Research Firebase Authentication for iOS devices

[shenied-maldonado]

Objective

Look into adding Firebase Authentication for iOS devices.

Task Description

Firebase Authentication for iOS apps provides a simple way to authenticate users by integrating Firebase's backend services with our SafeRUM iOS development. Implementation would provide our app with user sign-up, user login and session management as well as password reset and email verification services. The question of whether or not to pay for app registration has been raised.

Implementation

A tutorial for setting up our app with Firebase Authentication for Apple Platforms is provided here.

Subtasks

1. Connect SafeRUM to Firebase
2. Add Firebase Authentication to SafeRUM
3. Initialize the Firebase SDK
4. Set up sign-up
5. Set up sign-in

Testing and Debugging

1. Try registering new users with valid and invalid email/password combinations.
2. Verify login process with correct and incorrect credentials.
3. Request a password reset email and ensure it is delivered.
4. Ensure that user sessions are persistent across app restarts and users remain logged in until they manually log out. NOTE: Postman is a good tool for testing and debugging APIs, including authentication flows.

Deadline

A Firebase authentication connection proposal will be made by Milestone 1. If approved, configuration tasks may extend to Milestone 2.

[YanehRuiz]

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