Firebase

As I told in the ListView from Firestore post, Firebase is an exceptional Backend-as-a-Service. It is now owned by Google. There are many services offered under Firebase. This includes but is not limited to Cloud Firestore, Realtime Database, Firebase Auth, etc. Today we’re gonna talk about the initial setup needed to use firebase on an Android App created using Flutter. Create a new Firebase project To use firebase on any of our products, first, we have to create a Firebase Project....

There are 4 major types of Snapshots in Flutter when working with Firebase. These are, AsyncSnapshot DocumentSnapshot QuerySnapshot DataSnapshot If you are a keen observer, you must’ve noticed some of them in my ListView from Firestore Tutorial. AsyncSnapshot This is kind of Superset of all the Asynchronous data sources in Flutter. These AsynSnapshots cover the states such as ConnectionState, whether there is an Error, or the Data source is Empty etc....

Introduction Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service now owned by Google. There are many servives offered under Firebase. This include but not limited to Cloud Firestore, Realtime Database, Firebase Auth etc. In these, Cloud Firestore is the newest database solution offered by Firebase. It is widely used in Mobile Application and Web-apps nowadays. So let’s have a look on how to create a ListView out of Firestore Data. Prerequisites Before we continue, we should have completed Firebase Setup for our Flutter Application in Both android and iOS by following respective guides for both Android and iOS and Initialized Firebase....