Which of the Google Play Services APIs are minimally required for authenticating through Firebase in a Flutter app?
Firebase in the docs for flutter says one should put the whole of google services into the dependencies.
dependencies
// ...
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.1' // new
As others suggested (https://stackoverflow.com/a/39513236/5369792) this is not good practice as it bloats the app because it downloads all of the APIs. Most of which are unnecessary and and leading to requiring Multidex even for a minimal 'hello world' app with user login.
Google Play Services has many APIs as per https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup They are all downloaded by the above dependency requirement merely because Firebase wants to read google services json file.
It would be much more efficient to add just a specific dependency that Firebase actually needs. So the question is which dependency(-ies) Firebase needs for a minimal user authentication and to just read the google services json file?
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google-play-services edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
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Firebase in the docs for flutter says one should put the whole of google services into the dependencies.
dependencies
// ...
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.1' // new
As others suggested (https://stackoverflow.com/a/39513236/5369792) this is not good practice as it bloats the app because it downloads all of the APIs. Most of which are unnecessary and and leading to requiring Multidex even for a minimal 'hello world' app with user login.
Google Play Services has many APIs as per https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup They are all downloaded by the above dependency requirement merely because Firebase wants to read google services json file.
It would be much more efficient to add just a specific dependency that Firebase actually needs. So the question is which dependency(-ies) Firebase needs for a minimal user authentication and to just read the google services json file?
firebase dependencies
flutter google-play-services edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
Grimthorr
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 17:23
VladVlad
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Firebase in the docs for flutter says one should put the whole of google services into the dependencies.
dependencies
// ...
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.1' // new
As others suggested (https://stackoverflow.com/a/39513236/5369792) this is not good practice as it bloats the app because it downloads all of the APIs. Most of which are unnecessary and and leading to requiring Multidex even for a minimal 'hello world' app with user login.
Google Play Services has many APIs as per https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup They are all downloaded by the above dependency requirement merely because Firebase wants to read google services json file.
It would be much more efficient to add just a specific dependency that Firebase actually needs. So the question is which dependency(-ies) Firebase needs for a minimal user authentication and to just read the google services json file?
firebase dependencies
flutter google-play-services edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
Grimthorr
4,49442238
asked Nov 14 '18 at 17:23
VladVlad
186
Firebase in the docs for flutter says one should put the whole of google services into the dependencies.
dependencies
// ...
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.1' // new
As others suggested (https://stackoverflow.com/a/39513236/5369792) this is not good practice as it bloats the app because it downloads all of the APIs. Most of which are unnecessary and and leading to requiring Multidex even for a minimal 'hello world' app with user login.
Google Play Services has many APIs as per https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup They are all downloaded by the above dependency requirement merely because Firebase wants to read google services json file.
It would be much more efficient to add just a specific dependency that Firebase actually needs. So the question is which dependency(-ies) Firebase needs for a minimal user authentication and to just read the google services json file?
firebase dependencies
flutter google-play-services firebase dependencies
flutter google-play-services edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
Grimthorr
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 17:23
VladVlad
186
edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
Grimthorr
4,49442238
asked Nov 14 '18 at 17:23
VladVlad
186
edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
Grimthorr
4,49442238
edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
Grimthorr
4,49442238
edited Nov 14 '18 at 17:29
Grimthorr
4,49442238
4,49442238
asked Nov 14 '18 at 17:23
VladVlad
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 17:23
VladVlad
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 17:23
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