📱 We Chat

A real-time Flutter chat app built using Flutter & Dart, with Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, and Firebase Cloud Messaging. Designed with a clean and beautiful UI for a seamless user experience. Users can sign up, sign in, and send messages to each other instantly!

✨ Features

• 🔒 User Authentication

  • Sign up & log in using email and password via Firebase Auth
  • Securely store user profile info: username, email, and profile image

• 💬 Real-Time Messaging

  • Send and receive messages instantly using Cloud Firestore
  • Automatically scroll to new messages

• 🔔 Push Notifications

  • Firebase Cloud Messaging with topic-based subscription (chat topic)
  • Notifications sent to users when new messages arrive

• 🌐 Firestore Data Storage

  • User data and messages are stored and retrieved in real-time from Cloud Firestore

• 🎨 Beautiful UI

  • Smooth animations
  • Clean layout
  • Optimized for a great user experience

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Flutter & Dart
• Firebase Auth
• Cloud Firestore
• Firebase Cloud Messaging

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Flutter SDK installed
• Firebase project created
• Android/iOS setup done (with google-services.json or GoogleService-Info.plist added)

Setup Instructions

git clone https://github.com/Siddiqui145/we_chat.git
cd we_chat
flutter pub get

• Set up Firebase for Android and iOS
• Enable Firebase Authentication (Email/Password)
• Create Firestore database
• Enable Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Update Firebase config files in your project

🔐 Firebase Configuration

Make sure to:

• Add Firebase to your Flutter project
• Configure FCM topic subscription logic
• Enable necessary permissions in AndroidManifest.xml and Info.plist

📂 Project Structure

lib/
├── main.dart
├── screens/
│   ├── login_screen.dart
│   ├── chat_screen.dart
│   └── signup_screen.dart
├── widgets/
│   ├── message_bubble.dart
│   └── user_image_picker.dart
├── services/
│   ├── auth_service.dart
│   ├── firestore_service.dart
│   └── notification_service.dart

✅ To-Do

• User authentication
• Real-time messaging
• Push notifications
• Store user data in Firestore
• Beautiful UI

📬 Feedback

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests! Feedback is always welcome to make We Chat better.

📄 License

This project is open source under the MIT License.