Instagram-Clone

Instagram Clone (Both frontend and backend) created with Flutter and Firebase.

Note

This repository is still under development and I will continue to add more features to it.

Features

  • Custom photo feed based on who you follow
  • Post photo posts from camera or gallery
    • Like posts
      • View all likes on a post
    • Comment on posts
      • View all comments on a post
  • Search for users
    • Search screen showing all images except your own
    • Search based on usernames
  • Profile Screen
    • Follow / Unfollow Users
    • Change image view from grid layout to feed layout
    • Edit profile
  • Chat Screen
    • Chat with any user
    • Share images while chatting

Screenshots

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Getting started

1. Setup Flutter

2. Clone the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/mohak1283/Instagram-Clone
$ cd Instagram-Clone/

3. Setup the firebase app

  1. You'll need to create a Firebase instance. Follow the instructions at https://console.firebase.google.com.
  2. Once your Firebase instance is created, you'll need to enable anonymous authentication.
  • Go to the Firebase Console for your new instance.
  • Click "Authentication" in the left-hand menu
  • Click the "sign-in method" tab
  • Click "Google" and enable it
  1. Enable the Firebase Database
  • Go to the Firebase Console
  • Click "Database" in the left-hand menu
  • Click the Cloudstore "Create Database" button
  • Select "Start in test mode" and "Enable"
  1. (skip if not running on Android)
  • Create an app within your Firebase instance for Android, with package name com.mohak.instagram
  • Run the following command to get your SHA-1 key:
keytool -exportcert -list -v \
-alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore
  • In the Firebase console, in the settings of your Android app, add your SHA-1 key by clicking "Add Fingerprint".
  • Follow instructions to download google-services.json
  • place google-services.json into /android/app/.
  1. (skip if not running on iOS)
  • Create an app within your Firebase instance for iOS, with your app package name
  • Follow instructions to download GoogleService-Info.plist
  • Open XCode, right click the Runner folder, select the "Add Files to 'Runner'" menu, and select the GoogleService-Info.plist file to add it to /ios/Runner in XCode
  • Open /ios/Runner/Info.plist in a text editor. Locate the CFBundleURLSchemes key. The second item in the array value of this key is specific to the Firebase instance. Replace it with the value for REVERSED_CLIENT_ID from GoogleService-Info.plist

Double check install instructions for both

  • Google Auth Plugin
    • https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/firebase_auth
  • Firestore Plugin
    • https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/cloud_firestore

Upcoming Features

  • Notificaitons for likes, comments, follows, etc
  • Caching of Profiles, Images, Etc.
  • Filters support for images
  • Videos support
  • Custom Camera Implementation
  • Heart Animation when liking image
  • Delete Posts
  • Stories
  • Send post to chats

GitHub

https://github.com/mohak1283/Instagram-Clone