Build a Tinder Clone in iOS SwiftUI and Firebase

Build the swipe left or right feature with mock users on a single screen, featuring an image, overlay, username, and left/right buttons; no backend yet, step-by-step guidance.

Create a new iOS SwiftUI project in Xcode, set up MVVM structure with model, view, view model, service, and util folders, and prepare UI assets for a Tinder clone.

Define user and card data models, implement Identifiable, Codable, and Hashable protocols, and generate ten mock users and corresponding cards to support swipe functionality.

Create a swipe view UI in SwiftUI that shows mock card data in a ZStack with a gradient, displays user name and age, and includes like and reject buttons.

Add swipe cards to a Tinder clone by linking drag gestures to x, y, and degree offsets, with spring animation to snap back or fly off screen left or right.

Implement swipe left and right buttons for the Tinder clone, animating card tilt and position with mock data and a view model for future data handling.

Implement left and right swipe labels in a SwiftUI tinder-style card interface by placing like and nope images in a ZStack and controlling their opacity with the card's x position.

Builds authentication flows with a login and registration screen using Firebase authentication and Firestore to store user data, including name, email, and passwords must be at least six characters.

Connect your Tinder clone iOS app to Firebase by creating a Firebase project, adding iOS app, configuring with the downloaded file, enabling email/password authentication, Firestore and Storage, and initializing Firebase.

Create auth files, including login and register views, plus an auth view model and auth service. Connect the login view to the register view with a sign up link.

Create reusable authentication UI in SwiftUI by building branding image and Tinder input field, enabling consistent registration and login views with image assets, placeholders, binding, and secure input.

Build a SwiftUI registration view with email, name, and password fields, a register button, and a back-to-login option, while hiding the navigation bar and styling the button.

Implement an auth service to register users via Firebase, wire the UI to the backend through the view model, and store user data in Firestore with a shared auth service.

Build a SwiftUI auth view model to register users with firebase authentication and firestore, storing email, password, and name, using async/await and main thread via an environment object.

Create a loading overlay on the registration screen by syncing the auth service’s isLoading flag to the view model and showing a dimmed backdrop with a spinner during background tasks.

Implement a Tinder error structure and global error handling to display Firebase backend error messages in the registration view, including email in use and password length alerts.

Create the login view for an existing user by reusing registration UI patterns, establish navigation, and preview the login flow while preparing to connect to the backend API.

Implement the async login function in the authentication service using email and password, handle loading and errors, update the user session, and route to the swipe view.

Explore a six-step registration flow for a Tinder-style app in SwiftUI and Firebase, covering photo upload, age, interests, bio, and finalizing the profile before the swipe screen.

Fetch user info demonstrates retrieving the current user from Firebase authentication and Firestore, storing it locally via a user service, and updating the auth service for the swipe user interface.

Implement a registration flow that redirects users to a signup sequence before the swipe view, controlled by a signup flow flag with an option to skip back to swipes.

Implement a register image view in SwiftUI using a photos picker to select a profile image, updating the view model and displaying a placeholder when absent.

Load photos picker item into a UI image in the auth service, display it as the profile image, and bind it to the auth view model for future Firebase upload.

Upload a user image to Firebase storage with a reusable image uploader and save the image url to the user document in Firestore, connecting UI actions to the flow.

Refactor the tinder clone code for iOS SwiftUI and Firebase by adding tinder gender and interests, updating the user model, and instructing deletion and recreation of backend users.

Implement an age selection screen in the registration flow using SwiftUI, featuring a picker from 18 to 100, bound to a view model, and navigation to the gender screen.

Implement the register gender view in the Tinder clone app, wiring a view model with gender and preference and two pickers for gender and looking-for options.

Build the register bio view by binding a text editor to the view model's bio, styling with a rounded rectangle overlay, and linking to the register interests view.

Build an interactive interests view in SwiftUI by presenting a three-column lazy grid of selectable interests, updating a view model's interests set, and navigating to the register completion screen.

Build the register completion view for a Tinder clone using SwiftUI, with a spinner overlay and a finish button; backend functionality will be added in the next video.

Implement the complete registration flow with a Firebase backend by sending user data (age, bio, gender, preference, interests) to Firestore, fetching the updated user, and handling loading and errors.

