Authenticate with Firebase Using Email and Password

To enable email and password authentication in your News App, follow these steps:

1. Open your Firebase console.

2. Navigate to Authentication and select the Sign-in method tab.

3. Find Email/Password authentication method and enable it. You should enable both "Allow users to sign in with their email and password" and "Email link (passwordless sign-in)" options.

   

   

   After pressing the save button, email authentication will be enabled in your app.

4. You can customize the sender name and subject for verify email and reset password messages:

   

   

With these settings in place, users will be able to register and log into your News App using their email and password.

Configure Your App

1. Make sure you have added the Firebase Auth dependency in pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  firebase_auth: ^latest_version

2. Run flutter pub get to install the dependency

3. Initialize Firebase in your app:

import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';

void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  runApp(MyApp());
}

Implementation Example

Here's a simple example of how to implement email/password authentication in your app:

// Sign up a new user
Future<UserCredential> signUp(String email, String password) async {
  try {
    return await FirebaseAuth.instance.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(
      email: email,
      password: password,
    );
  } catch (e) {
    print('Error during sign up: $e');
    rethrow;
  }
}

// Sign in an existing user
Future<UserCredential> signIn(String email, String password) async {
  try {
    return await FirebaseAuth.instance.signInWithEmailAndPassword(
      email: email,
      password: password,
    );
  } catch (e) {
    print('Error during sign in: $e');
    rethrow;
  }
}

tip

Always handle authentication errors properly and show appropriate error messages to users.