firebase_core · Package details

Install package

flutter pub add firebase_core

Package Overview

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Firebase Core is a Flutter plugin that provides foundational support for connecting to Firebase services across multiple platforms. It enables seamless integration with Firebase apps, allowing developers to initialize and manage multiple Firebase instances within a single app. The package handles core setup tasks such as authentication, configuration, and initialization, serving as the base for other Firebase plugins in the FlutterFire ecosystem. It supports Android, iOS, Web, macOS, and Windows, ensuring cross-platform consistency.

Use cases

Connecting to multiple Firebase projects
Initializing Firebase in cross-platform apps
Managing Firebase app instances
Enabling Firebase services like Firestore and Auth
Integrating Firebase with existing Flutter applications

Key features

Supports multiple Firebase app instances
Cross-platform compatibility
Simplified Firebase initialization
Integration with FlutterFire plugins
Automatic configuration handling

Suitable for

Flutter developers using Firebase
Apps requiring multiple Firebase projects
Cross-platform mobile and web apps
Teams building scalable Firebase-backed applications
Projects needing centralized Firebase management

Considerations

Requires additional Firebase plugins for specific features
Needs proper configuration in Firebase console
May require platform-specific setup steps
Dependent on FlutterFire ecosystem
Limited functionality without companion packages

Original README

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FlutterFire

[Changelog] • [Packages]

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.

Documentation

Add Firebase to your Flutter app
Available plugins
Firebase UI has moved to its own repository.
Cloud Firestore ODM has now moved to its own repository.

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