Firebase Basics

How to Add New Apps to a Firebase Project

Here is how you can add new apps to a Firebase project from inside the Firebase Console and with the Firebase CLI tools.

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3 min readAug 25, 2023

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Firebase Console

In the Firebase Console, click on the gears icon next to the Project overview menu entry in the Firebase menu on the left.

Then, select Project settings from the popup menu.

Add new Firebase app step 2: Click on the Project settings menu entry.

At the bottom you can find your existing apps grouped by platform.

A list of all existing Firebase apps in your current Firebase project.

To add a new app, click on the button Add app, choose your desired platform, and follow the setup instructions. After that, a new app appears in your list.

Add new Firebase app step 3: Scroll down to the bottom and click on the button Add app.

Add new Firebase app step 4: Choose the desired app platform. The available options are iOS, Android, Web, Unity, and Flutter.

Add new Firebase app step 5: Follow the instructions of the setup guide.

The available platforms are iOS, Android, Web, Unity, and Flutter.

💡 Hint: When you use Flutter, the corresponding iOS, Android, and Web apps will be created automatically. You don’t need to perform the manual steps in the setup guide.

Firebase CLI tools

The Firebase CLI tools offer a way to add new apps to an existing Firebase project. To do so, first log in and select the project to which you want to add apps.

firebase login
firebase projects:list
firebase use <project id>

The firebase login command opens a browser window for authentication. After that, you can get a list of all your projects with the firebase projects:list command. Copy a project id and pass it to the firebase use command to set the active project.

Add new Firebase app with Firebase CLI step 1: Log in your Firebase account with the command firebase login. Then, list your projects with firebase projects:list to get the project ids. Eventually, set the active project with the firebase use command and pass the corresponding project id to it.

To create a new project, use the command firebase apps:create and follow the instructions of the assistant.

Add new Firebase app with Firebase CLI step 2: Create a new app with the command firebase apps:create. Choose your desired platform and give the app a name.

💡 Hint: The Firebase CLI only supports iOS, Android, and Web as target platforms!

Conclusion

In this guide you learned how to add new Firebase apps to a Firebase project in the Firebase Console and with the Firebase CLI.

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