Firebase on Android. What's new?

Presentation for my talk at DevFest South West, 2016, held at Lagos, Nigeria. (http://devfestsw.gdg.ng/speakers/)

The talk serves as an introduction to Firebase on Android it also includes some of the new features that were announced at the recently concluded FIrebase Dev Summit.

Further reading & studying:
1. Firebase docs: https://firebase.google.com/docs/android/setup
2. Udacity course - "Firebase in a weekend": https://goo.gl/oMzVMF
3. Google code labs: https://codelabs.developers.google.com

Transcript

1. Firebase on Android. What’s new? Lagos November, 2016 Segun Famisa
2. Segun Famisa (SF) Software Engineer, building for Android at Konga segunfamisa.com @segunfamisa +OluwasegunFamisa
3. Outline • What is firebase? • Firebase libraries • What’s the latest with Firebase? • Getting started with Firebase on Android • Where to go from here?
4. Introduction
5. Introduction Firebase is a unified app development platform. For Android, iOS and the web.
6. Introduction Firebase helps you quickly develop high-quality apps, grow your user base, and earn more money. Image credit: https://firebase.google.com
7. Firebase libraries
8. • It helps you understand how people use your app • Unlimited reporting • Log events • Works smoothly with crash reporting and remote config
9. • Data is stored in JSON “key-value” format • Changes to data is propagated to all connected clients in real time • IT WORKS OFFLINE!!!
10. • Monitor fatal and non-fatal errors in your app • Improve your app quality • You don’t need to write ANY line of code
11. • Quickly roll out changes to your users • Setup experiments on your apps • Run A/B testing on your app
12. • Secure storage for your app data: images, videos • Robust: Automatically resumes uploads/downloads
13. • FirebaseUI Auth: Out-of-the-box UI for authentication • Firebase Auth SDK: email & password authentication, federated identity management (like facebook, google login)
14. Available Firebase libraries
15. Firebase on Android. What’s the latest?
16. What’s the latest? Few of the biggest updates are: • Firebase crash reporting is now out of beta. • New crashes are reported almost immediately as they occur. • You can now close errors. A.k.a mark errors as resolved. • With Firebase analytics, you now have Real-time exporting to BigQuery More at: https://goo.gl/tqQLxU
17. Firebase on Android. Getting started
18. Requirements Android Studio >= 1.5 Android Device running Play services >= 9.0
19. Setup 1. Create/import project to console a. Create/import b. Enter app details c. Download config file 2. Add Firebase to your app a. Add google-services classpath b. Apply google-services plugin
20. Setup 1. Create/import project to console a. Create/import b. Enter app details c. Download config file 2. Add Firebase to your app a. Add google-services classpath b. Apply google-services plugin
21. Setup 1. Create/import project to console a. Create/import b. Enter app details c. Download config file 2. Add Firebase to your app a. Add google-services classpath b. Apply google-services plugin
22. Setup 1. Create/import project to console a. Create/import b. Enter app details c. Download config file 2. Add Firebase to your app a. Add google-services classpath b. Apply google-services plugin
23. Setup 1. Create/import project to console a. Create/import b. Enter app details c. Download config file 2. Add Firebase to your app a. Add google-services classpath b. Apply google-services plugin
24. Easy Setup New and easy setup straight from within Android Studio 2.2+
27. Where to go from here? Resources & codelabs
28. Where to go from here? Shiny new course on Udacity Firebase in a Weekend: https://goo.gl/oMzVMF
29. Where to go from here? Codelabs: https://codelabs.developers.google.com https://goo.gl/u8jtBU https://goo.gl/vzn0JF https://goo.gl/9MLZ5Y
30. Where to go from here? • Firebase Dev Summit 2016: https://goo.gl/ptWfb5 • Getting started with Firebase Playlist: https://goo.gl/ISfBDz • Firebase docs: https://firebase.google.com/docs
31. Thank you! segunfamisa.com @segunfamisa +OluwasegunFamisa