This document provides an overview of Firebase and its features for building apps. It discusses how Firebase provides a backend as a service with integrated tools for analytics, authentication, database, storage, hosting, config, messaging and monetization. It highlights how Firebase is designed for apps, has free and unlimited services, and makes the developer experience easier through its platform and SDKs.

1. iOSDevCamp
Firebase
Overview
James Daniels
@jamesuriah

2. Creating a successful
app is hard

7. Cross-platform

8. Integrated, but flexible

9. Developer experience matters

10. Getting Started with Firebase

11. Firebase/Core Analytics & Setup
Firebase/AdMob AdMob
Firebase/Messaging Notifications
Firebase/Database Realtime Database
Firebase/AppInvites App Invites
Firebase/DynamicLinks Dynamic Links
Firebase/RemoteConfig Remote Config
Firebase/Auth Auth
Firebase/AppIndexing App Indexing
...etc ...etc.
Only pod what you need
platform :ios, '9.0'
# Uncomment this line if you're using Swift
use_frameworks!
target 'FireTomato' do
pod 'Firebase/Core'
pod 'Firebase/Database'
pod 'Firebase/Auth'
pod 'Firebase/Messaging'
pod 'Firebase/RemoteConfig'
end

12. Firebase/Core Analytics & Setup
Firebase/AdMob AdMob
Firebase/Messaging Notifications
Firebase/Database Realtime Database
Firebase/AppInvites App Invites
Firebase/DynamicLinks Dynamic Links
Firebase/RemoteConfig Remote Config
Firebase/Auth Auth
Firebase/AppIndexing App Indexing
...etc ...etc.
Only pod what you need
platform :ios, '9.0'
# Uncomment this line if you're using Swift
use_frameworks!
target 'FireTomato' do
pod 'Firebase/Core'
pod 'Firebase/Database'
pod 'Firebase/Auth'
pod 'Firebase/Messaging'
pod 'Firebase/RemoteConfig'
end
pod 'Firebase'

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CocoaPods?
Booo…!

14. Creating a Firebase Project

15. Creating a Firebase Project

16. Creating a Firebase Project

17. Creating a Firebase Project

18. Creating a Firebase Project
FIRApp.configure()

19. Firebase
console
Create OAuth
clients
Create analytics
account
Register for cloud
messaging
Configure AdMob
account
Create real-time
database
Create storage
bucket
OAuth Client IDs
Firebase Database URLs
Firebase Storage Host
Cloud Messaging Sender ID
Ad Unit IDs
GoogleService-Info.plist
Analytics App ID

20. FIRApp.configure()
Configure OAuth
library
Configure
Database library
Configure Cloud
Messaging library
Configure AdMob
library
Configure Storage
library
OAuth Client IDs
Firebase Database URLs
Firebase Storage Host
Cloud Messaging Sender ID
Ad Unit IDs
GoogleService-Info.plist
Analytics App ID
Configure
Anayltics library

21. Product Tour

23. ⋅ Designed for apps
⋅ Event and user centric
⋅ Connects across Firebase
⋅ Free & unlimited

24. Sample reports go here

27. Events go here

29. Filtered event

30. Conversion funnels

33. Audiences

35. ⋅ Authentication & account
management
⋅ Supports:
⋅ Email & password
⋅ Social providers
⋅ Existing auth systems

36. ⋅ Authentication & account
management
⋅ Supports:
⋅ Email & password
⋅ Social providers
⋅ Existing auth systems
⋅ Anonymous auth

37. ⋅ Authentication & account
management
⋅ Supports:
⋅ Email & password
⋅ Social providers
⋅ Existing auth systems
⋅ Anonymous auth
⋅ [New!] Out-of-the box UI

38. ⋅ Cloud-hosted NoSQL database
⋅ Synchronization & conflict
resolution
⋅ Access directly from your app

40. SectionX
SectionY
SectionZ
⋅ Serve static assets
⋅ SSL by default

41. SectionX
SectionY
SectionZ
⋅ Serve static assets
⋅ SSL by default
⋅ New: Free custom domains

42. ⋅ Easy file storage
⋅ Handles poor connectivity
⋅ Backed by & accessible from
Google Cloud Storage

44. ⋅ Static, "read-only" data
⋅ Website assets
⋅ Images / audio downloaded
from your app

45. ⋅ Static, "read-only" data
⋅ Website assets
⋅ Images / audio downloaded
from your app
⋅ Read-write blobs of data
⋅ User-generated content
⋅ App-generated content

46. ⋅ Update your app from the cloud
⋅ Send different values to
different groups
⋅ A/B test or gradual rollouts
⋅ Customized content

47. Default values
"button_text" : "Release the Kraken"
"kraken_state": "Enraged"
"sea_level": 30.0
[[FIRRemoteConfig remoteConfig] setDefaults:NSDictionary *];

48. Default values
"button_text" : "Release the Kraken"
"kraken_state": "Enraged"
"sea_level": 30.0
[[FIRRemoteConfig remoteConfig] fetchWithCompletionHandler:...];
"kraken_state": "Ennui"

49. [[FIRRemoteConfig remoteConfig] activateFetched];
Combined values
"button_text" : "Release the Kraken"
"Kraken_state": "Enraged"
"sea_level": 30.0
"kraken_state": "Ennui"

50. [[[FIRRemoteConfig remoteConfig] configValueForKey: "kraken_state"]
stringValue]; // Ennui
Combined values
"button_text" : "Release the Kraken"
"Kraken_state": "Enraged"
"sea_level": 30.0
"kraken_state": "Ennui"

51. ⋅ See crashes & impact
⋅ Version & OS drill-down

57. ⋅ Customize different user experiences
via a single URL
⋅ Works across platforms
⋅ Preserves URL state, even through
app install flow
⋅ Analytics insights

58. Send to Play Store Send to App Store
Send to Android
App
Send to web page
Send to iOS App
Send to web page

59. Send to Play Store Send to App Store
Install App
Grab link data on
first open
Install App
Grab link data on
first open

61. Dynamic Link goes
here

62. Whoa. Check out all
these vegetarian
recipes!

64. Dynamic Link goes
here

65. ⋅ Drop-in widget for app sharing
⋅ Supports SMS and Email
⋅ Recipient suggestions from
Google
⋅ Built on Dynamic Links

66. ⋅ Universal App Campaigns
⋅ 2B downloads to date
⋅ Audience targeting
⋅ Conversion tracking and
optimization

70. APNs
Your Server

71. Why?

72. "The best code is no code at
all"
-- Jeff Atwood

73. Topics

74. ⋅ Simple UI, with no coding
⋅ Built on Cloud Messaging
⋅ Audience targeting
⋅ Conversion funnel insights

79. ⋅ Engaging formats:
video, interstitial & native
⋅ 1M+ apps using AdMob
⋅ Integrated with Firebase SDK

81. #firebase
Thank You!
James Daniels
@jamesuriah
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