What's New with Firebase

After this years Google I/O, Firebase was upgraded and become an even more important role in the range of Google services available. Now properly integrated with Google Services, Firebase offers developers much more than than just a database for "personal" projects.

The new updated Firebase however has left many developers a bit puzzled on how to properly include Firebase in their projects, how it integrates into Google Services, and how they can make use of the new features available.

If you’ve used Firebase already, you might be aware of how to integrate and make use of it in your applications but if not prior knowledge isn’t necessary. In this talk I’d like to share with you how migrate your existing code to the updated versions, what new features you’ll be able to take advantage of, and any pitfalls that you can hopefully avoid!

https://2016.devfest-berlin.de/schedule/#session-2206

Transcript

1. What's New in Firebase!
   Ash Davies
   

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2. What's Firebase?
   

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3. Developing is Hard
   

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9. Authentication
   → Authentication & account management
   → Email & password authentication
   → Google, Facebook, Twitter, GitHub
   → Custom OAuth2 redirect domains
   

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10. Realtime
    Database
    

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11. Data Synchronisation
    → Graceful Connectivity Loss
    

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12. Data Synchronisation
    → Graceful Connectivity Loss
    → Application Data Cache
    

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13. Data Synchronisation
    → Graceful Connectivity Loss
    → Application Data Cache
    → Client Synchronisation
    

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14. Data Synchronisation
    → Graceful Connectivity Loss
    → Application Data Cache
    → Client Synchronisation
    → Conflict Resolution
    

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15. 10MB Cache
    

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16. Can I still change the
    configured cache size?
    

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17. No!
    

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18. Cloud Hosted
    NoSql Database
    

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19. {
    "users": {
    "alovelace": {
    "name": "Ada Lovelace",
    "contacts": {
    "ghopper": true
    },
    },
    "ghopper": { ... },
    "eclarke": { ... }
    }
    }
    

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20. What's New?
    

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21. Set Up
    // Legacy SDK
    compile "com.firebase:firebase-client-android:2.5.2"
    // Distributed SDK
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.8.0"
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:9.8.0"
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-database:9.8.0"
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:9.8.0"
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-config:9.8.0"
    

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23. dependencies {
    // ...
    }
    apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
    

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24. The Tasks API1
    Task task = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().signInAnonymously();
    task.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener() {
    @Override public void onSuccess(AuthResult result) {
    /* ... */
    }
    });
    task.addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
    @Override public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception exception) {
    /* ... */
    }
    });
    1 https://developers.google.com/android/guides/tasks
    

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25. Analytics
    → Free and Unlimited
    

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26. Analytics
    → Free and Unlimited
    → Automatic Reporting
    

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27. Analytics
    → Free and Unlimited
    → Automatic Reporting
    → Seamlessly Integrated
    

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28. Analytics
    → Free and Unlimited
    → Automatic Reporting
    → Seamlessly Integrated
    → Cross Platform
    

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29. Audiences
    

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30. Where's my Data?
    

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32. Google Data Studio
    Firebase Templates
    

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33. Firebase Analytics
    Debug View
    

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34. Firebase Analytics
    Stream View
    

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36. Crash Reporting
    

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37. Crash Reporting
    Detailed Insights with Analytics
    

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39. Remote Config
    → Audience Customisation
    

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40. Remote Config
    → Audience Customisation
    → Staged Roll Out
    

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41. Remote Config
    → Audience Customisation
    → Staged Roll Out
    → Feature Flags
    

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42. Remote Config
    → Audience Customisation
    → Staged Roll Out
    → Feature Flags
    → A/B Testing
    

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43. Hosting
    → Serve static assets
    

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44. Hosting
    → Serve static assets
    → SSL by default
    

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45. Hosting
    → Serve static assets
    → SSL by default
    → Custom domains
    

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46. Hosting
    → Serve static assets
    → SSL by default
    → Custom domains
    → Available free
    

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47. Storage
    → Robust Operations
    → Strong Security
    → High Scalability
    

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48. Cloud Messaging
    

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50. Admin SDK
    → Integrate with CI systems
    → Import users into Firebase Auth
    → Manage Users, Database
    

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51. But wait, there's more!
    → App Invites
    → App Indexing
    → Dynamic Links
    → Test Lab
    → AdWords
    

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52. ! Android Peppermint
    Realtime Chat
    github.com/ashdavies/peppermint
    

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53. QR, SRSLY?!
    

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54. ! Android Peppermint
    Google Nearby API
    ...
    github.com/ashdavies/peppermint
    

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55. Twitterers
    → Doug Stevenson - CodingDoug
    → Laurence Moroney - lmoroney
    

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56. Twitterers
    → Doug Stevenson - CodingDoug
    → Laurence Moroney - lmoroney
    Shameless...
    → Ash Davies - DogmaticCoder
    

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57. Resources
    GitHub - github.com/firebase
    YouTube - youtube.com/firebase
    Slack - firebase-community.appspot.com
    Slides - github.com/ashdavies/talks
    

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58. Thank You.
    

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