How to handle Firebase Authentication in clean architecture using Jetpack Compose?

A simple solution to anonymously authenticate users with Firebase.

Most applications need to know the identity of their users. This means that when we create a new project, we often need to think about a solution that can handle authentication. When it comes to implementing such a mechanism, Firebase Authentication sounds like the best solution that we can take into consideration. Why? Because it’s simple, it’s very easy to implement, and more importantly, it’s secure. That being said, we can securely save all user data in the cloud. Besides that, it supports authentication using passwords, phone numbers, or even popular providers like Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and many more.

What is the simplest way to achieve this?

Since Firebase provides so many types of authentication, I decided to show you in this article, the Anonymous Authentication, which is by far the most interesting one in my opinion. This type of authentication is used to authenticate anonymous accounts with Firebase. These accounts are important because they allow the users to use an app without the need of providing any personal data, and still be protected by the security rules. This type of account can also…