Firebase News API Reader App

flutter news api buzz

news app created in flutter using news api for fetching real-time data and firebase as the backend and authenticator.

features

• custom news feed based on selected sources
• saving articles
• explore news based on categories
• search for topics
• sharing articles

preview

dependencies

• flutter
• firebase
• google sign in
• flutter webview plugin
• news api

getting started

1. setup flutter

2. download the repo

$ theankurkedia/newsbuzz.git
$ cd newsbuzz/

3. setup firebase app

1. you’ll need to create a firebase instance. follow the instructions at https://console.firebase.google.com.
2. once your firebase instance is created, you’ll need to enable anonymous authentication.

• go to the firebase console for your new instance.
• click “authentication” in the left-hand menu
• click the “sign-in method” tab
• click “google” and enable it

3. (skip if not running on android)

• create an app within your firebase instance for android, with package name com.yourcompany.news
• run the following command to get your sha-1 key:

keytool -exportcert -list -v 
-alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore

• in the firebase console, in the settings of your android app, add your sha-1 key by clicking “add fingerprint”.
• follow instructions to download google-services.json
• place google-services.json into newsbuzz/android/app/.

4. (skip if not running on ios)

• create an app within your firebase instance for ios, with package name com.yourcompany.news
• follow instructions to download googleservice-info.plist, and place it into newsbuzz/ios/runner in xcode
• open newsbuzz/ios/runner/info.plist. locate the cfbundleurlschemes key. the second item in the array value of this key is specific to the firebase instance. replace it with the value for reversed_client_id from googleservice-info.plist

4. run the app

$ flutter run