How do you save a file to a Firebase Hosting folder location for images through android?

Question

I\'m really new to Firebase and am studying how to implement it right now. I was thinking that it has functions similar to Parse where a ParseFile object can be created that

Answer 1

Firebase Hosting is a service for hosting static assets, typically the HTML/CSS/images of a web site. You cannot programmatically add files to Firebase Hosting.

The Firebase Database allows you to store JSON data. While binary data is not a type that is supported in JSON, it is possible to encode the binary data in say base64 and thus store the image in a (large) string. See Can I store image files in firebase using Java API? Note that while this is possible, it is not recommended for anything but small images or as a curiosity to see that it can be done.

Your best option is typically to store the images on a 3rd party image storage service.