Configuring a Firebase app
Before using any Firebase service in your app, a configuration process is required. The tasks vary, depending on the system where the app will be installed. In this recipe, you will see the configuration required in Android and iOS. After the configuration, you can add all Firebase services, including data and file storage, sign-in, and notifications.
Getting ready
In this recipe, you will create a new project. A Google account is required to use Firebase, and this is a prerequisite for all recipes in this chapter.
How to do it...
In this recipe, you will see how to configure a Flutter app so that you can use Firebase services. This is a two-part task: first, you will create a new Firebase project, and then you will configure a Flutter app to connect to the Firebase project.
To create a new Firebase project:
- Open your browser at the Firebase console at https://console.firebase.google.com/.
- Enter your Google credentials...