Introduction to Firebase
- Introduction
- A little about me your future instructor
Installing and Configuring CocoaPods
- What is Cocoapods and how do I install it
- If you are having security problems installing CocoaPods
First Steps with Firebase
- How to create a Firebase acccount
- Firebase dashboard
Creating your first project with Firebase
- How to create a Firebase application
- Setup a Swift project using Firebase Pod
- Setup a Swift project using Firebase Framework
First steps with Firebase and the Console
- Creating a reference to Firebase and reading your first value
- Writing a simple value to Firebase
Bring Firebase to the iPhone UI
- Displaying the value in Firebase in a Label in realtime
- Sending the value from a Text Field to Firebase
- Creating more sophisticated nodes (Json) in Firebird
- Creating a node users with string for the name and a boolean "isOnline" in Swift
- Just send user when button is pressed
- Set the text and the background color according to the user details in real time
- Set the background color according to the user state in realtime
- Design a simple but resizable (autolayout bonus material) Login/Sign Up screen
Creating our data structure
- Connection textfields and buttons
- Creating and authenticating a new user in Firebase
- Presenting login and sign up the errors to the user
- Segue to table view controller after authenticate user with Firebase
Data Structure
- Understanding Firebase flattened architecture (NoSQL)
- Creating a flattened structure to our data
- Creating a UITextField inside an alertdialog to request the username
- Adding new User Node
- Keep the user logged in and logout functionality
Sending the Message
- Create the modal ViewController to enter the message
- Populating MessageViewController
- Sending the message to Firebase
- Receive new messages in real-time from Firebase
- Displaying new messages in the tableView
Bonus: Now let's make This app even Better
- What do you think could make this app better?
Bonus Section - Adding JSQMessage and making our app look like the iMessage app
- Note - This section is currently under construction, read this!
- Importing the JSQMessagesViewController pod to the project
- "Refactoring" the segueways
- A little debug trick that can come hand (always come hand)
- Debuging the view and disabling the attachment button
- Creating the Avatars and Message Bubble
- Overriding the CollectionView delegates
- Sending the first message
- Sending the messages up to Firebase
- Receiving the old messages from Firebase
- Receiving the real time messages
- Retrieving users username
- Creating Avatar to all Users
Displaying Online and Offline Users
- Setting user online when first login to Firebase
- Dealing with losing connections
- Setting user offline when the application is closed
- Check if we have the user data before unwrap the data
- Adding observers for the users
Sending Photo as Message
- Unhidding the Acessory button
- Creating the ActionSheet to select between Camera and Galery
- Open the Camera or the Gallery picker if pressent
- Implement the delegate method to Get the Image or Cancel Operation
- Creating a Static Helper Class to resize the Image
Understanding Security and Rules when using Firebase
- Overview of Firebase security tools
- Rule Type .Read and .Write what it is and how to use
- .Validate - How to validate strings for length, use operator such as and and or
- Security and Rules Inheritance
- How to authorise read and write only for authenticate user or specific users
Tell us what you learned
- Time for the true
Resources
- Files / Links / Resources
- Share your GitHub repository and/or projects
- Apps Created by the Students and Published in the Apple Store
Students Q & A
- Paul- EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION Problem
Bonus tracks
- GitHub, How to use directly from Xcode (no extra software, no terminal)
- More to come...
Others
- Feedback on the new Promo Video
- Swift Quick Reference eBook
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