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When should you use Firebase Notification ?

Firebase, which Google operates, happens to be a popular mobile app development platform. Therefore, it is the target of many startups in the mobile application industry at present.

Firebase is supported strongly by the public since the Google brand is attached to it. Consequently, Firebase is used by quite a few beginner’s mobile app development solutions right now. However, the question is that whether they should be doing it or not.

What do you mean by Firebase?

Being a comprehensive platform, Firebase offers MBaaS (mobile backend as a service), enabling developers to create applications without managing the infrastructure. This real-time database offers the required services and tools for managing these applications. It provides the skeletal frame of all the fundamental things required for running and promoting an application.

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This consists of configuration, analytics, file storage, and, of course, push notifications. In this way, the developer can emphasize designing as well as optimizing the application experience. These services are present in the cloud, along with scaling, which doesn’t require much input from the programmer.

Firebase is known to provide all-in-one data synchronization across all the clients of a developer. It likewise consists of a few extensions, presently in beta. These consist of triggering emails, translating texts, and so forth. Essentially, Firebase is considered a useful tool for any mobile app development company that likes to have a ready-made and standard backend for creating their app.

When should Firebase be used?

There are various reasons for using Firebase for any application development platform. For example, it will be useful when you like to assign data easily to the users as browser history or share preferences across several clients. Other scenarios consist of:

When you are writing a new application from scratch. Getting rid of the basics, Firebase allows dynamic content to be stored easily.

When your application does not integrate with legacy systems or third-party players, provided there isn’t any heavy data processing.

When you require simple integration with other services offered by Google, for example, Ad Map, Google Apps, Play Store, and so on.

When your time for developing the app is short, and you like to create prototypes easily.
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