Design of an Android Based Chat Application

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Volume 3, Issue 1 (2022)

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January-February 2022

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Abstract: With advancements in internet technologies, online communication has become an integral part of everyone’s life. Chatting applications are one of the most used ways of online communications even surpassing social media. Despite the presence of many already existing messaging applications thriving in the current market, with the right scope and niche newer chatting applications have all the chances of appearing on people's smartphones. In this paper, a similar chatting application is designed for android having google firebase as the backend. The application has a secured login and registration, one-to-one and group chatting functionalities, and the profile of the users can be managed efficiently. Key Word: Android Application; Firebase; Instant Messaging; Chatting Application; Online Communication [1]. Ashita, Vasudha Bahl, Dr.Amita Goel, Nidhi Sengar, "Android Based Instant Messaging Tool Using Firebase as Backend", International Journal for Modern Trends in Science and Technology, 6(12), pp. 198-201, 2020. [2]. Vipul Chaudhari, Rohit Gawade, Vishal Naik, “Android based Instant Messaging Application using Firebase for Insurance”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 07 Issue: 12, Dec 2020. [3]. Vincent Angelo, Benny Hardjono Frans Panduwinata, Andree E. Widjaja, Aditya R. Mitra, “Android Based Chatting Application Using Firebase for Facilitating The Communication Among Indonesian Police Force Members”, International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering Volume 8, No.1.5, 2019. [4]. Sai Spandhana Reddy Emmadi, Sirisha Potluri , "Android Based Instant Messaging Application Using Firebase", International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE)ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-7 Issue-5S2, January 2019. [5]. Robi Sanjaya, Abba Suganda Girsang , “Implementation Application Internal Chat Messenger Using Android System”, International Conference on Applied Computer and Communication Technologies (ComCom), Jakarta, Indonesia, 2017. [6]. "Step-by-Step Guide on Custom Mobile Chat Application Development", yellow.systems, 28 May 2021 [7]. Mike. R, "How to Build a Chat or Messaging App: The Ultimate Guide", Internet: https://getstream.io/blog/build-chat-messaging-app, Jan 2020 [8]. Rosário Pereira Fernandes, “Using Firebase In-App-Messaging on an Android app, Internet:https://proandroiddev.com/using-firebase-in-app-messaging-on-an-android-app-f2802757f00b, Jul 11, 2020 Alex Peston, Solutions Engineer, “Android chat tutorial: How to build a messaging UI”, Internet:https://sendbird.com/developer/tutorials/android-chat-tutorial-building-a-messa