How to Add Firebase to your Android project

How to Add Firebase to your Android project

In this tutorial, I will show you How to connect your Android Studio project to Firebase and How to add a JSON file to your project.

To that Make sure that your project meets these requirements,

• Android Studio’s latest version
• Targets API level 16 (Jelly Bean) or later
• Uses Gradle 4.1 or later

How to Add Firebase to your Android project

1. Add Firebase using the Firebase Assistant

• First Create a Firebase Account or use the existing one.
• Open your Android project in Android Studio, then make sure that you’re using the latest versions of Android Studio and the Firebase Assistant.
• Open the Firebase Assistant: Tools > Firebase.
• In the Assistant pane, choose a Firebase product to add to your app. Expand its section, then click on the Connect to Firebase to connect your Android project with Firebase.
• Then will open your browser. Create a new project or use an existing project to connect your Android project with Firebase.
• After creating the Firebase project your Android project will automatically connect to Firebase.

Then,

Add Firebase dependencies to your Android Project.

in the Android Studio Gradle file (usually app/build.gradle) add the following code,

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'

in Android Studio Gradle file(:app) (usually app/build.gradle(:app)) add following codes,

implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:22.0.0'
implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:28.0.1')
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics'

After that, add the following code to the bottom of the codes.

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

Full code (build.gradle(your app name))

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.3"
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'

// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Full code (build.gradle(:app))

plugins {
id 'com.android.application'
id 'com.google.gms.google-services'
}

android {
compileSdkVersion 30
buildToolsVersion "30.0.3"

defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.techedutricks.techedutricks"
minSdkVersion 17
targetSdkVersion 30
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"

testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}

buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
}

dependencies {

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
implementation('androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.1.0')
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:22.0.0'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:28.0.1')
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics'
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

2. Add JSON file to Android Project

To Add the Firebase Android configuration file to your app open your Firebase Project > Click on Project Settings > Click on Download google-services.json.

Then copy and paste (move) your config file into the module (app-level) directory of your app.

After all, Click on the Sync icon to Sync the project with Gradle files.

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