Firebase is Google's mobile analytics platform. Tapcart uses Firebase to power analytics tracking in your app and to send push notifications to Android devices. Setting up Firebase is a required step before your app can be submitted to the App Store and Google Play.
Your Implementation Manager will let you know when it's time to complete this step. You'll need your iOS and Android bundle IDs to get started — if you don't have these, reach out to your Implementation Manager or contact [email protected] and we'll provide them.
iOS Setup
Select Add App in the Firebase project.
Choose iOS
Enter the Apple bundle ID (this can be found in the Apple Developer portal under App Information or reach out to Support to provide the value).
The App Store ID is the 10-digit number at the end of the Apple App Store URL.
Once all fields are filled out, hit Register App.
Download the file for the Apple App (
GoogleService-Info.plist).Go to Integrations in the Tapcart dashboard and select Firebase.
Click Upload iOS Google Services Plist.
Select the previously downloaded file.
Hit Save / Enable Integration.
Refresh the page once it saves successfully.
Android Setup
Once iOS setup is complete, go back into the Firebase project and click Add App.
Select Android.
To register the Android app, use the bundle ID found in the Google developer portal (or reach out to Support to provide the value).
You don’t need to add the Debug signing cert
information
Download the Android file (
google-services.json).Go back to Integrations in the Tapcart dashboard and select Android.
Click Upload Android Google Services JSON.
Select the previously downloaded file.
Hit Save / Update Integration.
Setting Up Android Push
Follow the steps below to create a Firebase key for the Android app push notifications.
Generate the Push Notification JSON Key
Go back to the Firebase Console
In the left sidebar, select Settings and choose Service Accounts.
Locate the email that starts with
firebase-adminsdkand click into it.On the next page, select Keys > Add Key > Create new Key.
On the modal, JSON will be auto-selected
Click Create.
The JSON file will be generated and automatically saved to your Downloads folder.
Send this file to Tapcart to complete the setup for the Android app.
Need Help?
Reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help!