nightness / TalkTown

TalkTown is a flexible communications app. Supporting private messages, group messages, and WebRTC (2 person).

TalkTown

This is a frontend for TalkTown Backend; a OpenSource flexible chat system. It supports private, public, and group messages (with voice support coming soon). This client is built using React Native, more specifically Expo 41; supporting Android, iOS, and Web builds. The backend uses Firebase, for the easy setup; but support for MongoDB is in planning.

You can visit the live site @ TalkTown Web App

Setup

npm i -g expo-cli firebase-tools
yarn

Configure

1. Setup a new (or use and existing) firebase project. I also recommend that you double check project settings right away.
2. Click on the 'web button' above the Add an app to get started text.
3. Give your app an arbitrary nickname and click the Register App button.
4. You'll need the object part in step 6.
5. Create a private/ folder in the project's root folder
6. Create a private/FirebaseAuth.ts file that looks like this...

// For Firebase JS SDK v7.20.0 and later, measurementId is optional
export const firebaseConfig = {
    apiKey: '[API KEY]',
    authDomain: '[AUTH DOMAIN]',
    databaseURL: '[DATABASE URL',
    projectId: '[PRoJECT ID]',
    storageBucket: '[STORAGE BUCKET]',
    messagingSenderId: '[MESSAGE SENDER ID]',
    appId: '[APP ID]',
    measurementId: '[MEASUREMENT ID]',
}

// These can be found in google console under the API Credentials OAUTH2 section.
// You will have to create the expoClientID manually (it's a web credential type)...
//      Add URL: https://auth.expo.io
//      Authorized Redirects: https://auth.expo.io/@your-expo-username/your-project-name
export const androidClientId = '[ANDROID CLIENT ID]';
export const expoClientId = '[EXPO CLIENT ID]';
export const iosClientId = '[IOS CLIENT ID]';
export const webClientId = '[WEB CLIENT ID]';

7. From the CLI, in the project folder, type firebase init and setup hosting (This entire setup is optional if you just want to run locally)

Startup

expo start