Android Setup

Before running these commands, ensure you are authenticated: npx -y firebase-tools@latest login (or npx -y firebase-tools@latest login --no-localhost on remote servers)

0. Create an Android application

if you haven’t already created an android application, create one.

1. Create a Firebase Project

If you haven’t already created a project, create a new cloud project with a unique ID: npx -y firebase-tools@latest projects:create <UNIQUE_PROJECT_ID> --display-name '<DISPLAY_NAME>' Example: npx -y firebase-tools@latest projects:create my-cool-app-20260330 --display-name 'MyCoolApp'

2. Register Your Android App

Link your Android app module (package name) to your project. Notice that the display name is passed as a positional argument at the end: npx -y firebase-tools@latest apps:create ANDROID '<APP_DISPLAY_NAME>' --package-name '<PACKAGE_NAME>' --project <PROJECT_ID> Example: npx -y firebase-tools@latest apps:create ANDROID 'MyApplication' --package-name 'com.example.myapplication' --project my-cool-app-20260330

3. Download google-services.json

Fetch the configuration file using the App ID (which is printed in the output of the previous command): npx -y firebase-tools@latest apps:sdkconfig ANDROID <APP_ID> --project <PROJECT_ID> Example output extraction to file: # (Output must be saved as app/google-services.json)

✅ Verification Plan

Manual Verification

Validate that the project was created and registered successfully: npx -y firebase-tools@latest projects:list npx -y firebase-tools@latest apps:list --project <PROJECT_ID>