Flutter Firebase Authentication Scaffold

This project provides a scaffold for implementing Firebase authentication in a Flutter application, runnable in GitHub Codespaces.

Getting Started with Codespaces

To prepare your GitHub Codespace for Flutter development:

1. Navigate to your GitHub repository.
2. Click on the Code button.
3. Select Codespaces.
4. Click Create new Codespace.

Note: Stop your Codespace when done to prevent unnecessary credit usage.

Firebase Setup

Before installation:

1. Go to the Firebase Console.
2. Click on Add project and follow the instructions to create a new Firebase project.
3. Once the project is created, navigate to the Authentication section.
4. In the Sign-in method tab, enable Email/Password authentication.

Installation

Once your Codespace is ready:

1. Open the terminal.
2. Run flutter pub get to install dependencies.
3. Authenticate with Firebase using firebase login.
4. Run flutterfire configure to connect your app with the Firebase project.
5. Move firebase_options.dart from lib to lib/config with mv lib/firebase_options.dart lib/config/firebase_options.dart.

Security Note

Important: Never publish API keys or other sensitive credentials in public repositories. The files that contain these credentials include:

• lib/config/firebase_options.dart
• android/app/google-services.json
• ios/firebase_app_id_file.json
• macos/firebase_app_id_file.json

These files should be kept out of version control to protect your Firebase account and services. For an example of how to set up your .gitignore to exclude these files, refer to the .gitignore file in this repository.

Running the Application

Before running the app:

1. Open port 3000:
   • In the Ports tab, right-click on 3000.
   • Select Port Visibility.
   • Choose Public.

To start the app:

• Execute ./run.sh in the terminal.
• After the build, in Ports, right-click on 3000 and select Open in Browser.