Getting Started

To run the product, You need the followings

• To change the common app name in the application, Click MVC > Model > Values > Common.swift. From this file, you can change the common app name. If you change the app name here, the whole application text will be changed.
• Click MVC > Model > Constant > App constant and change the app name

• Click click on Project > Target > Product name and change the Project name

• Click click on Product > Schemes > Manage Schemes and select the Dreamschat name and click on delete . To add the new project name click on plus button and add the Scheme name

• To change the app color in the application, Click MVC > Model > Values > Common.swift. From this file, you can change the common app color. If you change the app color here, the whole application text will be changed.

• Click MVC > Model > Values > Commonobject and you can change the app main color

• First design the App Icon in 1024*1024 size without corner radius.
• Then resize the app using this website https://makeappicon.com/. Upload the resized App Icons with its corresponding sizes, Open project file, Click Assets.xcassets > AppIcon

• First login to your gmail account with this line, https://console.firebase.google.com/
• Once it is done, Kindly click the plus button and create your project as like the below reference image.

• Enter the project name in this required field and click Continue.
  

• Once the name is entered. Click the continue button as in this image.

• Once the project is created, Open your newly created project from the firebase dashboard.
• From this dashboard, Click the settings button as like the below attachedimage.And select the project settings from the list.

• In General, download the “GoogleService info.plist” file from the settings page as shown in the below image. Add the downloaded plist file and add itin your xcode for firebase config.

• Next click Database from the left menu from the console as shown in the below image.

• Next click menu from the console as shown in the below image. And next click Create new database from the menu as shown in the below image. So with this your database will be created. Add Data as key and import the json language.

• Next Select the rules from the top segment and Change Read & Write from false to true. And after making these changes click “Publish” as shown in the below image.
  {
"rules": {
"data": {
"chats": {
".read": true,
".write": true,
},
"contacts": {
".read": true,
".write": true,
},
"users" : {
".read": true,
".write": true,
".indexOn": ["email"],
},

"app_settings" : {
".read": true,
".write": false,
}
},
".read": "auth != null && auth.uid !== null",
".write": "auth != null && auth.uid !== null"
}
}


• After all these configurations, Kindly copy the firebase database url from the console as shown in the below image.

• Kindly download the GoogleService-Info.plist in project settings , download and replace inthe xcode project in the GoogleService Info.plist as the bottom as shown in the below image

• Select firebase setting and choose project setting and go to cloud messaging.

• Copy sever key and paste it in Open project in Xcode file MVC > Model > Values > common. swift

• Upload p12 file in firebase cloud messaging setting APNs Certificates development and production certificatesand creating p12 certificate is mentioned below.

For creating .p12 file follow this link : https://support.magplus.com/hc/en-us/articles/203808748-iOS-Creating-a-Distribution-Certificate-and-p12-File

• First Create your agora account, by clicking this link, https://www.agora.io/en/
• Create the account by the following steps.

• Create new project by providing the project name and click create

• Click next and close in next steps.
• Create the new project by providing the project name and make sure the testing mode is enabled and submit

• Change the app to live and save the project and make sure the app primary certificate is disabled

• Copy the app id and in Xcode Workspace file. Click MVC > Model > Values > Common.swift and place the agora key.

Click MVC > Model > Values > Common.swift and add the App Store url, play store url and email id

Certificate creation is of two types, One will be a Development certificate which will be used while running the project in physical devices. And another one will be a Distribution certificate which will be used while releasing the application in the App Store.

For creating these two certificates first you need to create a CSR file in the Keychain tool from your mac machine. For creating this CSR certificate follow this link https://stackoverflow.com/a/45504269

After creating the CSR file,

For Development certificate follow this link, https://docs.nativescript.org/sidekick/user-guide/code-signing/code-signing-for-ios/create-development-certificate

For Distribution certificate follow this link, https://docs.nativescript.org/sidekick/user-guide/code-signing/code-signing-for-ios/create-distribution-certificate

And yes finally, To deploy your app to Apple App Store you need to generate the .ipa file and you need to upload it in iTunes connect. For this big process do follow the below video carefully and upload it in App Store

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPLs3xrDcm0