if fastlane add_plugin dose not work
[!] Could not find lane 'ios firebase_app_distribution'. Available lanes: ios release_dev, ios release_beta, ios release_prod, ios pre_build, ios increment_marketing_version, ios build, ios upload_to_firebase, ios upload_to_appstoreconnect, ios upload_to_crash
try below solution
// gemspec of firebase fastlane plugin
// https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution/blob/master/fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution.gemspec
$vi Gemfile
// add plugin
gem "fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution"
$bundle update
Using fastlane 2.167.0
Fetching fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution 0.2.4
Installing fastlane-plugin-firebase_app_distribution 0.2.4
...
// then add plugin
$fastlane add_plugin firebase_app_distribution
// or update plugins
$fastlane update_plugins
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