Summary

In this chapter, we were introduced to Firebase, a service that we can use for several tasks, which usually require a server. We've set up our account in Firebase and got a basic understanding of what its console looks like. Then, we've changed our whatsappClone app to be fully interactive by connecting it to a Firebase real-time database. We've added to our whatsappClone app a text input field and submission logic, so our data can be both retrieved from and submitted to the Firebase database. Then, we overviewed other data fetching techniques that can be used in React Native and progressed toward the authentication topic. We used Firebase to authenticate our user with username and password and built Login and Singup screens for the instagramClone app we will continue working on in the next few chapters. We've created a decorator, which we will reuse...