In Chapter 3 you looked at the Realtime database for Firebase that allowed you to have a codeless back end to your apps requiring data, and which gave an event-driven model that gave you responsive updates to your app when data changed. In this chapter you’ll go beyond data into how to store files in the scalable cloud infrastructure provided by Firebase.
It’s designed for storing objects as opposed to data – so it’s perfect if your app needs to store and serve user-generated content like pictures or videos. It’s built on top of Google Cloud Storage, so the ...
