ERROR TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'push')

I'm following https://www.positronx.io/ionic-firebase-list-tutorial/ which creates a CRUD list app that writes and reads from Firebase. I'm using an Ionic framework with Angular. When I try to write data to firebase, this is the console error I get:

ERROR TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'push')
    at UserService.createUser (user.service.ts:17:26)
    at MakePage.onFormSubmit (make.page.ts:33:23)
    at MakePage_Template_form_ngSubmit_6_listener (template.html:9:30)
    at executeListenerWithErrorHandling (core.mjs:14963:16)
    at Object.wrapListenerIn_markDirtyAndPreventDefault [as next] (core.mjs:15001:22)
    at SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub (Subscriber.js:183:1)
    at SafeSubscriber.next (Subscriber.js:122:1)
    at Subscriber._next (Subscriber.js:72:1)
    at Subscriber.next (Subscriber.js:49:1)
    at EventEmitter_.next (Subject.js:39:1)

Here is the code in user.service.ts:

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { User } from './users';
import { AngularFireDatabase, AngularFireList, AngularFireObject } from '@angular/fire/compat/database';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})

export class UserService {
  userList: AngularFireList<any>;
  userRef: AngularFireObject<any>;

  constructor(private db: AngularFireDatabase) { }

  // Create
  createUser(user: User) {
    return this.userList.push({
      name: user.name,
      email: user.email,
      mobile: user.mobile,
    })
  }

and here is make.page.ts:

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { FormGroup, FormBuilder } from "@angular/forms";
import { UserService } from '../shared/user.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-make',
  templateUrl: './make.page.html',
  styleUrls: ['./make.page.scss'],
})

export class MakePage implements OnInit {
  form: FormGroup;

  constructor(
    private apiService: UserService,
    private router: Router,
    public fb: FormBuilder
  ) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.form = this.fb.group({
      name: [''],
      email: [''],
      mobile: ['']
    })
  }

  onFormSubmit() {
    if (!this.form.valid) {
      return false;
    } else {
      this.apiService.createUser(this.form.value).then(res => {
        this.form.reset();
        this.router.navigate(['/home']);
      })
        .catch(error => console.log(error));
    }
  }
}

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