React Native Firebase makes using Firebase with React Native simple. It provides a light-weight layer on-top of the native Firebase SDKs (iOS & Android) whilst mirroring the Firebase Web SDKs API as closely as possible.
Although some features from the Firebase Web SDK will generally work with React Native, it is mainly built for the web and as such has a limited compatible feature set.
In contrast we use the Firebase Native SDKs - this allows us to provide APIs to a vast majority of Firebase products and services.
See the Supported Firebase Features table below to compare our supported features.
We provide several options for you to get started with React Native Firebase, select a method from the table below that matches your requirements:
| Manual Integration | Free Starter Kit | |
|---|---|---|
[ ](version /installation/initial-setup) |
[ ](version /installation/basic-kit) |
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| Manually integrate React Native Firebase into your project by following our Android and iOS setup guides. | We've installed React Native Firebase into the standard React Native template app with only minimal steps for you to get going. | |
| Recommended for experienced React Native developers and existing React Native projects. | Recommended for beginners and new React Native projects. | |
[ ](version /installation/initial-setup) |
[ ](version /installation/basic-kit) |
The Web SDK column indicates what modules/functionality from the Web SDK are usable within React Native. A '?' indicates partial support.
| Firebase Features | v5.x.x | Web SDK |
|---|---|---|
| AdMob | ✅ | ❌ |
| Analytics | ✅ | ❌ |
| App Indexing | ❌ | ❌ |
| Authentication | ✅ | ✅ |
| -- Phone Auth | ✅ | ✅ |
| Core | ✅ | ✅ |
| -- Multiple Apps | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cloud Firestore | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cloud Messaging (FCM) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Crashlytics | ✅ | ❌ |
| Dynamic Links | ✅ | ❌ |
| Functions Callable | ✅ | ✅ |
| Invites | ✅ | ❌ |
| Instance ID | ✅ | ❌ |
| Performance Monitoring | ✅ | ❌ |
| Realtime Database | ✅ | ✅ |
| -- Offline Persistence | ✅ | ? |
| Remote Config | ✅ | ❌ |
| Storage | ✅ | ✅ |
The table below shows the supported versions of React Native and the Firebase SDKs for different versions of
react-native-firebase
| 3.3.x | 4.3.x | 5.x.x | |
|---|---|---|---|
| React Native | 0.50-52 | 0.52-55 | ^0.56 - ^0.58 |
| Play Services Android SDK | 11.8.0 + | 15.0.1 | ^16.0.1 |
| Firebase iOS SDK | 4.7.0 + | 5.3.0 | ^5.10.0 - ^5.15.0 |
For questions and support please use our Discord chat or Stack Overflow. The issue list of this repo is exclusively for bug reports.
Please make sure to complete the issue template before opening an issue. Issues not conforming to the guidelines may be closed immediately.
For feature requests please visit our Feature Request Board.
Detailed changes for each release are documented in the releases notes.
Please make sure to read the Contributing Guide before making a pull request.
Thank you to all the people who have already contributed to React Native Firebase!
