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Ever wondered if you could build your own social media app? Well it's possible and it's a lot easier than you think. You could actually create a social media app using your phone. Yes, you heard that right. You can create a social media app using your android phone.(I'm sorry Apple users) In this tutorial series I will show you how to create a your own social media app using Sketchware. Sketchware is an android app that creates other apps. You can download Sketchware from Google Playstore . Before we start Program Duration: 5 - 10 days (Estimated) Recommended time per day: 2 hours per day (Recommended) Depending on your accuracy and speed this should take about 5 days if you give yourself 2 hours a day. I'm pretty sure it can be done in about two days but you don't have to rush. How this Sketchware tutorial works The whole topic couldn't be covered in one article so I wrote a series of related articles which can be read individually to build a complete app. Yo

Contents I. What is Firebase? II. Key features of Firebase III. How much does it cost to use Firebase IV. How to create a new Firebase project V. Add an android app to firebase project VI. How to get Firebase project ID, app ID and web API VII. How to add an android app to Firebase project VIII. How to set up Firebase storage IX. How to set up Firebase DB X. Conclusion I. What is firebase Firebase is a Google owned platform designed to help developers make, manage and scale up their mobile and web applications. II. Key features of Firebase Firebase comes with a number of useful features. These include: • Authentication Firebase auth allows you to verify the identity of each of your app's users. It currently supports the following authentication methods: Email/Password Phone Google Play Games Game Center Facebook Twitter GitHub Yahoo Microsoft Apple Anonymous • Database Firebase database allows you to store and share data between users in real time.  • Storage This allows the storag

  The user list will provide a list of all our users. Depending on the size of your network, your user list may range from a few people to millions. The user list is important because it shows a new or existing user who else is using the app and it allows them an opportunity to connect. This tutorial will cover how to create a userlist for your app. The user list will look similar to the one shown in the image above. As you get more experienced, we will optimise our app to perform better and cater for larger audiences. Create the layout Create a new Activity. Give this activity a new name... something like "users", "allusers" or "students". This will depend on the type of app.  Add a linear Horizontal Inside the linear Horizontal, place an imageview, a textview and an imageview inside the linear. Give the textview a weight of 1. This will make it take up the entire screen. Change the imageviews and place the icons you want to use. In my example, I am using