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In 2014, Firebase launched two products: Firebase Hosting [6] and Firebase Authentication. [7] This positioned the company as a mobile backend as a service. [citation needed] In October 2014, Firebase was acquired by Google. [8] A year later, in October 2015, Google acquired Divshot, an HTML5 web-hosting platform, to merge it with the Firebase ...
Firebase Cloud Messaging is a cross-platform messaging service on which the user can deliver messages without cost. FCM is compatible with various platforms including Android and iOS. [7] Google launched support for web applications on October 17, 2016 including mobile web application. [8]
Android Cloud to Device Messaging (commonly referred to as Cloud to Device Messaging), or C2DM, is a defunct mobile notification service that was developed by Google and replaced by the Google Cloud Messaging service. It enabled developers to send data from servers to Android applications and Chrome extensions.
Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) was a mobile notification service developed by Google that enables third-party application developers to send notification data or information from developer-run servers to applications that target the Google Android Operating System, as well as applications or extensions developed for the Google Chrome web browser.
Firebase Assistant: Simplifies the process of adding Firebase services to an app, such as analytics, authentication, and cloud messaging. [ 16 ] ButterKnife Zelezny : Automates the generation of view bindings for Android's ButterKnife library, reducing boilerplate code.
Web and mobile apps require a similar set of features on the backend, including notification service, integration with social networks, and cloud storage. [9] [10] Each of these services has its own API that must be individually incorporated into an app, a process that can be time-consuming and complicated for app developers. [11]
In October 2014, Crashlytics announced Fabric, an expansion of functionality into mobile app analytics, beta distribution, and user identity and authentication. [16] Fabric represented the first introduction of a modular SDK platform, which allowed developers to pick and choose which features they needed while guaranteeing ease of installation and compatibility across all.
The Google Authenticator app for Android was originally open source, but later became proprietary. [11] Google made earlier source for their Authenticator app available on its GitHub repository; the associated development page stated: "This open source project allows you to download the code that powered version 2.21 of the application.