Mastering Firebase for Android Development: Build real-time, scalable, and cloud-enabled Android apps with Firebase

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Keep It Real – Firebase Realtime Database
	Firebase Realtime Database
	Setting up a development environment 
		Prerequisites 
		Configuring Firebase in Android projects
	Reading and writing to Realtime Database
		Database reference 
		Writing into Realtime Database
		Reading from Realtime Database
		Structuring the data with objects
		Reading the objects from Firebase
		Reading value changes 
			Parsing the DataSnapshot object
		Updating data
		Writing HashMaps to Realtime Database
		Realtime Database and lists
		Deleting data
			Offline capabilities
	Realtime Database rules
		Default security rules
		Database rules and types
			Customizing database rules
			Data security
		Custom variables 
		Default variables
			RuleDataSnapshot and its methods
	Creating an Android application using Realtime Database
		User interface design
		Logic
	Summary
Chapter 2: Safe and Sound – Firebase Authentication
	Firebase Authentication
	Setting up Firebase Authentication
		FirebaseUI Auth authentication
		Firebase SDK Authentication
	FirebaseUI Email Authentication
		Configuring for Email Authentication
		Enabling Email/Password Authentication in Console
		Initializing Firebase Authentication
		Finalizing the project
	Firebase SDK Email Authentication
		Sign up new users
		Sign in existing users
		Managing users
			Provider-specific user profile details
			Profile updating
			Sending a verification Email 
			Forgot password
			Deleting a user
		Managing users through console
			Smart Lock 
	FirebaseUI social networking site authentication
		Google Sign-in
			SHA-1 fingerprint
			Code for Google provider
		Facebook Login
			Facebook App ID and App secret
			Project configuration
		Twitter Sign-in
			Twitter Api key
			Project Configuration
		Phone number sign-in
			Project configuration
	Firebase SDK social networking site authentication
		Google sign-in 
		Facebook login
		Twitter sign-in 
		Phone number sign-in 
		Anonymous Authentication
		Link multiple Auth providers
		Firebase Authentication failures
			Firebase Authentication exceptions
	Summary 
Chapter 3: Safe and Sound – Firebase Crashlytics
	Firebase Crash Reporting and Crashlytics
	Firebase Crash Reporting setup 
		Creating crash reports
		Creating custom logs
		Deobfuscating ProGuard labels
		Crash Report support for multiple APK
		Disabling Crash Reporting
	Firebase Crashlytics 
		Firebase Crashlytics setup and upgrading from Crash Reporting
		Migrating from Firebase Crash Reporting to Crashlytics
		Validating Crashlytics implementation
		Enabling Crashlytics debug mode
		Customizing Crashlytics reports
		Crashlytics and functions
	Summary
Chapter 4: Genie in the Cloud – Firebase Cloud Functions
	Firebase Cloud Functions
		Set up the development environment
			Project structure
				Required modules
				Deploying Cloud functions project
				Custom logs and reviewing functions
	Trigger functions 
		Cloud Firestore Triggers
			Specific documents
			Creating a document
			Updating documents
			Deleting a document
			Changes in a document
		Realtime Database Triggers 
		Firebase Authentication Triggers
		Analytics and Crashlytics Triggers
		Cloud Storage Triggers
		HTTP Triggers
		Cloud Pub/Sub Triggers
	Writing Firebase functions
		Cloud Functions to fire a push notification
	Summary
Chapter 5: Arsenal for Your Files – Firebase Cloud Storage
	Firebase a Cloud Storage
	Creating storage reference
		Storage reference properties
		Limitations of reference
	Uploading and downloading files
		Uploading files 
			Uploading existing files
			Uploading files as a stream
			Uploading from data in memory
			Managing file upload
			Monitoring file upload
			Beyond monitoring and managing 
		Downloading files 
			Creating a reference
			Downloading into memory
			Downloading into a local file
			Downloading data through a URL 
			Downloading images using FirebaseUI
			Beyond downloading files
	File metadata
		Retrieving File Metadata
		Update the metadata of the file
