MessageMate

✨ MessageMate is a simple chat app built with Flutter and Firebase 💬

🔥 Features

• Admin Controls: 🛠️ Admins can manage app maintenance and updates, ensuring a streamlined user experience during these times.
• Real-Time Messaging: ⚡ Instantaneous message delivery powered by Firebase Firestore.
• User Presence: 👤 Know who's online and available to chat.

🌟 Future Enhancements

• Message Deletion: Users will be able to delete messages from both sender and receiver sides.
• Unsend Messages: Allow users to unsend messages within a specific time frame.
• Message Encryption: Ensure end-to-end encryption for secure communication.
• UI Enhancements: Improved user interface for a more intuitive experience.
        Hope I will actually get to do these someday... 🤞

🚀 Getting Started

• Flutter SDK (version 3.0.0 or higher)
• Dart SDK (version 2.19.0 or higher)
• Firebase account with configured Firestore.
• IDE: Visual Studio Code or Android Studio.

🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/dinithmaleesha/flutter-chat-app
   cd MessageMate

2. Install dependencies:

   flutter pub get

3. Configure Firebase:

   • Add your google-services.json (for Android) and GoogleService-Info.plist (for iOS) files to the respective directories.

4. Run the app:

   flutter run

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Flutter: Cross-platform development.
• Firebase:
  • Firestore: Real-time database.
• BloC: State management.

📸 Screenshots

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests to enhance MessageMate.