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Mastering Firebase for Android Development

You're reading from   Mastering Firebase for Android Development Build real-time, scalable, and cloud-enabled Android apps with Firebase

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788624718
Length 394 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ashok Kumar S Ashok Kumar S
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Preface 1. Keep It Real – Firebase Realtime Database FREE CHAPTER 2. Safe and Sound – Firebase Authentication 3. Safe and Sound – Firebase Crashlytics 4. Genie in the Cloud – Firebase Cloud Functions 5. Arsenal for Your Files – Firebase Cloud Storage 6. Not Just a Keeper, Firebase Hosting 7. Inspection and Evaluation – Firebase Test Lab 8. A Smart Watchdog – Firebase Performance Monitoring 9. Application Usage Measuring and Notification, Firebase Analytics, and Cloud Messaging 10. Changing Your App – Firebase Remote Config and Dynamic Links 11. Bringing Everyone on the Same Page, Firebase Invites, and Firebase App Indexing 12. Making a Monetary Impact and Firebase AdMob and AdWords 13. Flexible NoSQL and Cloud Firestore 14. Analytics Data, Clairvoyant, Firebase Predictions 15. Training Your Code and ML Kit 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Genie in the Cloud – Firebase Cloud Functions

"Oh what a tangled web we weave when we first practice to deceive"
— Sir Walter Scott

The mighty genie who fits inside a lamp, and does jaw-dropping magic when he pops out. Firebase Cloud Functions is the powerful wizard in the Firebase tools spectrum. Functions are essentially JavaScript code running on the Google Cloud Platform, but not inside a bottle. It handles an action when an event trigger occurs. Triggers occur within Firebase and Google platform by supported toolchain, for instance, when there is data written to a Realtime Database or Firestore, at the time of user creation inside Firebase Authentication, and so on.

Firebase Cloud Functions are nothing but server-side programs that respond to an event triggered by one or many of the Firebase services. Functions can be used to send an email when the...

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