Firebase DB tutorial – What is Firebase ? | How to setup firebase database

Friends, today we will talk about the firebase db. What is that firebase db?  Where it is use ? And how to setup it?

What is Firebase ?

Firebase db  gives you functionality like analytics, databases, messaging and crash reporting so you can move quickly and focus on your users. The Firebase Real time database is a cloud-hosted database. The data is stored as JSON and each connected client is synchronized in realtime. When creating cross-platform apps with our iOS, Android and JavaScript SDK, all your clients share a realtime database instance and automatically receive updates with the latest data. Today we will use firebase db in an Android application.

How to setup Firebase DB

• First go to firebase.google.com.
• Now sign in to your Gmail id.
• Then click on go to console or Get Started

• Then click on Add project
• Type your project name
• Select your country
• thick mark the use default setting and i accept the term 
• Then click on create project and continue 

After this process you will have a dashboard open in which you have to click on the database in the side menu. Then click on Get Started. Now go to the database then click on rules. Then select any one option and click on Enable. Then remove the false option and write true. now click on publish After processing all this, we need two things. The first firebase db URL and Web API Key. For the firebase URL, click on the database. The same firebase URL you have shown in the image below. Click on the gear icon for web API key. Then click on the project settings. After clicking on the project settings, you will see the Web API key. In order to use firebase db, we need a firebase URL and a web API key. Both of them are use in the application. Read more post – How to make Spin and win App in Thunkable with point system