LetsChat

A React Native example chat app based on Firebase.

Getting Started

1. Make sure you have NodeJS, npm and cocoapods installed.

2. Clone down the repository

3. Install your dependencies

   npm

   npm install
   

   or

   yarn

   yarn install
   

4. In ios folder run

   pod install
   

5. Start the iOS app

   react-native run-ios
   

Add Firebase to your iOS Project

Before you begin, you need a few things set up in your environment To do this you'll need a Firebase project and a Firebase configuration file for your app.

1. Create a Firebase project in the Firebase console, if you don't already have one. If you already have an existing Google project associated with your mobile app, click Import Google Project. Otherwise, click Add project.

2. Click Add Firebase to your iOS app and follow the setup steps. If you're importing an existing Google project, this may happen automatically and you can just download the config file.

3. When prompted, enter your app's bundle ID. It's important to enter the bundle ID your app is using; this can only be set when you add an app to your Firebase project.

4. At the end, you'll download a GoogleService-Info.plist file. You can download this file again at any time.

5. If you haven't done so already, add this file to your Xcode project root using the Add Files utility in Xcode (From the File menu, click Add Files). Make sure the file is included in your app's build target.

6. Then you need to enable Phone Authentication in Firebase console Authentication section.

7. Open the GoogleService-Info.plist configuration file, and look for the REVERSED_CLIENT_ID key. Copy the value of that key, and paste it into the Info.plist's CFBundleURLSchemes.

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If you run into issues starting the apps please refer to the React Native docs. It's most likely a problem with your environment.