Firestore · NoSQL · documents
Can you use Firestore on Android?
Short answer
Yes — you can work with Firestore from your Android device. PocketCode's database manager opens your Firestore project, either through the Google account you connected in Backend Manager (read-only, with a list of your projects and collections) or through your own Firebase settings (type a collection path to browse it). You see documents and their subcollections and can run simple queries. Firestore is a NoSQL document database hosted on Google's cloud as part of Firebase.
What you can do with it
- Browse your Firestore collections and documents from your phone
- Open documents and their subcollections on-device
- Check project data on the go without opening the Firebase console
- View NoSQL documents alongside your other databases in one app
Good to know
Firestore is a cloud NoSQL service within Firebase, so it requires internet and the data lives on Google's servers. PocketCode acts as a client for browsing and inspecting data: the Google connection from Backend Manager is read-only, and with your own Firebase settings you type the collection path because Firestore doesn't let an app list collections. It doesn't manage Firebase security rules or run Firestore locally on the device.