02 - Connect Firebase with an Android App

Purple Manager / 3rd party integrations

This article guides you step by step through the process of connecting Firebase to your Android App.

You will connect your Purple Android app with Firebase and activate the following service:

For your Purple Android app

1. Visit firebase.google.com and open your Firebase project

2. Click on 'Project Overview'

3. Click on the gear symbol

4. Click on 'Project settings'

5. Below 'Your apps' click on 'Add app'

6. Click on the Android symbol

7. Add your Android Package name (the Package name in Purple).

8. Click on 'Register app'

9. Click on 'Next'

10. Click on 'Next'

11. Click on 'Continue to the console'

12. Click on 'General'

13. Below your apps, go to the tab of your Android app and click on 'google-services.json' to download the file to your computer

14. Go to Purple Manager -> 'Apps' and -> 'Overview'

15. Click on the three dots

16. Click on 'Consent/Push/Analytics'

17. Below 'Firebase Configuration' next to 'Android' click on the arrow

18. Click on 'Basic Settings'

19. Wait until the upload has finished

20. Next to 'Firebase Configuration file' click on 'Select file' and upload the 'googleservices.json' file which you have downloaded from Firebase in step 12

21. Next to 'Enable Firebase Analytics' check the check box

22. Next to 'Enable Firebase Crashlytics' check the check box

23. Next to 'Enable Firebase In-App Messaging' check the check box

24. Below 'Push' -> 'Android' -> next to 'Basic Settings' click on the arrow

25. Next to 'Enable Manager Push' check the check box

26. Next to 'Push registration on app start' check the check box

27. Click on 'Save'