Firebase Auth/Console Credentials: Username/Email: [email protected] Password: Shell482!
Facebook and Google: Using that google account create a new project for firebase auth
For facebook, change the credentials in code to a new facebook account.
-rolland 03/08/20
For linking Firebase for both the frontend and the backend, they have to have to access the same Firebase application. To do this, they both need a firebase.json file that points to the correct firebase project. When running locally, the dev should use the exact same firebase.json file for both the frontend and the backend.
Additionally, in order for expo to work, it needs the IP address of your computer on your network, specifically your NAT address.
- On a mac, this can be found by running
ifconfig | grep 192. Your NAT IP address is the one listed next toinet. - On windows, you have to use
ipconfigand look for the address on your "wireless Lan adapter wifi".
Take this IP address and put it in a .env file at the project root.
For the .env file to work with production, we needed to put all prod and dev firebase information + backend url information for prod and dev into the .env file. Sample .env file:
PRODUCTION_MODE=false
DEV_BACKEND_URL=http://192.168.XX.XX:3000
DEV_API_KEY=XXXXX
DEV_AUTH_DOMAIN=XXXXX.firebaseapp.com
DEV_DATABASE_URL=https://XXXXX.firebaseio.com
DEV_PROJECT_ID=XXXXX
DEV_STORAGE_BUCKET=XXXXX.appspot.com
DEV_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID=XXXXX
DEV_APP_ID=XXXXX
PROD_BACKEND_URL=http://example.backend.com
PROD_API_KEY=XXXXX
PROD_AUTH_DOMAIN=XXXXX.firebaseapp.com
PROD_DATABASE_URL=https://XXXXX.firebaseio.com
PROD_PROJECT_ID=XXXXX
PROD_STORAGE_BUCKET=XXXXX.appspot.com
PROD_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID=XXXXX
PROD_APP_ID=XXXXX
IMPORTANT - DEV_BACKEND_URL and PROD_BACKEND_URL must have http:// or https:// in front of it for websockets to work, since we derive the websocket url from the backend url.