Day 17- Firebase and MiT App- Creating Firebase Project and Realtime Data base.

 What we will learn in Today's Class

1. how to create Firebase project

2. how to create Realtime database in firebase

3. from where to get Secret key(token ) and URL of data base

4. how to configure MIT app with Token, URL and Bucket

5. Test App with Firebase in Realtime over the internet

This project aims to develop a home automation system that gives the user complete control over all remotely controllable devices of his/her home using IOT Android app.

There are many third party online server and platforms available for showcasing the data of your IOT project

Why You Select Firebase

Firebase provides a quick way to persist sensory data collected at the device level, and it works great with the Android APIs, which is supported by Android Things. A lot of mobile and device programmers that I have come across struggle with server side programming. Firebase can really help bridge that gap and make it easier. It will be interesting to see developers use its offline features. If you are new to IoT or in general any device that collects data and needs to transmit it over networks, the golden rule to be assumed is that network connectivity cannot be assumed. As a result, you will need to collect the data offline and when network is available, transmit this over to your server. Firebase with its offline feature can really make this simple for a lot of developers.

Firebase has a ton of features including Real-time Database, Authentication, Cloud Messaging, Storage, Hosting, Test Lab and Analytics but I’m only going to use Authentication, Real-time Database.

Project is divided in 3 parts

 1. Creating firebase account

2. App making

3.Ardunio program

let’s start with STEP1:

    Google Firebase Console (Click HERE)

    Login using your Google account.

   create a project, and get the Firebase HOST and Firebase AUTH keys, which we will set in our program.

First go to https://console.firebase.google.com/ and login

Click on Add project

Type Project name and Click on Continue

Enable Google analytics and click on Continue button

Select Analytics account, You can Create New if you want. then click Create Project button.

it will take some time  to process...

Click on Continue when this message appears, Your project is Ready

Now Create Real time Data Base

Copy Reference URL from Realtime Database> Data

https://myautomationproject-xxxxx-default-rtdb.firebaseio.com/

go to build> Authentication

Click on Get Started

Choose Convenient method Phone or Google or Anonymous 

Click on Enable and Save

Go to project Settings> General> copy  Web API Key

AIzaSyDdbAignS_wuFqfWXe69j7IgcyuXxxXxxx

now copy Secret key 

Now download the aia file from the given link

Download aiaDownload aia

Now open MIT app inventer https://appinventor.mit.edu/

Click on create app button

Import aia file from your computer download location

now Select Firebase Object and insert Secret key and URL that we copied from Firebase

now allot any name to project bucket, here we are using Room 1

Now create App and install in your phone or test using AI companion