The Definitive Guide to Firebase: Build Android Apps on Google's Mobile Platform

Contents at a Glance......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
About the Author......Page 10
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 11
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Firebase......Page 12
 Firebase: An Overview......Page 13
   Cloud Storage for Firebase......Page 14
  The Grow Technologies......Page 15
  Earning with AdMob......Page 16
  Install Android Studio......Page 17
  Create Your First Firebase Application......Page 20
   Step 1. Connect to Firebase......Page 23
   Step 2. Add the Realtime Database......Page 25
   Step 3. Configure Data Access Rules......Page 27
   Step 4. Write to the Database......Page 30
   Step 5. Reading from the Database......Page 33
 Reference......Page 35
Chapter 2: Using Authentication in Firebase......Page 36
 FirebaseUI......Page 37
  Create and Configure the App......Page 39
  Code the Main Activity......Page 43
  Create and Code the Signed-In Activity......Page 46
  Explore the Sign-In Flows......Page 48
  Adding Sign Out......Page 51
  Resetting the Password......Page 53
  Adding Smart Lock for Passwords......Page 55
  Adding Sign-In with Google......Page 58
 Summary......Page 61
 Getting Started......Page 62
  Write Your First Data......Page 66
  Read Your First Data......Page 69
  Write Structured Data with a Stock Portfolio......Page 72
  Reading Structured Data......Page 78
   Querying the Data......Page 79
  Updating Data......Page 80
  Deleting Data......Page 81
 Summary......Page 82
 Building an App with Cloud Storage for Firebase......Page 83
  Enable Anonymous Authentication......Page 84
  Set Storage Rules......Page 85
  Editing the Layout......Page 86
  Editing the Code for Anonymous Sign-In......Page 87
  Taking a Photo with the Onboard Camera......Page 88
  Uploading the Image to Cloud Storage......Page 89
  Running the App......Page 91
  Edit the Layout File......Page 94
  Coding the App......Page 95
  Update the Layout File......Page 100
 Summary......Page 102
  Installing the Firebase CLI......Page 103
 Creating a Site for Firebase Hosting......Page 106
  Using the Firebase Console to Manage Your Site......Page 108
  Preparing the Image......Page 109
  Creating the Page......Page 110
  Mapping a Domain Name to Your Site......Page 113
 Summary......Page 116
 Getting the App......Page 117
  Enabling Authentication......Page 118
  Using Friendly Chat......Page 119
 First Steps: Testing Your APK......Page 120
 Creating Custom Tests......Page 124
 Testing from Android Studio......Page 128
 Recording and Scripting a Test with Espresso......Page 132
 Summary......Page 136
 Getting Started with Crashlytics......Page 137
 Installing Crashlytics......Page 138
 Using Firebase Crash Reporting......Page 146
 Summary......Page 148
 Building a Test App......Page 149
 The Firebase CLI and Functions......Page 153
  Realtime Database Triggers......Page 158
  Storage Triggers......Page 162
  Authentication Triggers......Page 164
 Using Http Triggers......Page 166
  Http Triggers with Hosting......Page 169
 Summary......Page 171
 Building an App to Receive Notifications......Page 172
 Receiving Notifications in the Foreground......Page 175
  Implementing the Notification Activity......Page 177
  Implementing the sendNotification Method......Page 179
 Understanding Topics......Page 183
 Building a Custom App Server for FCM......Page 186
  Creating the Database......Page 188
  Updating the App......Page 193
 Next Steps......Page 196
 Summary......Page 197
 Public Content Indexing......Page 198
  Create an App That Receives Incoming Links......Page 199
 Personal Content Indexing......Page 203
 Summary......Page 210
Chapter 11: Remote Configuration......Page 211
 Building an App for Remote Config......Page 212
  Using Default Values......Page 215
 Using Conditions with Remote Config......Page 217
 Remote Config Life Cycle......Page 220
 Summary......Page 221
 Dynamic Links......Page 222
  Editing the App......Page 226
  Creating a Dynamic Link Within the App......Page 230
  Dynamic Links and Analytics......Page 234
 Using Firebase Invites......Page 235
 Summary......Page 238
 Getting Started......Page 239
 Signing Up for AdMob......Page 241
 Using Interstitial Ads......Page 246
 Using a Rewarded Video Ad......Page 250
 Connecting AdMob with Firebase......Page 253
 Summary......Page 256
 Automatically Gathered Analytics......Page 257
 Exploring the Analytics Console......Page 259
 Creating Audiences......Page 268
  Logging Events......Page 269
 Logging User Properties......Page 275
 Summary......Page 276
Index......Page 277