Capacitor Firebase Remote Config Plugin

Capacitory community plugin for firebase remote config.

Maintainers

Maintainer	GitHub	Social	Sponsoring Company
Priyank Patel	priyankpat	@priyankpat_	Ionic

Mainteinance Status: Actively Maintained

Installation

To use npm

npm install @capacitor-community/firebase-remote-config

To use yarn

yarn add @capacitor-community/firebase-remote-config

Sync native files

npx cap sync

On iOS, no further steps are needed.

On Android, register the plugin in your main activity:

import com.getcapacitor.community.firebaserc.FirebaseRemoteConfig;

public class MainActivity extends BridgeActivity {

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Initializes the Bridge
    this.init(
        savedInstanceState,
        new ArrayList<Class<? extends Plugin>>() {

          {
            // Additional plugins you've installed go here
            // Ex: add(TotallyAwesomePlugin.class);
            add(FirebaseRemoteConfig.class);
          }
        }
      );
  }
}

Configuration

Download appropriate google-services.json or GoogleService-Info.plist and place it in the correct platform app directory.

For Android: /android/app

For iOS: /ios/App/App

Examples

Click here for example on how to implement this plugin

You can also clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/priyankpat/capacitor-plugins-example
git checkout -b firebase-remote-config

Supported methods

Name	Android	iOS	Web
initializeFirebase	❌	❌	✅
setDefaultWebConfig	❌	❌	✅
initialize	✅	✅	✅
fetch	✅	✅	✅
activate	✅	✅	✅
fetchAndActivate	✅	✅	✅
getBoolean	✅	✅	✅
getByteArray	✅	✅	✅
getNumber	✅	✅	✅
getString	✅	✅	✅

Usage

// Must import the package once to make sure the web support initializes
import "@capacitor-community/firebase-remote-config";

import { Plugins } from "@capacitor/core";

const { FirebaseRemoteConfig } = Plugins;

/**
 * NOTE: Web Platform only!
 * This method will initialize firebase app if not yet initialized.
 * @param firebase configs - from google-service.json or GoogleService-Info.plist
 * @returns void
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.initializeFirebase({
  apiKey: "...",
  authDomain: "...",
  databaseURL: "...",
  projectId: "...",
  storageBucket: "...",
  messagingSenderId: "...",
  appId: "...",
  measurementId: "...",
});

/**
 * NOTE: Web Platform only!
 * This method will set default remote config values.
 * @param options - key/value params with default values
 * @returns void
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.setDefaultWebConfig({
  has_sale: false,
  event_name: "clearance_event",
});

/**
 * This method will configure remote config object instance and set the minimum fetch interval to allow for frequest refreshes.
 * @param minimumFetchIntervalInSeconds - interval in seconds (default: 3600)
 * @returns void
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.initialize({
  minimumFetchIntervalInSeconds: 3600,
});

/**
 * This method will execute fetch task to retrieve config
 * @param none
 * @returns void
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.fetch();

/**
 * This method will activate the fetched values making it available for your app
 * @param none
 * @returns void
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.activate();

/**
 * This method will fetch and activate the values making it available for your app
 * @param none
 * @returns void
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.fetchAndActivate();

/**
 * This method will return the parameter value for a given key in boolean
 * @param key - key to obtain boolean value
 * @returns key - key used to obtain value
 *          value - boolean value for a given key
 *          source - Indicates that the source of value retrieved (default, remote, static)
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.getBoolean({
  key: "bool key",
});

/**
 * This method will return the parameter value for a given key in byte array
 * @param key - key to obtain byte array value
 * @returns key - key used to obtain value
 *          value - byte array value for a given key
 *          source - Indicates that the source of value retrieved (default, remote, static)
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.getByteArray({
  key: "array key",
});

/**
 * This method will return the parameter value for a given key in double
 * @param key - key to obtain double value
 * @returns key - key used to obtain value
 *          value - double value for a given key
 *          source - Indicates that the source of value retrieved (default, remote, static)
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.getNumber({
  key: "number key",
});

/**
 * This method will return the parameter value for a given key in string
 * @param key - key to obtain string value
 * @returns key - key used to obtain value
 *          value - string value for a given key
 *          source - Indicates that the source of value retrieved (default, remote, static)
 */
FirebaseRemoteConfig.getString({
  key: "string key",
});