firebase-ios-sdk

Firebase iOS Open Source Development

This repository contains a subset of the Firebase iOS SDK source. It currently includes FirebaseCore, FirebaseAuth, FirebaseDatabase, FirebaseFirestore, FirebaseMessaging and FirebaseStorage.

Firebase is an app development platform with tools to help you build, grow and monetize your app. More information about Firebase can be found at https://firebase.google.com.

Note: This page and repo is for those interested in exploring the internals of the Firebase iOS SDK. If you're interested in using the Firebase iOS SDK, start at https://firebase.google.com/docs/ios/setup.

Context

This repo contains a fully functional development environment for FirebaseCore, FirebaseAuth, FirebaseDatabase, FirebaseFirestore, FirebaseMessaging, and FirebaseStorage. By following the usage instructions below, they can be developed and debugged with unit tests, integration tests, and reference samples.

Source pod integration

While the official Firebase release remains a binary framework distribution, in the future, we plan to switch to a source CocoaPod distribution for the Firebase open source components.

It is now possible to override the default pod locations with source pod locations described via the Podfile syntax documented here.

CocoaPods 1.4.0 or later is required.

If source pods are included, FirebaseCore must also be included.

For example, to access FirebaseMessaging via a checked out version of the firebase-ios-sdk repo do:

pod 'FirebaseMessaging', :path => '/path/to/firebase-ios-sdk'
pod 'FirebaseCore', :path => '/path/to/firebase-ios-sdk'

To access via a branch:

pod 'FirebaseFirestore', :git => 'https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk.git', :branch => 'master'
pod 'FirebaseCore', :git => 'https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk.git', :branch => 'master'

To access via a tag (Release tags will be available starting with Firebase 4.7.0:

pod 'FirebaseAuth', :git => 'https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk.git', :tag => '4.7.0'
pod 'FirebaseCore', :git => 'https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk.git', :tag => '4.7.0'

If your Podfile does not include use_frameworks!, you need to workaround a build issue with the FirebaseAnalytics umbrella header. Delete the first four lines of Pods/FirebaseAnalytics/Frameworks/FirebaseAnalytics.framework/Headers/FirebaseAnalytics.h or copy patch/FirebaseAnalytics.h to Pods/FirebaseAnalytics/Frameworks/FirebaseAnalytics.framework/Headers/FirebaseAnalytics.h. See the post_install phase of Example/Podfile for an example of applying the workaround automatically - make sure you correct the path of patch/FirebaseAnalytics.h.

Usage

$ git clone git@github.com:firebase/firebase-ios-sdk.git
$ cd firebase-ios-sdk/Example
$ pod update
$ open Firebase.xcworkspace

Firestore has a self contained Xcode project. See Firestore/README.md.

Running Unit Tests

Select a scheme and press Command-u to build a component and run its unit tests.

Running Sample Apps

In order to run the sample apps and integration tests, you'll need valid GoogleService-Info.plist files for those samples. The Firebase Xcode project contains dummy plist files without real values, but can be replaced with real plist files. To get your own GoogleService-Info.plist files:

1. Go to the Firebase Console
2. Create a new Firebase project, if you don't already have one
3. For each sample app you want to test, create a new Firebase app with the sample app's bundle identifier (e.g. com.google.Database-Example)
4. Download the resulting GoogleService-Info.plist and replace the appropriate dummy plist file (e.g. in Example/Database/App/);

Some sample apps like Firebase Messaging (Example/Messaging/App) require special Apple capabilities, and you will have to change the sample app to use a unique bundle identifier that you can control in your own Apple Developer account.

Specific Component Instructions

See the sections below for any special instructions for those components.

Firebase Auth

If you're doing specific Firebase Auth development, see AuthSamples/README.md for instructions about building and running the FirebaseAuth pod along with various samples and tests.

Firebase Database

To run the Database Integration tests, make your database authentication rules public.

Firebase Storage

To run the Storage Integration tests, follow the instructions in FIRStorageIntegrationTests.m.

Push Notifications

Push notifications can only be delivered to specially provisioned App IDs in the developer portal. In order to actually test receiving push notifications, you will need to:

1. Change the bundle identifier of the sample app to something you own in your Apple Developer account, and enable that App ID for push notifications.
2. You'll also need to upload your APNs Provider Authentication Key or certificate to the Firebase Console at Project Settings > Cloud Messaging > [Your Firebase App].
3. Ensure your iOS device is added to your Apple Developer portal as a test device.

iOS Simulator

The iOS Simulator cannot register for remote notifications, and will not receive push notifications. In order to receive push notifications, you'll have to follow the steps above and run the app on a physical device.

Community Supported Efforts

We've seen an amazing amount of interest and contributions to improve the Firebase SDKs, and we are very grateful! We'd like to empower as many developers as we can to be able to use Firebase and participate in the Firebase community.

macOS and tvOS

FirebaseAuth, FirebaseCore, FirebaseDatabase and FirebaseStorage now compile, run unit tests, and work on macOS and tvOS, thanks to contributions from the community. There are a few tweaks needed, like ensuring iOS-only, macOS-only, or tvOS-only code is correctly guarded with checks for TARGET_OS_IOS, TARGET_OS_OSX and TARGET_OS_TV.

For tvOS, checkout the Sample.

Keep in mind that macOS and tvOS are not officially supported by Firebase, and this repository is actively developed primarily for iOS. While we can catch basic unit test issues with Travis, there may be some changes where the SDK no longer works as expected on macOS or tvOS. If you encounter this, please file an issue.

Roadmap

See Roadmap for more about the Firebase iOS SDK Open Source plans and directions.

Contributing

See Contributing for more information on contributing to the Firebase iOS SDK.

License

The contents of this repository is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0.

Your use of Firebase is governed by the Terms of Service for Firebase Services.