Android Firebase Realtime Database Chat Application Part 1/2

Filip Vujovic · 117K views · 2016 · 10:49

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Why Stack Overflow recommends it

Stack Overflow users link it as a worked example when someone needs a simple Firebase-backed Android chat app, including as an alternative to older GCM, PHP and MySQL approaches.

Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2016 to 2017.

What it is

A 2016 Android tutorial, part 1 of 2, showing how to build a chat app on the Firebase Realtime Database. Presenter Filip Vujovic walks through letting users create chat rooms and hold conversations inside them, with sample code on GitHub.

What people said

Recommends Faruk · 2016-07 · Stack Overflow · on “Chat App using GCM, PHP & MySQL”

GCM is now deprecated, try to migrate using Firebase Cloud Messaging, Follow these tutorial series : Send FCM using php part 1 [LINK] Send FCM using php part 2 [LINK] And this is an example to create simple chat app : Chat App with Firebase Realtime Database part 1 [this video] Chat App with Firebase Realtime Database part 2 [LINK]

Recommends Aakash · 2017-02 · Stack Overflow · on “Chat messages are not showed when exit and reopen app”

Check the logs when you close and re-open the app or if you want a tutorial here's one that uses firebase to create a chat application. Part-1 [this video] Part-2 [LINK]

Cites The Employee 123 · 2017-09 · Stack Overflow · on “Android - Firebase - Prompting Group Chat Names”

Aim Group Chats has already been created. I would like to prompt out the name of the Group Chats onto a RecyclerView. Database Tree [LINK] I have an Admin Account to create these Group Chats for the users. The Android, Asia, and Europe group chats that are seen within the Database ARE NOT fixed variables. They are names. A newly Group Chat name could be "Earth". Therefore there is no way of calling it by a variable other than calling it by the Node itself. Problem I am unable to prompt out any of the Group Chat "names" created by the Admin. Meaning, I am unable to prompt out the "Android", "Asia", and "Europe" or any Group Chats created and stored within the Group Chats node Flow of Activiti

Cites The Employee 123 · 2017-09 · Stack Overflow · on “Android - Firebase - Send Users to Chat Room”

Aim Allowing the Users to access their selected Group Chat. Once the user clicks on the Group Chat name, they will be entered into that Group Chat. Database Tree [LINK] As shown in the Database Tree, the Currently Signed In user will be shown a list of Group Chat names that have been created. I have an Admin Account to create these Group Chats for the users. The Android, Asia, and Europe group chats that are seen within the Database ARE NOT fixed variables. They are names. A newly Group Chat name could be "Earth". Therefore there is no way of calling it by a variable other than calling it by the Node itself. Screenshot of Application List of Group Chats 2. Entering a Group Chat [LINK] [LINK]