Implementing the pushing and retrieving of data from Firebase Realtime Database

In this recipe, we're going to see how we can exploit the powerful Realtime Database on Android and iOS. We will also see how we can send and retrieve data in a real-time way.

How to do it...

We're going to start first with Android and see how we can manage this feature:

1. First, head to your Android Studio project that we created early on in Chapter 1, Firebase - Getting Started. Now that you have opened your project, let's move on to integrating the Realtime Database.
2. In your project, head to the Menu bar, navigate to Tools | Firebase, and then select Realtime Database. Now click Save and retrieve data. Since we've already connected our Android application to Firebase, let's now add the Firebase Realtime Database dependencies locally by clicking on the Add the Realtime Database to your app button. This will give you a screen that looks like the following screenshot:

 Figure 1: Android Studio  Firebase integration...