I made this Android app for educational purposes to show the integration with 3 different Firebase services (Authentication, Cloud Functions, and Firestore). You're able to update your status using only emoji, and you can see the status of every other user in the app, along with a timestamp. It's a fun, cute way to play with emoji and try to interpret what other people mean.

I also made a 6 part YouTube series explaining how to build the app and how all the pieces fit together. This tutorial is a great choice if you want to learn how to integrate your app with Firebase. 

Interestingly, the app has organically taken off in the Play Store with more than 50K installs, but people are unhappy with the limited functionality. Despite putting [TEACHING] in the title, and adding a disclaimer in the description, I usually get a 1 star review every week 😂 If I had more time, it would be interesting to make a more useful version of this app.

Emoji Story - Tell A Story With Emojis

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