Firebase Configuration

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NOTE

For Firebase, you can only create one project, but you must include two apps in that project.
Remember to set up the remote settings.

Creating a new firebase project

We are creating the “Example” sample project.

After completing the project, you will be presented with this type of dashboard.

Go to the Project Settings and configure the Support Email

Adding app with the package name in firebase console.

On the Firebase console, click the Android icon.

Enter Package Name(e.g com.iqonic.example) and click on register app

After registering the app, you will receive the Google JSON file; download it and save it to the Android folder (Click Here to get the location of the folder you want to copy)

Setting Up Firebase Authentication

Go to Build->Authentication tab and click on Get started

Then Select the Email/Password, Google, Apple, and Phone Number one by one and Enable it.

Re-check if all this 3 modes of authentication are enabled or not.

Activating the Firestore Database

Go to Build->Firestore Database tab and click on Get Started

When you click the Get Started button, a dialogue will appear asking you to choose a mode, because we are testing, we will select the Start in Test Mode option and then click Next and then Enable it.

Change the firestore’s rules to save the data in a database.

Before Changing Rules

rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
  match /databases/{database}/documents {
    match /{document=**} {
      allow read, write: if
          request.time < timestamp.date(2022, 8, 26);
    }
  }
}

After Changing Rules

rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
  match /databases/{database}/documents {
    match /{document=**} {
      allow read, write: if true;
    }
  }
}

SHA Fingerprint

IMPORTANT

SHA-1 fingerprint is a unique key generated for your PC that can be used for signing. It is important to have in the add firebase as we are using Google Login and OTP Login and to authorize this logins we need a SHA Fingerprint cerificate.

Add a SHA fingerprint to Firebase

Follow these steps if you didn’t initially provide a SHA certificate fingerprint for your Firebase Android app or if you need to add an additional one

In your Project settings, go to the Your apps card.

Select the Firebase Android app to which you want to add a SHA fingerprint

Click Add fingerprint

Enter or paste the SHA fingerprint, then click Save

How to generate the and SHA from Andriod Studio

IMPORTANT

There are two types of SHA Fingerprint, Release SHA Fingerprint and Debug SHA Fingerprint, Here we will how to generate both type of SHA Fingerprint