API design
How the system talks
- Firestore real-time listeners drive UI updates without manual polling
projects / smart-home-app
Smart Home Mobile App
Real-time control and monitoring of smart devices.
- React Native
- Firebase
- Real-time
- Device state sync
- Push
- Instant alerts on device events
The challenge
Users needed a single mobile app to control and monitor smart home devices in real time.
The solution
Built a mobile app that controls and monitors smart devices in real-time, integrating Firebase for data management and push notifications.
- Device Control
- Real-time Monitoring
- Push Notifications
System design
- FrontendReact Native app with live device status views
- ServicesFirebase Firestore + Cloud Messaging
Engineering notes
Performance
What keeps it fast
- Push notifications routed through Firebase Cloud Messaging for instant delivery
Challenges
What was hard to get right
- Keeping device state consistent across multiple simultaneous app sessions
Lessons learned
What I'd carry into the next project
- Real-time listeners simplify state sync far more than polling ever did