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Android Based Chat Application Using Firebase

Shinde Tushar Vilas1, Shinde Akash Sanjay2, Krishna Ganesh Mundada3,
Joshi Vedant Prashant4, Prof. Wakchaure S. L.5
Students, Department of Computer Technology1,2,3,4
Professor, Department of Computer Technology5
Amrutvahini Polytechnic, Sangamner, Maharashtra, India

Abstract: Communication through web is turning out to be crucial nowadays. An online communication
permits the clients to speak with others in a quick and advantageous manner. Considering this, the online
communication application should be capable offer the writings or pictures or some other documents in a
quicker manner with least postponement or with no deferral. Firebase is one of the stages which gives an
ongoing information base and cloud administrations which permits the designer to make these applications
effortlessly. Texting can be considered as a stage to maintain communication. Android gives better stage to
create different applications for texting contrasted with different stages like iOS. The fundamental target of
this paper is to introduce a product application for the starting of a continuous communication between
administrators/clients. The framework created on android will empower the clients to speak with another
clients through Chat messages with the assistance of web. The framework requires both the gadget to be
associated through web. This application depends on Android with the backend given by google Firebase.

Keywords: Communication; Firebase; Android; Chat Messaging; Real-Time Databases; Group Messaging

I. INTRODUCTION
In reality the communication assumes an indispensable part. Individuals have been speaking with one another through
different applications or mediums. In the first place individuals spoke with one another utilizing letters or different
sources, as these mediums could set aside much effort to convey the substance. Cells are another mechanism of
communication however the downside is for any restricted or little message which should be passed to another client at
that point call is certifiably not an ideal way. The engineers at that point hoped to execute a book based communication
which would permit an in moment communication administration. In 1984, the idea of SMS was created in the Franco
German GSM participation by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. The restriction of SMS was the restricted
size i.e., 128 bytes, after the ascent of cell phones from 10 years many informing applications have been created.
Some are Bluetooth based and some were web based, for example, WhatsApp, WeChat and others. Android is a
working framework for mobiles which was created by google. This working framework permits the applications to be
utilized on mobiles. As it was created by google, android clients can create versatile applications and can be sold
through android application stores, for example, play store. Firebase is a NoSQL data set which utilize attachments
which permits the clients to store and recover the database. An Android version should be greater than 2.3, android
studio 1.5 or higher version, and android studio project are the essentials to interface the firebase to an android
application. Firebase gives a different sort of administrations, for example,
 Firebase Authentication is helpful to the two engineers and the clients. Creating and keeping up sign-in set-up
might be somewhat troublesome and time taking. Firebase gives a simple API to sign in. It additionally gives
the information reinforcement utilizing continuous data sets.
 Firebase cloud for putting away the information like video, text, pictures assembling the framework would be
troublesome and costly for another engineer so the firebase gives the foundation of distributed storage.
Ongoing data set it is a cloud facilitated NoSQL data set. Aside from the validation, cloud administration and real-time
databases firebase additionally offers an assistance for crash announcing Crash Reporting: when some sudden accidents
happen in any applications it could be hard to close why the application slammed. Firebase gives crash revealing help to
manage these accidents. This paper is worried of a product application for the foundation of an ongoing communication
administrations between administrators/clients. Visit application many-to- many kind of communication framework

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where the clients will ready to trade the messages among themselves. Client can make the chatroom as per the
prerequisite or can likewise join to the current chatroom.