Reset the selected image, profile image, and UI image to nil in the registration flow. Prevent carrying over the previous image when registering multiple users.

Implement the bottom navigation bar with swipe, match, and profile views. Build the main tab view that passes a user and tracks the selected tab.

Load profile images with Kingfisher in SwiftUI, add the package via Swift package manager, and build a mock user with image, bio, gender, interests, and Firebase reference for the profile.

Develop a profile screen UI for a Tinder clone in SwiftUI, load images with Kingfisher, display name, age, bio, and interests, and include a sign-out.

Create and initialize an edit profile view model to manage user edits, handle photo selection and image loading, and sync with Firebase, with a dedicated init using a user instance.

Design an editable header view in SwiftUI with a scroll view, grouped components, an environment object for the view model, and save and cancel actions that dismiss the overlay.

Learn to build a reusable round image view in SwiftUI, load images with Kingfisher, and implement a photo picker for editing profile photos with placeholder handling and size presets.

Edit the user name and age in a SwiftUI view, display the name, provide an age picker from 18 to 100, and update the view model and backend on save.

Build the bio view in swiftui, featuring a multi-line text field bound to the view model, a vertical axis, a rounded gray border, and firebase-backed updates.

Add a gender and preference editor to the Tinder clone UI with two pickers for gender and looking for, using a labeled HStack and a divider to separate sections.

Implement an interactive interests grid in SwiftUI, enabling selection and deselection of tinder-style interests via tap gestures, updating the view model, paving the way to sync with Firebase.

Update user data on the backend via the view model by uploading the image, setting profile image URL, bio, age, gender, and interests, then updating Firestore and refreshing user data.

Fetch swipe card users from firebase via a user service, applying gender and preference filters, exclude the current user, convert documents to users, and filter swiped or matched profiles.

Create a swipe view model using Combine to fetch potential users from the user service, convert them into cards, and expose loading and cards for the SwiftUI Tinder clone.

Implement swipe card functionality in a Tinder clone with SwiftUI and Firebase by wiring a swipe view model to potential cards and testing left and right swipes for matches.

Fixes card issues by loading profile images with Kingfisher from Firebase Firestore, adds a placeholder, shows a loading spinner, and enables tapping a card to view the user profile.

Implement on like and on dislike in the user service, update Firestore swipes and matches, and create a chat when a match occurs.

Update the swipe view model by implementing on like and on dislike, removing matched cards to refresh the view and trigger on match.

Update the swipe and card views to handle on like and on dislike with delayed actions after animation, surfacing a match alert and enabling Firebase-backed matches and chat.

Build the match view that shows chats from the database, updates automatically in real time, and displays new matches after right swipes.

Build the match view with mock chats to display several users, determine the other user in each chat, and show their image and name with navigation to chat details.

Implement a match service with a live Firestore listener to fetch chats for the current user. Filter by user1 or user2, convert documents to chat models, and update the ViewModel.

Build a match view model for a tinder clone by subscribing to the current user via the auth service, managing matches as a published chat array, and fetching matches.

Instantiate the match view model as a state object, display matches from Firestore, update current user and profile images, and add a loading overlay with isLoading using a ZStack.

Implement live chat functionality across two devices, enabling real-time message updates between Betty and Alex, with a chat collection and messages subcollection in the backend.

Define a message data type for Firebase Firestore, including id, sentBy, text, and timestamp, import Firebase, and create a collection_messages reference to store and retrieve chat messages.

Develop a chat service that communicates with Firebase Firestore to send messages and fetch chat history using a snapshot listener, updating the UI in real time with ordered timestamps.

Build a chat view model as an observable object with current user, chat, loading, and messages; set up auth service subscribers, and implement send reply and fetch messages with async/await.

Build a chat view for a Tinder clone using SwiftUI and Firebase, wiring an environment object and view model to send messages via Firestore.

Hide back button and status bar, then build a header that shows the other user’s image. Show the user’s name with a back chevron and enable navigation to the profile.

Build a live chat UI in SwiftUI that displays messages on the right for the current user and on the left for others, with styling and auto-scroll to the bottom.

Build a tinder clone with authentication, swipe and match flows, live chat, and profiles with images, interests, age, bio, and gender preferences using SwiftUI and Firebase.