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The document provides an overview of Firebase Realtime Database, detailing its functionality, advantages, and disadvantages compared to traditional databases like MySQL and SQLite. It explains how to configure an Android project with Firebase, read/write data, and integrate Firebase into an existing app. Additionally, it includes instructions for sending and receiving push notifications using Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).

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Lab 3

The document provides an overview of Firebase Realtime Database, detailing its functionality, advantages, and disadvantages compared to traditional databases like MySQL and SQLite. It explains how to configure an Android project with Firebase, read/write data, and integrate Firebase into an existing app. Additionally, it includes instructions for sending and receiving push notifications using Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).

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Cloud Computing (CS495)

Firebase Realtime Database


Lab #3

Prepared by:
Ashraf Mohey
 What is “Firebase Cloud messaging”?

Store and sync data with our NoSQL cloud database. Data is synced across all
clients in realtime, and remains available when your app goes offline.

The Firebase Realtime Database is a cloud-hosted database. Data is stored as


JSON and synchronized in realtime to every connected client. When you build
cross-platform apps with our iOS, Android, and JavaScript SDKs, all of your clients
share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the
newest data.

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 How does it work?

The Firebase Realtime Database lets you build rich, collaborative applications by
allowing secure access to the database directly from client-side code. Data is
persisted locally, and even while offline, realtime events continue to fire, giving the
end user a responsive experience. When the device regains connection, the
Realtime Database synchronizes the local data changes with the remote updates
that occurred while the client was offline, merging any conflicts automatically

The Realtime Database provides a flexible, expression-based rules language,


called Firebase Realtime Database Security Rules, to define how your data should
be structured and when data can be read from or written to. When integrated with
Firebase Authentication, developers can define who has access to what data, and
how they can access it.

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 Firebase Database vs MySQL vs SQLite?

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 Firebase Database vs MySQL vs SQLite?

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 Firebase Database vs MySQL vs SQLite?

For full comparison:


https://db-engines.com/en/system/Firebase+Realtime+Database%3BMySQL%3BSQLite

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 Firebase Database Pro’s vs Con’s

Pro’s:
1. If your app does run of a centralized DB, and is updated by a lot of
users – then it’s more than capable of handling the Real-Time data
updates between devices.
2. Stored in the cloud so readily available everywhere.
3. Cross Platform API (If you are using this DB with an App)
4. They Host the data. -Meaning if you are storing a lot of data, you don’t have to
worry about hardware!
5. Offline: Firebase apps remain responsive even when offline because the
Firebase Realtime Database SDK persists your data to disk. Once connectivity is
reestablished, the client device receives any changes it missed, synchronizing it
with the current server state.
6. Realtime: Instead of typical HTTP requests, the Firebase Realtime Database
uses data synchronization—every time data changes, any connected device
receives that update within milliseconds. Provide collaborative and immersive
experiences without thinking about networking code.

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 Firebase Database Pro’s vs Con’s

Con’s:
1. Unless your app runs of one centralized database updated by a vast quantity of
users, it’s a major overkill.
2. Storage format is entirely different to that of SQL, (Firebase uses JSON) so you
wouldn’t be able to migrate that easily.
3. Reporting tools won’t be anywhere near the ones of standard SQL.
4. Costs! -Limited to 50 Connections and 100mb of Storage!
5. You don’t host the data, Firebase does. And depending on which server you get
put on, viewing there up time there seems to be a lot of disruption lately.

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 Configuring Android Project with Firebase Database

• Use the Firebase Assistant

To open the Firebase Assistant in Android Studio:

 Click Tools > Firebase to open the Assistant window.


 Click to expand firebase realtime database
 Click the Connect to Firebase button to connect to Firebase and add the
necessary code to your app.

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 Read/Write data to database

To read/write data to firebase in any client you always need to follow these steps:

 Get reference to your root object of your database.


mDatabase = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
 Navigate inside your nodes using .child(‘’)
mDatabase.child(‘NestedObject1’).child(‘NestedObject2’); ….
 Use nodeReference.setValue(Object) for write operation
Attach a listener for you node reference for read operations

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 Read/Write data to database

For full usage reference please follow official documentation:


https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/android/read-and-write

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 Task 3

 You are required to integrate Firebase database into your previously created
android app in task 2 by following this tutorial
https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/android/start/

 When sending push notification from FCM Console, you are required to extract
the content message and store in the database under "message" object like this
https://justpaste.it/1j3tx

Note: that the datetime format is "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss" or any other...

To receive the notification message and extract data from it check this tutorial
https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/android/receive

Note: Your app must be in foreground to receive the notification at


onMessageReceived. you can use Logs to monitor this behavior

 Team is max 3 members

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 Reference

https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/

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