This document provides instructions for adding authentication to a chat application using Firebase and React Native. It discusses: - Installing the React Native Firestack library to integrate Firebase authentication with the native iOS and Android libraries - Configuring the iOS project to link with Firebase, including downloading the GoogleService-Info plist file and setting the bundle identifier - Adding sign in, sign up, and sign out functionality using Firebase authentication methods like createUserWithEmail, signInWithEmail, and signOut - Listening for authentication state changes with listenForAuth to update the user name and show/hide the login modal - Handling successful and failed sign in/sign up attempts by displaying