🚀 Overview

FireApp Chat is a sleek and responsive chat application built with Flutter and powered by Firebase.
It supports one-on-one messaging, group chats, media sharing (images, videos, voice notes), and real-time push notifications.
Designed for startups, communities, social platforms, or internal team usage, FireApp Chat offers a complete feature set out of the box.

Experience: Inspired by popular messaging apps, FireApp Chat aims for smooth performance, minimal delay, and engaging chat UI.
It contains multi-language support and simple reskin paths, enabling you to brand and launch your chat product quickly.

✨ Key Features

• 💬 1:1 & Group Chat: Create chat groups, add/remove members, assign admins, and chat in real time.
• 📥 Media Sharing: Send images, videos, voice notes, emojis, GIFs, and stickers.
• 🔔 Push Notifications: Firebase Cloud Messaging for message alerts and group notifications.
• 🧭 Search & History: Search chats, groups, and users; swipe to delete or archive conversations.
• 👤 User Profiles: Edit profile, status, avatar; block/unblock users.
• 🔒 Security & Auth: Firebase Authentication (Email, Phone number, Social login). Optional JWT auth for custom backend.
• 🌐 Realtime Synchronization: Firebase Firestore/Realtime Database with offline caching.
• 🎨 Theming: Dark mode, custom color themes, and localization-ready interface.
• 📊 Analytics: Firebase Analytics + Crashlytics for performance monitoring.
• 🛠️ Admin Panel (optional): Web admin to moderate chats, ban users, and view usage stats (requires custom backend).

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Mobile: Flutter 3.x (Dart 3, Null Safety)
• Backend: Firebase (Authentication, Firestore / Realtime DB, Storage, Cloud Functions)
• Push Service: Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)
• Storage: Firebase Storage (for media) or custom S3-compatible buckets
• Build Tools: Android Studio/Xcode, Gradle 8+, Flutter SDK
• Requirements: Android 8.0+ (API 26), iOS 13+, HTTPS/TLS 1.2+

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Open the Flutter project in Android Studio or VS Code.
2. Run flutter pub get to install dependencies.
3. Go to Firebase Console → Create a new project → enable Authentication, Firestore, and Storage.
4. Download google-services.json (Android) / GoogleService-Info.plist (iOS) and add to project.
5. Edit lib/config.dart to set Firebase project ID and storage bucket.
6. Customize icons, splash screen, theme colors, and translations in assets/ and pubspec.yaml.
7. Build release version with flutter build apk --release or flutter build ios.

📦 Deliverables

• ✅ Complete Flutter source code (chat UI, groups, media, notifications)
• ✅ Firebase config templates and instructions
• ✅ Assets: icons, themes, basic stickers/GIFs
• ✅ Localization files and dark mode support
• ✅ Documentation & GPL v3 license

📱 Supported Platforms

• Android: Version 8.0 (Oreo) and above
• iOS: 13+ (optional Flutter export)
• Devices: Phones, Tablets, Foldables

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

Inspired by mobile chat templates available on CodeCanyon.
Support the original author here:
CodeCanyon – Original Author.

🔒 Disclaimer

This application template is redistributed under the GPL v3 license for educational and development use.
We are not affiliated with any messaging platform or the original author.
Ensure you adhere to app store messaging policies (GDPR, COPPA, data protection) before publishing.