How to Connect Firebase Firestore to Android Studio (Jetpack Compose & Kotlin)
Learn how to easily connect a Firebase Firestore database to your Android Studio project using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose! In this step-by-step tutorial for beginners, we cover everything from setting up the Firebase console and configuring the new Firebase BoM dependencies, to building a modern Compose UI and securely saving user data to the cloud.
If you are transitioning from Room Database, MySQL, or just building your Project, Firebase is the fastest way to add a backend to your Android App.
🔥Firebase: https://firebase.google.com/docs?auth...
👇 Topics Covered in this Video:
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Project Setup
4:06 - Enabling Auth (Email & Google)
4:49 - Firebase Dependencies
6:24 - MainActivity
9:08 - UI with Jetpack Compose
12:37 - Firestore Saving (Kotlin)
15:53 - Creating Database & Setting Rules
16:41 - Manifest Permissions & App Test
17:53 - App Test & Database Verification
✅ Code Snippets:
Add to libs.versions.toml:
firebaseBom = "34.12.0"
Add to build.gradle.kts:
implementation(platform(libs.firebase.bom))
implementation(libs.firebase.firestore)
Add to AndroidManifest.xml:
uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/
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