firebase_app_installations

Install package

flutter pub add firebase_app_installations

Package Overview

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The firebase_app_installations package is a Flutter plugin that enables integration with Firebase Installations, allowing apps to manage and retrieve unique installation identifiers for devices. These identifiers are essential for Firebase services like Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) and Firebase Remote Config, enabling targeted messaging and configuration delivery. The plugin handles the lifecycle of installation tokens automatically, ensuring reliable access across app restarts and updates. It supports Android, iOS, and macOS platforms, providing a consistent interface for managing device installations within Firebase ecosystems.

Use cases

Sending targeted notifications via FCM
Fetching remote configuration per device
Tracking app installations across devices
Enabling device-specific analytics
Managing push notification subscriptions

Key features

Automatic token management
Cross-platform support (Android, iOS, macOS)
Seamless integration with Firebase services
Secure installation ID generation
Real-time token refresh

Suitable for

Apps using Firebase Cloud Messaging
Projects requiring device-level targeting
Remote config implementations
Analytics and user engagement tracking
Mobile apps needing secure device identification

Considerations

Requires Firebase project setup
Dependent on other Firebase packages
Limited to Firebase ecosystem
Token persistence behavior may vary by platform
Needs proper error handling for network failures

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FlutterFire is a set of Flutter plugins that enable Flutter apps to use Firebase services. You can follow an example that shows how to use these plugins in the Firebase for Flutter codelab.

Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. Flutter is used by developers and organizations around the world, and is free and open source.

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Stable Plugins

Name	Firebase Product	Documentation	View Source	Android	iOS	Web	MacOS	Windows
Analytics	🔗	📖	`firebase_analytics`	✔	✔	✔	β	N/A
App Check	🔗	📖	`firebase_app_check`	✔	✔	✔	β	N/A
Authentication	🔗	📖	`firebase_auth`	✔	✔	✔	β	(*)
Cloud Firestore	🔗	📖	`cloud_firestore`	✔	✔	✔	β	(*)
Cloud Functions	🔗	📖	`cloud_functions`	✔	✔	✔	β	N/A
Cloud Messaging	🔗	📖	`firebase_messaging`	✔	✔	✔	β	N/A
Cloud Storage	🔗	📖	`firebase_storage`	✔	✔	✔	β	(*)
Core	🔗	📖	`firebase_core`	✔	✔	✔	β	(*)
Crashlytics	🔗	📖	`firebase_crashlytics`	✔	✔	N/A	β	N/A
Data Connect	🔗	📖	`firebase_data_connect`	✔	✔	✔	N/A	N/A
In-App Messaging	🔗	📖	`firebase_in_app_messaging`	✔	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
Installations	🔗	📖	`firebase_app_installations`	✔	✔	✔	β	N/A
Performance Monitoring	🔗	📖	`firebase_performance`	✔	✔	✔	N/A	N/A
Realtime Database	🔗	📖	`firebase_database`	✔	✔	✔	β	N/A
Remote Config	🔗	📖	`firebase_remote_config`	✔	✔	✔	β	N/A