Make a Chat App! (Firebase : Swift in Xcode)

Name: Make a Chat App! (Firebase : Swift in Xcode)
Rating: 3.9 (77 reviews)

Make a chat application from start to finish!

Created byJared Davidson

Last updated 7/2016

English

What you'll learn

Make a Chat Application using Firebase
Upload and Retrieve Messages from the Database
Upload and Retrieve Photos from Storage
Add Email and Password Login
Create Users and Load Them into a Table View

Course content

1 section • 18 lectures • 2h 3m total length

Introduction!1:20
Learn to build a chat app with Firebase as back end, using Swift in Xcode, from setup to email/password login, profile pictures in Firebase storage, and chats via Firebase database.
Setting Up Your App With Firebase!7:41
Add Email Login! (Pt. 1)3:03
Add Email Login! (Pt. 2)9:03
Add Setup Page!5:11
Custom Camera View in Setup Page!9:30
Take A Photo!2:52
Upload Photo to Firebase!9:53
Ad Authorization to go to Setup View!8:36
Automatic Login!6:37
Add Profile Page!4:05
Setup Profile Page!13:50
Asynchronous Loading of Profiles!2:36
Enhance profile loading by asynchronously updating profile images and names, starting with their alpha at zero. Animate the updates over a duration to create a smoother, more professional look.
Setup Chat Page!5:41
Set up a chat page by creating a view controller with a vertical stack view, table view, and navigation controller in Swift using Xcode, and import Firebase components.
Load Posts Onto Chat Page!10:25
Load posts onto the chat page by wiring the chat view table to a Firebase database reference, observe child added, order by key, and reload the table.
Post Something!11:20
Notifications! (THE END)11:40
Learn how to implement push notifications in a Swift chat app, enabling remote notifications and background fetch, requesting user permission, integrating Firebase database data, and displaying local alerts.
Project Files

Requirements

You NEED a Mac or something that run macOS.
Xcode (Free)
Firebase Account (Free to try)
CocoaPods (Free)

Description

In this 15 video course series, I will take you from square one, and help you make your own complete chat application for the iPhone/iPad using Swift 2 in Xcode. We'll be using Firebase.com to host the information inside of the app (profile pictures, usernames, messages, etc) which is free to try out. (See promo video for more details)

Testimonials!

Anonymous - Awesome tutorials. I like that you are straight to the point. Half way I am usually thinking... 'Aww but how would I do this', then you nearly always end up answering it anyway. Thanks heaps for all the great help you give the programming community. Keep it up mate.

Netronelson - excellent video... pace was great, not too much jargon. nice and clear! (from a non-techs guy).

Abdullah Callo - Thank you very much, all of your tutorial are very informative, clear and easy to follow.

Who this course is for:

FOR those looking for a quick and simple course on making a chat app.
NOT for beginners, I don't hold your hand, and tell you what everything means.