Hey guys, how do you manage instances of Firebase ...

# android-architecture

[Ofir Bar]

Hey guys, how do you manage instances of Firebase Authentication/Firebase Storage?
To use Firebase Authentication, I need an instance of FirebaseAuth and StorageReference (Firebase Storage).
I can only get it from my MainActivity, like the below:
`MainActivity.kt`:

class UploadCertificationActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    private val mViewModel: UploadCertificationViewModel by viewModel()
    private lateinit var mStorageReference : StorageReference
    private lateinit var mFirebaseAuth : FirebaseAuth

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_profile_upload_certification)

        mFirebaseAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance()
        mStorageReference = FirebaseStorage.getInstance().getReference(mFirebaseAuth.currentUser!!.uid)
    }

I’d love to hear how you pass that to your repository and manage that in your projects in general. Please assume I will use that same instance throughout the project.
Since right now, I am issues Firebase storage calls directly from my Activity.

[Leo]

dagger 🗡️

[Ianmedeiros]

Hide it behind an interface and inject it trough construction injection in your data layer classes

[Ofir Bar]

can you please show a sample code? (Even pseudocode will be ok)
@Ianmedeiros

[dewildte]

google