firebase_core_dart 0.0.1

Dart implementation of firebase_core using firebase_core_vm

firebase_core_dart

This is a pure Dart implementation for firebase_core intended for use with Flutter. This package uses firebase_core_vm to provide the pure dart implementation which does not and will not support Web apps. While this package will work on Android and iOS, this is not our main focus as for for now, instead we want to bring Firebase to Flutter Desktop.

This package lets you use the firebase_core as you would normally do so you don't need to change you code. If you don't want to use firebase_core you can directly use the firebase_core_vm.

Usage

1. Add this to your package's dependencies and run flutter pub get:

dependencies:
  firebase_core: ^0.4.4+2
  firebase_core_dart: ^0.0.1

2. Import it

import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
import 'package:firebase_core_dart/firebase_core_dart.dart';

3. Create a Firebase project

If you already have a Firebase project for you mobile/web apps you can skip this step.

4. Initialize the FirebaseApp

import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
import 'package:firebase_core_dart/firebase_core_dart.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  if (isDesktop) {
    FirebaseCoreDart.register(
      options: const FirebaseOptions(
        apiKey: 'AIzaSyBQgB5s3n8WvyCOxhCws-RVf3C-6VnGg0A',
        projectID: 'flutter-sdk',
        gcmSenderID: '233259864964',
        databaseURL: 'https://flutter-sdk.firebaseio.com',
        storageBucket: 'flutter-sdk.appspot.com',
        clientID:
            '233259864964-go57eg1ones74e03adlqvbtg2av6tivb.apps.googleusercontent.com',
        googleAppID:
            '1:233259864964:macos:0bdc69800dd31cde15627229f39a6379865e8be1',
      ),
    );
  }
  runApp(MyApp());
}

Note:

• If you want to use multiple FirebaseApps skip to next section on how to do that.
• isDesktop is false Web/Mobile context and uses conditional import to achieve that

Create API Key

1. Go to the Google Cloud Platform console and select you project
2. Go to APIs & Service -> Credentials
3. Create new credentials for your app by selecting CREATE CREDENTIALS and then API Key

Create Client ID

If you plan to use Google Sign In, the you need to create a Client ID for you app

1. Go to the Google Cloud Platform console and select you project
2. Go to APIs & Service -> Credentials
3. Create new credentials for your app by selecting CREATE CREDENTIALS and then OAuth client ID
4. Select Other as Application type, give it a name (eg. macOS) and then click Create

Get configuration from Firebase console

1. projectID you can be found on the Project Settings tab
2. gcmSenderID you can be found on the Project Settings -> Cloud Messaging -> Sender ID
3. databaseURL you can find it on the Database tab and it usually looks like this https://<project-id>.firebaseio.com
4. storageBucket you can find it on the Storage tab and it usually looks like this <project-id>.appspot.com

Create a applicationId

Since desktop is not an officially supported platform, we need to create applicationId for our local use.

1. Construct the first part of you applicationId following this pattern <appNumber>:<gcmSenderID>:<os>.
   • googleAppId - TL;DR set it to 1. The appNumber is an incrementing value that starts at 1 and represents the index of your applications for this platform that uses the same Firebase project.
   • gcmSenderID - you can be found on the Project Settings -> Cloud Messaging -> Sender ID
   • os - windows, macos, linux, my-custom-os-because-i-can
2. Generate the SHA1 hash of this part. You can use this tool
3. add this value to the first part so you applicationId looks like this <appNumber>:<gcmSenderID>:<platform>:sha1(<appNumber>:<gcmSenderID>:<os>) (eg. 1:233259864964:macos:0bdc69800dd31cde15627229f39a6379865e8be1)

4. Initialize multiple FirebaseApps

1. make sure you first register this package:

   import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
   import 'package:firebase_core_dart/firebase_core_dart.dart';
   import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
         
   void main() {
     if (isDesktop) {
       FirebaseCoreDart.register();
     }
     runApp(MyApp());
   }
   

2. Use firebase_core to initialize the app you want as you normally would.

     Future<void> _configure() async {
       final FirebaseApp app = await FirebaseApp.configure(
         name: 'foo',
         options: const FirebaseOptions(
           apiKey: 'AIzaSyBQgB5s3n8WvyCOxhCws-RVf3C-6VnGg0A',
           databaseURL: 'https://flutter-sdk.firebaseio.com',
           projectID: 'flutter-sdk',
           storageBucket: 'flutter-sdk.appspot.com',
           gcmSenderID: '233259864964',
           clientID:
               '233259864964-go57eg1ones74e03adlqvbtg2av6tivb.apps.googleusercontent.com',
           googleAppID:
               '1:233259864964:macos:0bdc69800dd31cde15627229f39a6379865e8be1',
         ),
       );
       assert(app != null);
       print('Configured $app');
     }
   

Note: You can have a look at the example app on how you can initialize use different FirebaseOptions depending on the platform you are on.