Build a Chat App with React Native and Firebase
Configure and leverage Firebase to build a chat app with anonymous authentication!
Welcome! In this class we're going to cover how to build a basic chat app in React Native.
To accomplish this we'll heavily rely on the services Firebase provides (Authentication, Firestore). We'll interact with Firebase via the react-native-firebase suite of packages.
We'll also be using react-native-gifted-chat to easily build a fully functioning chat UI.
If you're in need of building a chat app, or wanting to add chat functionality to your existing React Native app, this is the class for you!
Your Instructor
I’m Spencer Carli. I'm a developer, cat dad, and devout pizza lover.
I’ve been using React Native full-time since it was first open sourced by Facebook in 2015. I’ve built multiple apps, reached over 1.1 million developers through my React Native tutorials, taught thousands through my online courses, and trained teams of developers to effectively use React Native.
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Course Curriculum
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StartBefore You Start
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StartGetting Started and Project Tour (3:36)
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StartInstall and Configure Firebase (8:24)
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StartAnonymous Firebase Authentication (10:42)
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StartCreate New Message Threads (8:28)
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StartGet Real Time Message Thread Updates (8:46)
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StartConfigure Gifted Chat (5:31)
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StartCreating New Messages (8:52)
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StartGet Real Time Messages (6:50)
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StartLocking Down Firestore (2:07)
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StartFirebase Refactor (14:31)
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StartMarking Thread Last Read Time (6:42)
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StartDetermining If a Thread has Unread Messages (9:33)
Get started now!
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- Rob Carter
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"Spencer Carli's courses and tutorials have been an immense help to me on my journey to become an Android and iOS mobile app programmer. I've learned not only how to create dynamically functional React Native + Meteor apps, but how to write cleaner, more concise code as well. He has taught me to better utilize the React Native component model--which, along with its cross-platform nature is really its core strength and saves one from redundancy--and to employ Meteor's amazing responsiveness in my apps. All this, and he has always been there with an answer when I've run up against one of those frustrating coding problems as well! I recommend his courses highly."
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