		Deleting files
		Handling common errors
		Security and rules
			The general syntax for storage security rules
			Securing user files
			Request and Resource Evaluation 
	Storage and functions 
		Firebase Storage in practice 
	Summary
Chapter 6: Not Just a Keeper, Firebase Hosting
	Firebase Hosting
	Deploying a website
	Connecting to custom domain
	Connecting Firebase cloud functions
	Customizing hosting behavior
		Custom 404/Not Found page
		Redirects
		Rewrites 
		Headers 
		Hosting priorities
	Reserved URLs
	Summary
Chapter 7: Inspection and Evaluation – Firebase Test Lab
	Firebase Test Lab
		Test Lab for Android
			Choosing the testing method
			Robo testing 
			Choosing device type and reviewing test results
		Test Lab with Firebase Console
		Test Lab with gcloud CLI 
			Google Cloud SDK environment
			Choosing test configurations
			Scripting gcloud commands with Test Lab
		Test Lab with CI systems
			Creating a Jenkins project 
		Test Lab with Android Studio
	Firebase Test Lab results
		Available devices in Test Lab
	Firebase Test Lab Game Loop testing 
		Test Loop Manager
		Game loop in Test Lab
	Prelaunch reports 
	Summary
Chapter 8: A Smart Watchdog – Firebase Performance Monitoring
	Firebase Performance Monitoring
		Performance Monitoring for Android
			Automatic traces
		Custom trace and counters
			Performance Monitoring for Android performance
			Monitoring for specific network requests
		Monitoring custom attributes
			Enabling Logcat output
			Firebase Console for Performance Monitoring
	Summary
Chapter 9: Application Usage Measuring and Notification, Firebase Analytics, and Cloud Messaging
	Firebase Analytics
		Firebase Analytics for Android
			Setting user properties
			Analytics in a WebView
			Debugging events
			Firebase Analytics and functions
	Cloud Messaging
		Firebase Cloud Messaging in Android
			Accessing the device registration token 
		Cloud Messaging explained
			Sending the first notification
	Summary
Chapter 10: Changing Your App – Firebase Remote Config and Dynamic Links
	Firebase Remote Config
		Setting up Remote Config on Android
			Remote Config's singleton object
			In-app parameters
			Accessing the Remote Config parameters
			Server-side parameters
			Fetching the parameters
			Activating parameters
			Conditions, rules, and values
			Remote Config and Google Analytics
		A/B Testing with Remote Config
	Firebase Dynamic Links
		Dynamic Links use cases
			Converting mobile web users to native app users
			Sharing content between users
			Rewarding referrals using Firebase 
			The anatomy of Dynamic Links
			Creating Dynamic Links
			Receiving Dynamic Links
	Summary
Chapter 11: Bringing Everyone on the Same Page, Firebase Invites, and Firebase App Indexing
	Firebase Invites
		Sending and receiving invites from Android applications 
	Firebase App Indexing
		Enabling public content indexing
		Enabling personal content indexing
		Logging user actions
			Testing your implementation
			Search performance and latest APIs
	Summary
Chapter 12: Making a Monetary Impact and Firebase AdMob and AdWords
	Firebase AdWords
		Creating an AdWords account
		Linking AdWords to Firebase
		Tracking app conversions with Firebase
	AdMob
		Android Studio and initializing the SDK
	Summary 
Chapter 13: Flexible NoSQL and Cloud Firestore
	Cloud Firestore
		Adding and managing data
		Choosing a data structure for your Firestore project
		Querying data
			Securing data
		Offline data support
	Summary
Chapter 14: Analytics Data, Clairvoyant, Firebase Predictions
	Firebase Predictions 
		Setting up Firebase Predictions
		Optimizing monetization
		Optimizing promotions
		Preventing churn
		Predefined predictions
		Predictions and risk tolerance
	Summary
Chapter 15: Training Your Code and ML Kit
	Firebase ML Kit
	Vision
		Recognizing text
			Setting up ML Kit for recognizing text
			On-device text recognition
			Cloud-Based text recognition
		Face detection
			Setting up ML Kit for face detection
		Barcode scanning 
			Setting up ML Kit for barcode scanning 
	Custom models 
		ML Kit and text recognition 
	Summary
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