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📱 Chatty — Flutter Chat Application

Chatty is a simple cross-platform chat application built using Flutter, integrated with Firebase for real-time messaging and Shared Preferences for storing local user data. It is lightweight, beginner-friendly, and ideal for learning Flutter + Firebase integration.

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🚀 Features

• Real-time messaging with Firebase
• User account persistence using SharedPreferences
• Cross-platform (Android, iOS)
• Clean and modular Flutter architecture
• Dark theme support
• Firebase project configuration included
• Easy to customize UI and logic

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📸 App Screenshots

Login Screen	Signup Screen	Home Screen	Chat Screen

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📁 Folder Structure

Chatty/
├── android/               # Android configuration
├── ios/                   # iOS configuration
├── web/                   # Web build files
├── linux/                 # Linux desktop files
├── macos/                 # macOS files
├── windows/               # Windows files
├── lib/
│   ├── main.dart          # App entry point
│   ├── pages/             # UI Screens
│   ├── services/          # Firebase & local services
│   ├── components/        # Reusable components
|   ├── themes/            # Custom theme files
|   ├── models/
|   ├── firebase_options.dart
├── assets/                # Images & icons
├── firebase.json          # Firebase configuration
├── pubspec.yaml           # Dependencies
└── README.md              # Documentation

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🔧 Tech Stack

Technology	Purpose
Flutter	UI & App Development
Firebase Realtime Database	Messaging backend
Shared Preferences	Local storage
Dart	Programming language

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Vithu-29/Chatty.git
cd Chatty

2️⃣ Install dependencies

flutter pub get

3️⃣ Configure Firebase

You must create your own Firebase project:

Step-by-step:

1. Go to https://console.firebase.google.com

2. Create a new project

3. Add your app:

   • Android → Add google-services.json
   • iOS → Add GoogleService-Info.plist

4. Enable Realtime Database

5. Update the database rules if needed (demo only):

   {
     "rules": {
       ".read": true,
       ".write": true
     }
   }

4️⃣ Run the project

flutter run

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🧪 Build Instructions

Platform	Command
Android APK	flutter build apk
Android AppBundle	flutter build appbundle

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💬 Contact

• GitHub: Vithu-29
• LinkedIn: Vithushan Kanesamoorthy

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