Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Why do so many people confuse Google's Firebase (cloud API) with Google Services Google Firebase App Indexing (search results)? Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 23:19:20 +0200 Lines: 71 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net XGVLXN3IYT+vcMAF76cRBwhf22lD2LhK56jpssLeNT6SGw9KHe Cancel-Lock: sha1:v97hMs0dRMYDAxEiFf3H7OssWuw= sha256:7Bf3+gvvxPQIt0k5jk046MKBHslBnu2N0zyWKK7MzGc= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3834 Andrew, 2024-06-23 19:41: > Arno Welzel wrote on Sun, 23 Jun 2024 16:41:10 +0200 : > >>> The question I asked is a very difficult question to answer. >> >> No, it's quite simple: >> >> "Firebase" is a mostly cloud based platform with a number of services >> provided by Google: messaging, storage, usage analytics, indexing and so on. >> >> "Firebase App Indexing" is one single feature of that and not a separate >> product. > > Thanks again for hazarding a guess as I know how rough Usenet is to people > who make guesses - rightly or wrongly so - where I'm only trying to nail > down what the difference is between what Google calls > a. Firebase App Indexing (on-device search data + uploaded statistics) > b. Firebase (where Firebase is only the back end to Google Cloud) What do you mean with "hazarding a guess"? Just *read* the documentation instead of "guessing" things: [...] >>> Given my Samsung Galaxy A32-5G baseband is unrootable, I'm forced to use >>> some version of Android so I'm stuck using Google products de jure. >> >> No, you can just buy a different device. > > While I'm rather familiar with the concept of telling people if they don't > like living in the United States, they should just go back to where they > came from, that's an historic Germanic attitude that I don't harbor, > despite the fact I was born to a German-born father & mother in the USA. Oh my... :-( Did anyone forced you to purchase a Samsung Galaxy A32-5G and does not allow you to get any other device ever? > I would rather simply try to understand the differences between these three > sets of API's from Google that developers can link into their apps. Then learn how to develop apps, really. > 1. GSF => APIs for apps to link into Google Backup, Play Store Services, > Contacts Sync, and Account Management (plus location services > I think, which is why so many apps now require "precise location" > even though they have no need for it - because Google made the > option for location services w/o Wi-Fi removed from the API!) Correct - GSF, "Google Services Framework" gives apps access to Google Play Services and some services > 2. GMS => APIs for Gmail, Chrome, Google+, Google Maps & Youtube. Correct - GMS, "Google Mobile Services" are mostly all the services Google provides even without Android. > 3. Firebase => APIs for Cloud stuff + completely separate search stuff Correct - but "Firebase" also contains "Firebase App Indexing" and "Firebase App Indexing" is *not* a separate product besides Firebase. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de