https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/tag/firebase Posts tagged Firebase from SudarshanTechLabs. en-us Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT support@sudarshantechlabs.com (Sudarshan Chaudhari) support@sudarshantechlabs.com (Sudarshan Chaudhari) https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/firebase-app-distribution-beta-testing https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/firebase-app-distribution-beta-testing Getting a build into testers' hands shouldn't require the Play Store review queue. Here's how I use Firebase App Distribution for fast beta cycles, how it compares to Play's internal testing, and when to use each. · 4 min read Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Firebase Beta Testing Android CI/CD App Distribution https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/how-i-use-firebase-in-production-without-the-bloat https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/how-i-use-firebase-in-production-without-the-bloat Firebase can run your whole backend or quietly balloon your app and your bill. Here's the lean subset I actually use across production Android apps, and the services I deliberately leave out. · 4 min read Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Firebase Android Backend Analytics Solo Developer https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/firebase-realtime-db-vs-firestore-location-tracking https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/firebase-realtime-db-vs-firestore-location-tracking Choosing a Firebase database for real-time location sharing is not a preference decision — it's a constraint decision. Here is why Firebase Realtime DB won over Firestore for MyFamilyTracker, and what the tradeoff actually costs. · 4 min read Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Firebase Architecture https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/android-analytics-firebase https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/android-analytics-firebase Most developers track too many events and learn nothing from them. Here's how to define a lean analytics strategy, implement it with Firebase Analytics, and actually make decisions based on the data. · 4 min read Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Firebase Startup Solo Dev https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/debugging-android-production-at-scale https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/debugging-android-production-at-scale When you maintain 22 Android apps simultaneously, production debugging has to be systematic. This is the exact triage process, tooling setup, and root-cause workflow I use to go from crash alert to fix in under 2 hours — even for intermittent, hard-to-reproduce issues. · 6 min read Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Debugging Production Firebase QA https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/android-push-notifications https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/android-push-notifications Push notifications are one of the highest-retention tools available. Done wrong, they destroy engagement. Here's how to implement FCM notifications correctly in Android, handle notification permissions, and design a notification strategy that users actually want. · 4 min read Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Firebase Kotlin https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/crash-reporting-and-monitoring https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/crash-reporting-and-monitoring Releasing an app without crash reporting is flying blind. Here's how to set up Firebase Crashlytics, interpret crash data, prioritize fixes, and build a monitoring workflow that catches real problems fast. · 4 min read Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Monitoring Firebase Production