Android Firebase Integration

This document describes the basic configuration required to connect an Android application to Firebase. Completing this integration allows you to use services such as Push Notifications, Crashlytics, and Analytics.

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📋 Prerequisites

Requirement	Description	Notes
✅ Firebase Account	Firebase Console	Ensure you have access or invitation from an admin.
✅ Android Studio	Development environment where Firebase SDK will be integrated
✅ Android Project	The Android app project to be connected to Firebase

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🔧 1. Creating a Firebase Project

1. Go to Firebase Console.
2. Click Add project.
3. Enter a project name and optionally enable Google Analytics.
4. Complete the project creation process.

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🧩 2. Adding an Android App to Firebase

1. Open your Firebase project.
2. Click the Android icon to add an app.
3. Fill in the required info:
   • Android package name (e.g., com.example.myapp)
   • App nickname (optional) (e.g., MyApp - Android Internal App)
   • Debug signing certificate SHA-1 (optional, can be retrieved via Android Studio)
4. Click Register app.
5. Download the google-services.json file.

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📥 3. Adding google-services.json to Your Project

Place the downloaded google-services.json file into your Android app folder: YourProject/app/google-services.json

This file enables the Firebase SDK to configure the app.

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⚙️ 4. Firebase SDK Setup

• In project-level build.gradle (usually build.gradle (Project: your-app)):

buildscript {
  dependencies {
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.0'
  }
}

• In app-level build.gradle (usually build.gradle (Module: app)):

plugins {
  id 'com.android.application'
  id 'com.google.gms.google-services' // add at the bottom
}

dependencies {
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:21.6.1'
  // Optional Firebase modules:
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:23.4.1' // for push notifications
}

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🚀 5. Starting Firebase SDK

Firebase initializes automatically with google-services.json and the Google services plugin.

If you want manual initialization, do it in your Application subclass:

class BaseApplication : Application() {
  override fun onCreate() {
    super.onCreate()
    FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this)
  }
}

And add to your AndroidManifest.xml:

<application
    android:name=".BaseApplication"
    ... >