II. RELATED WORK

A large portion of the web public informing, picture or record sharing applications are utilizing reasoning through
which the substance that has shared freely will be gathered under one reference or name. Instagram or Facebook
whichhas a moment picture or video sharing component utilizes this sort of system. The calculation for this reasoning is
to check whether the content posted by the client contains a unique character hash image (number sign or pound sign)
toward its start. The hash image is considered as a key and checks if the name is as of now existing. In the event that
indeed, the substance posted by the client is shared and appears at different clients when significant inquiry demands
starts. In the event that the name is new, the room is made in the data set and the leftover system is same as referenced.
Numerous designers are at present creating informing applications with online arrangements like Firebase, which give
continuous data set incorporation offices. Different open-source stages, for example, Parse Server or Horizon offer
comparable administrations like Firebase and offer designers to move starting with one seller then onto the next,
however they likewise accompany their own issues. Engineers are additionally attempting to create techniques to
enhance record move through such applications and to coordinate more innovatively progressed highlights into their
applications. In the course of recent years, clients worries over their security has been expanding, close by the quantity
of web-based media applications giving security to their clients (Taylor et al., 2014). Other than their positive use, the
safe administrations offered by these applications are too widely abused in assortment of criminal cases. Computerized
criminology along these lines has become a most significant segment of any wrongdoing examination. Texting
applications permit clients to send/get messages silly. It requires web association with move messages from one gadget
to another gadget. There are different applications like BBM (Black Berry Messenger), Ping Chat, Imo and so forth are
couriers utilized for correspondence over the web. BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is an exclusive Internet-based
moment courier application remembered for BlackBerry gadgets that permits informing between BlackBerry clients.
The assistance imparts viatelephone's Internet association utilizing the cell phone organization.

2.1 Objectives
The essential objective is to make a framework which can make chatroom as indicated by the clients and store the
connected information at a solitary spot. To execute the continuous visiting application which can permit to the client to
make moment bunch messages. Executing google firebase cloud and constant data sets to store the information.

2.2 Proposed Work

It is an internet based Chat application which provides the user to communicate with other users in a fast and
convenient way. Both the devices must have an active internet connection for the communication. There are many other
chat applications like WeChat, hike, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook messenger, Snap Chat, Line etc. but in this
system the pdf creation and pdf reading feature will be included. As a part of day to day life, academic or professional
life users need to send and receive files. By using this system, the user need not have any other pdf reader-writer
application on the device. Using this application user can communicate with any user all over the world. In this
application we are using Google firebase as the backend to store the data of the application such as messages, pictures
and videos. User has to register or sign-in through their respective phone number and can use the services. When the
user sign-in to the application, user can search for another user where the communication is need to be done. The user
can be able to delete the chat after the communication. User can create their profile according to which other users will
be able to identify each other. This application is designed of android mobile phone users. User can respond to the
messages received by just typing the reply message and press the send button. This application also provides the user to
delete the account. User can also sign-out from the present device and can sign-in through another.

2.3 Algorithms used

There are sure calculations which are been utilized build up the application, which incorporates Authentication most of
the application requires the character of the client which will help making the information of the client more secure and

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more got in a cloud. Firebase gives backend, SDK and prepared to utilize libraries which assist the engineer with giving
verifications easily. The calculation lets the client to login into the application with a substantial phone number. The
calculation initially introduces checks for login. That implies valid. The client at that point enters the phone number id
which is put away in another variable inside in the data set. The phone number is then checked and the outcome is put
away in a variable request code. In the event that the estimation of the request code matches with the estimation of the
variable assuming both the qualities are same, it is considered as the phone number is legitimate and the client signin to
the application. In the event that the qualities don't coordinate, the signing won't be done and the under taking closes.
Send and get messages: After a fruitful signing the client can now ready to send and get the messages. The capacity on
click is a capacitycharacterized and the variable of type Edit Text is pronounced and instated to the id of info text which
is recovered from the format xml document. Phone number and username of the sender is gotten from the firebase
information base occurrence alongside the content which should be sent. These two are changed over to string and put
away in the information base reference of the data set root hub. At the point when this cycle is done then the info is set
to invalid and the client is permitted to send another message. Furthermore, for the current clients if the current client
name from the firebase information base isn’t equivalent to invalid then the client will get an invite screen with the past
messages and new messages by calling the message show work. A variable of type Array list is instated to list id. Text
and client factors of type Text View are instated to text and client id that implies the sender text and name are put away
in these factors. By utilizing predefined work 'model Get' the information is put away into the factors and showed at the
hour of the capacity call.
Group chat when the user wants to get the information about any topic then the user can for the room by giving the
keyword. If user finds any relevant chat room then the user can directly join the room. If there is no chat room with that
name existing then user can create the chat room and referit to another users. After the users are joined in the chat room,
users can decide whether the messages which they send will be displayed along with the sender name or not. If the user
wants to be visible to other users then the messages are displayed along with the username. If the user does not want the
actual name to be visible then a unique id is generated as a username for that particular chat room and the messages are
displayed with the generated name. The chatroom can be deleted by the user who created them. The following flow chat
explains the chat room work flow.

