Firebase Lab

Objective:

In this lab, you will learn how to use Firebase in your Android Studio Apps, being able to read and store data from your users!

By the end of this lab, you will your Android Studio project done, having implemented many aspects of Android Studio, including: Firebase & ListView.

Instructions:

In this lab, you will continue from the previous labs and you will be implementing Firebase!

1. Connecting Firebase Project to Android Studio Project:

   • Create a new project in Firebase and set up Authentication & Realtime Firebase.
   • Sign in your email in Android Studio.
   • Open Tools --> Firebase --> Authentication --> Connect.

2. Firebase Authentication:

   • Add the Authentication dependency to your project.
   • In the SignUpActivity:
     • Create a function called create_user, that takes email & password.
     • In the function add the Firebase Signup.
     • When the Task is successful go to HomeActivity, otherwise display a message, saying "Authentication Failed".
   • In the MainActivity do the same as before but adapted to Signin.
   • When the User signs out in HomeActivity using the Menu, Sign them out.

3. Firebase Realtime Database:

   • Add the Realtime Database dependency to your project.
   • Edit the User Class as needed to work with the database.
   • In the create_user function, when the task is successful:
     • Add the user signed up (email, name & password) using their Uid to the Database under the Reference Users.
   • Get all the users from the database and add them to the ArrayList and display them in the ListView.

Call an Instructor/TA to check your completed tasks

Bonus:

1. Continuing the ListView Bonus:
   • Figure out how to have a profile picture saved in the Realtime Database!

make sure you commit and push your code.