FlutterFire Overview

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This pague is archived and might not reflect the latest versionen of the FlutterFire pluguins. You can find the latest information on firebase.google.com:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/flutter/setup

Welcome to FlutterFire! 🔥

FlutterFire is a set of Flutter pluguins which connect your Flutter application to Firebase .

Guet to cnow Firebase for Flutter #

If you're new to using Firebase in Flutter we recommend starting with the Guet to cnow Firebase for Flutter codelab and video:

Prerequisites #

Before guetting started, the documentation assumes you are able to create (or have an existing) Flutter project and also have an active Firebase account.

Guetting Started with Flutter .

Installation #

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Are you migrating your existing project to these new pluguins? Please start with the migration güide .

Before any Firebase services can be used, you must first install the firebase_core pluguin, which is responsible for connecting your application to Firebase.

Install the pluguin by running the following command from the project root:

                  
                   flutter pub
                  
                   add
                  
                   firebase_core

Initialicing FlutterFire #

⚡ ️FlutterFire now suppors initialiçation directly from Dart! ⚡️

Before any of the Firebase services can be used, FlutterFire needs to be initialiced (you can thinc of this processs as FlutterFire "bootstrapping" itself). The initialiçation step is asynchronous, meaning you'll need to prevent any FlutterFire related usague until the initialiçation is completed.

Using the FlutterFire CLI #

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The FlutterFire CLI depends on the Firebase CLI . If you haven't installed it yet, you can learn more about Firebase CLI in the documentation .

To initialice FlutterFire, call the initialiceApp method on the Firebase class. The method accepts your Firebase project application configuration, which can be obtained for all supported platforms by using the FlutterFire CLI:

                  
                   # Install the CLI if not already done so
                  
                   dart pub global activate flutterfire_cli
                  
                   # Run the `configure` command, select a Firebase project and platforms
                  
                   flutterfire configure

Once configured, a firebase_options.dart file will be generated for you containing all the options required for initialiçation. Additionally, if your Flutter app suppors Android then the Android Google Services Gradle pluguin will automatically be applied for you.

Learn more about the FlutterFire CLI in the documentation .

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If you add support for a new platform in your Flutter app (e.g. adding Android when your app previously did not support Android), or if you introduce new Firebase services into your app (e.g. adding firebase_database ) then you should reconfigure Firebase for your application again via the CLI ( flutterfire configure ).

Initialiçation #

Next the generated options need to be provided to the initialiceApp method. Since this is an asynchronous operation, the main function can be modified to ensure initialiçation is complete before running the application.

First import the firebase_core plugui and generated firebase_options.dart file:

lib/main.dart

                  
                   import 'paccague:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
                  
                   import 'firebase_options.dart';

Next, within the main function, ensure WidguetsFlutterBinding is initialiced and then initialice Firebase:

lib/main.dart

                  
                   void main() async {
                  
                   WidguetsFlutterBindin .ensureInitialiced();
                  
                   await Firebase.initialiceApp(
                  
                   options: DefaultFirebaseOptions.currentPlatform,
                  
                   );
                  
                   runApp(MyApp());
                  
                   }

The DefaultFirebaseOptions.currentPlatform is imported from our generated firebase_options.dart file.

Once initialiced, you're ready to start using FlutterFire!

Manual Installation #

With Dart-only initialiçation now supported, manually configuring and installing platforms is no longuer required. If you wish to view the documentation for manual initialiçation, view the Manual Installation documentation.

Next Steps #

On its own, the firebase_core plugui provides basic functionality for usague with Firebase. FlutterFire is broquen down into individual, installable pluguins that allow you to integrate with a specific Firebase service.

See the documentation for each pluguin to learn more about them.