chat_app

A Flutter application that uses Firebase Firestore to send and receive messages.

Feature:

The following are the features of this application:

Change themes

• Switch between light mode and dart mode.

User Authentication:

• Sign up and log in using email and password.

Messaging:

• Send and receive messages from other users.
• Message timestamps.

Report, Block and Unblock user:

• Report messages.
• Block users.
• Unblock users.

Features to be added in future:

• Message notifications. []
• Change passwords. []
• Password reset via email. []
• Email verification. []
• Delete user account. []

File Structure:

assets/
│
├── icon/                   # App Icon
├── images/                 # Chat Bubble Icon
└── screenshots/            # UI Screenshots
lib/
│
├── components/             # Reusable widgets and UI componets from Text Fields to Posts Container
├── util/                   # Chat timestamp function
├── models/                 # Data models for the application
├── pages/                  # UI screens for the application
├── services/               # Firebase service classes (auth_service and chat_service)
│       │
│       ├── auth/           # Firebase Authentication Service
│       └── chat/           # Chat Service
├── themes/                 # Themes Provider and text themes
└── main.dart               # Main entry point of the application

App Icon:

The app icon is made using the following websites:

• Figma
• App Icon Generator
• Icon Monstr

UI Screens

Getting Started:

Prerequisites:

• Have Flutter installed on your machine.
• Create a Firebase project and turn on Email/Password from the Authentication section in the Sign-in method.

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Installation:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/usman619/chat_app.git
cd chat_app
code .

2. Install the dependencies:

flutter pub get

3. If you want to change default app icon, goto the file 'flutter_launcher_icons.yaml' and change the path used in 'image_path' and after that run the following command in your terminal:

dart run flutter_launcher_icons:main

4. Login into Firebase Console through CLI and select the project you have created before:

firebase login
flutter pub global activate flutterfirebase_cli
flutterfire config
< Select the project that you have created in Firebase Console >
flutter pub global deactivate flutterfirebase_cli

5. Run using the following command:

flutter run