public”: “build”,] however this has not worked as I get this error on the cmd: Error: Specified public directory ‘dist’ does not exist, can’t deploy hosting to site…

Relevant code is below if you need any more snippet please comment so.

Build/index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <link rel="icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/animate.css/4.1.1/animate.min.css" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
  <meta name="theme-color" content="#000000" />
  <base href="https://contact-form-fba60.firebaseapp.com/">
  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://contact-form-fba60.firebaseapp.com/runtime.a66f828dca56eeb90e02.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://contact-form-fba60.firebaseapp.com/main.2eb2046276073df361f7.js" ></script>
  <meta name="description" content="Web site created using create-react-app" />
  <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/logo192.png" />
  <!--
      manifest.json provides metadata used when your web app is installed on a
      user's mobile device or desktop. See https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/web-app-manifest/
    -->
  <link rel="manifest" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/manifest.json" />
  <!--
      Notice the use of %PUBLIC_URL% in the tags above.
      It will be replaced with the URL of the `public` folder during the build.
      Only files inside the `public` folder can be referenced from the HTML.

      Unlike "/favicon.ico" or "favicon.ico", "%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico" will
      work correctly both with client-side routing and a non-root public URL.
      Learn how to configure a non-root public URL by running `npm run build`.
    -->
  <title>React App</title>
</head>

<body>
  <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
  <div id="root"></div>
  <!--
      This HTML file is a template.
      If you open it directly in the browser, you will see an empty page.

      You can add webfonts, meta tags, or analytics to this file.
      The build step will place the bundled scripts into the <body> tag.

      To begin the development, run `npm start` or `yarn start`.
      To create a production bundle, use `npm run build` or `yarn build`.
    -->
</body>

</html>

firebase.json

{
  "database": {
    "rules": "database.rules.json"
  },
  "hosting": {
    "public": "build",
    "ignore": [
      "firebase.json",
      "**/.*",
      "**/node_modules/**"
    ],
    "rewrites": [
      {
        "source": "**",
        "destination": "/index.html"
      }
    ]
  }
}

package.json (not sure if you need it)

{
  "name": "my-website",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.6",
    "@testing-library/react": "^11.2.1",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^12.2.2",
    "animate.css": "^4.1.1",
    "axios": "^0.21.0",
    "bootstrap": "^4.5.3",
    "firebase": "^8.1.1",
    "react": "^17.0.1",
    "react-bootstrap": "^1.4.0",
    "react-dom": "^17.0.1",
    "react-icons": "^3.11.0",
    "react-router-dom": "^5.2.0",
    "react-scripts": "4.0.0",
    "web-vitals": "^0.2.4"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": [
      "react-app",
      "react-app/jest"
    ]
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "prettier": "2.2.0"
  }
}

Answer

You should select ‘N’ while rewriting URLs to index.html.

So, I suggest you redo the firebase initialization.

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