Using Firebase in your bare React Native app is not as straightforward as it seems. But, you probably know that already. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have clicked on this article 😉.
Let’s get to the point and jump right into this tutorial.
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Setting Up Firebase
Make a new project in Firebase. Then create an ‘android’ app in Firebase and follow the rest of this short tutorial.
Important note: You can find your Android package name inside your android/app/build.gradle file as the namepace field or in the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file in the manifest tag.
Do This Inside Your React Native Project
Install npm install --save @react-native-firebase/app in your react native project.
Download the google-services.json file and place it in your android/app directory.
Add classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.2' inside your android/build.gradle file.
Inside your android/app/build.gradle file, add to the code:
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
Find Instructions for IOS here.
You should be set up with Firebase now. Well, that was a short tutorial. If you liked this article, follow me on Medium and Subscribe to my newsletter.
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