Firebase-iOS

iOS Native app connected to a Realtime Database (NoSQL) in Firebase service

Steps to config Firebase

• Create a new project in https://console.firebase.google.com
• name new firebase project
• add your app (iOS)
• add the app package name

    com.ernestovaldez.KeyboardShortcuts

• add friendly app name (optional)
• click on Register App
• download file GoogleService-Info.plist

Create a RealTime database

• Go to in develop > database
• create a new realtime database and name it.
• set in the rules (without authentication)

    {
        "rules": {
            ".read": true,
            ".write": true
        }
    }

• or set in the rules (with authentication)

    {
        "rules": {
            ".read": true,
            ".write": "auth !== null"
        }
    }

• change null value by root

Create a Cloud Storage

• Go to in develop > storage
• create new storage
• define data center (if not defined previously)
• set in the rules

    rules_version = '2';
    service firebase.storage {
        match /b/{bucket}/o {
             match /{allPaths=**} {
                allow read, write;
            }
        }
    }

• create a new folder named images

Email and Google Authentication

• Go to in develop > authentication > Sing-in Method
• Enable Email/Password and Google

In the iOS app project

• copy the downloaded file to /GoogleService-Info.plist
• run a terminal and init CocoaPods (Used by Google services)
• open your Pod File and add

  # add the Firebase pods
  pod 'Firebase/Analytics'
  pod 'Firebase/Database'
  pod 'Firebase/Storage'
  pod 'Firebase/Auth'
  # add pods for any other desired Firebase products
  # https://firebase.google.com/docs/ios/setup#available-pods

• save the pod file
• then run the command

  pod install  

• open the xcworkspace
• run the project
• add new shortcut and save it.
• verify in Firebase console that the shortcut was added in the realtime database

Dependencies

CocoaPods

pod 'Firebase/Analytics'
pod 'Firebase/Database'
pod 'Firebase/Storage'
pod 'Firebase/Auth'

References

Firebase

• https://firebase.google.com/docs/ios/setup
• https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-ios
• https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/ios/read-and-write
• https://firebase.google.com/docs/storage/ios/start#set_up
• https://firebase.google.com/docs/storage/ios/create-reference
• https://firebase.google.com/docs/storage/ios/upload-files

iOS

• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications