Flash-Chat

Flash Chat is an internet based messaging app similar to WhatsApp. Uses Firebase Firestore as a backend database to store and retrieve our messages from the cloud.

Learned while creating this app

• How to integrate third party libraries in your app using Cocoapods and Swift Package Manager.
• How to store data in the cloud using Firebase Firestore.
• How to query and sort the Firebase database.
• How to use Firebase for user authentication, registration and login.
• How to work with UITableViews and how to set their data sources and delegates.
• How to create custom views using .xib files to modify native design components.
• How to embed View Controllers in a Navigation Controller and understand the navigation stack.
• How to create a constants file and use static properties to store Strings and other constants.
• Learn about Swift loops and create animations using loops.
• Learn about the App Lifecycle and how to use viewWillAppear or viewWillDisappear.
• How to create direct Segues for navigation.

Screens

Registration & validation	Login

Realtime Chat

This is a companion project to The App Brewery’s Complete App Developement Bootcamp.