Figure 3: Chat work flow chart

III. LITERATURE REVIEW

Walter Kriha in his article has mention the systematic overview of NoSQL database and common concepts, techniques
and patterns as well as several classes of NoSQL databases (key/value-stores, document databases, column oriented
databases) and individual products. Various advantage and disadvantage of using NoSQL database hasbeen discussed.
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Supriya S. Pore, Swalaya B. Pawari conducted a comparative study of SQL and NoSQL. The study highlights on the
types of databases like SQL and NoSQL, it also differentiates among them. The Axiomatic of SQL and NoSQL
databases has been described in this paper. The study says that due to data consistency, ACID property is not used in
the NoSQL databases
Vatika Sharma, Meenu Dave have given an overview of NoSQL databases focusing on how it has declined the
dominance of SQL with its background and characteristics.
Daniel Pan in his article has shown how to connect firebase to an Android app and basics of designing the structure of
database in Firebase.
Landon Cox study highlights the comparison between SQLite and firebase. It also focuses on organizing data in the
form of JSON tree in order to store in Firebase.
Our first target: to maintain categories and add subcategories to allow people to find what they were looking for more
quickly. Our second target was to subtly suggest popular dishes that were quick to prepare. Less prep time meant faster
deliveries and so we introduced Recommendations.

IV. FEEDBACK AND SURVEY

Many visiting applications are arising nowadays and are being utilized by individuals adequately. To build up the
application, the client criticism about what is required and what is existing in the current applications accessible. This
review depended on the highlights of the current applications like WhatsApp, Snap Chat, Hike, Telegram and Facebook
Messenger. Coming up next are a few inquiries which were posed among a gathering of 50 individuals of various age
gatherings.

Figure 2: Ages of the participants in the survey

Most Liked Features from the following

 Disappearing messages (delete after viewingfor a given/mentioned time)
 VoLTE (Voice over LTE)
 Group
 Text message (SMS)
 Message encryption (for security)
 Status
 File sharing( photo, Video)
 Emoji’s
 Stickers
 Feelings

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Figure 3: Pie chart showing the percentage of usage in different types of communication

Purpose of using
 Texting
 Image sharing

Figure 4: Pie chart for percentage of user preference in the communication applications.
Many talking applications are arising nowadays and are being utilized by individuals viably. To build up the
application, the client criticism about what is required and what is existing in the current applications accessible.

V. RESULT
The last framework will result as a constant communication application which gives the clients to convey to one another
no sweat. The application will have a login page through which the client can enroll and login themselves. Landing
page of the application contains the past messages assuming any. The client can be ready to look for the other client.
Client can send and get Chat messages. The client can make talk rooms and can look for the substance or data. With
these visit rooms clients can trade perspectives and data about different themes. The character of the client can likewise
be disclosed covered up in these visit rooms.

Figure 5: Interface of login page

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Figure 6: Interface of chat window

VI. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE

There is in every case some spot for improvements in any product application, anyway great and proficient the
application might be. At this moment, we are managing just the texting between the companions. In future the
application may additionally create to incorporate a few highlights, for example,
1. Messages erase (Delete for everyone / Delete for me).
2. Personalized message tunes.
3. Status
4. Group chat
What's more, an informing application include which permits the client to make talk room while in discussion with
another client simply by sending the chatroom name with the hash image toward the start.

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