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title: Setting up Firebase Realtime Database
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# Prerequisites
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1. The latest version of Android Studio
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2. Have connected with Firebase manually or via Firebase Assistant(See [Connecting to Firebase](guide/src/pages/android-development/firebase/connecting-to-firebase)).
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It is recommended that you do this so as to not be confused by partial instructions related to this in the docs mentioned below.
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# Setting it up with Android Studio
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After adding Firebase to your project, you will need to add extra dependencies and do some other things in order to setup
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the Realtime Database. There are two documentations about this:
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1. Firebase quickstart [docs](https://www.firebase.com/docs/android/quickstart.html)
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2. Google [docs](https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/android/start/)
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There are some discrepancies between the two.
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To make up for them, you can follow the Firebase docs, but instead of just using the gradle dependencies listed there, use the following list.
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That way, you will not miss any steps from either documentation.
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**Add Gradle Dependencies**<sup>1</sup>
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In your app-level build.gradle file, add the following
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```java
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dependencies {
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implementation 'com.firebase:firebase-client-android:2.5.2+'
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implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:15.0.0'
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}
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```
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# Installation of Firebase Android SDK, permissions and setup code
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Detailed instructions for these can be found [here](https://www.firebase.com/docs/android/quickstart.html).
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# Resources
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To learn about how to read from and write to the database in your Android application, refer to the two docs listed in References.
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<br>
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You can also find out how to use Firebase products in the Google documentation, but again it is probably a good idea to look at the Firebase docs as well, or anything that might be helpful.
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# References
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- FIREBASE, _Android Quickstart_, 17/04/2018, 07/05/2018, https://www.firebase.com/docs/android/quickstart.html
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- GOOGLE, _Set up Firebase Realtime Database for Android_, 05/04/2018, 07/05/2018, https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/android/start/
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# Footnote
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The first line comes from the Firebase [docs](https://www.firebase.com/docs/android/quickstart.html) on setting up realtime db in Android Studio.
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In the docs, 'compile' is used but that is deprecated and replaced by 'implementation'.
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The second line comes from the Google [docs](https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/android/start/) on setting up realtime db in Android Studio.
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<br>
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If it is actually redundant to add both, please correct this article.
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