It’s no doubt that coroutines are taking over as the go-to way to do asynchronous programming in Android over RxJava. Many of Firebase’s services use Task objects to perform asynchronous operations of their own, including Firestore, Authentication, Storage, and Remote Config. The standard way proceed… Read More »Using Coroutines with Firebase on Android
We’ve all seen it at least once before: that little extra layer of security when we create an account on Gmail, Netflix, and possibly on every login into our online bank accounts. A verification code is sent to our device which we have to enter… Read More »2-Factor Authentication (Email/Password & Phone with Firebase Authentication on Android
It’s probably common knowledge right now that doing a standard email-password authentication in Firebase is piss easy. The same can’t be said about using it’s various providers, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Play Games, Github, etc. and that’s because each one requires its own unique set up… Read More »Signing into Firebase Authentication with Facebook, Twitter, and Google
If you know my man Sam Stern who’s popped up a couple times around my Reddit, you probably heard his talk with Kiana McNellis on Integrating back-end systems with Firebase for better app management. This sparked an idea for what could be a new series… Read More »Firebase In Use 1: Dynamic Admin-User Roles with Authentication
Although I have covered using Firebase Authentication with FirebaseUI, I figured I haven’t covered the traditional way of implementing Firebase Authentication which allows you to use your own authentication screen. Back to the basics! This one is going to be quick and easy. You don’t… Read More »Getting Started with Firebase Authentication on Android
Many apps require log-in functionality, perhaps to provide users with dedicated data storage. Firebase makes it easy as it can get. You can even use one of Google’s ready-made authentication screens. And that’s exactly what we’re gonna do. Enable Providers in the Console Go the Firebase… Read More »Firebase Authentication with FirebaseUI (Android)
What is Firebase? Not much really. Just a small set of tools. … if small was a large number. Firebase delivers tons of features. It can handle everything across the cloud, provide you with free analytics for your app, new ways to test your app… Read More »Why you should add Firebase to your App