🎲 Housie (Tambola) - Multiplayer Flutter Game

A Housie / Tambola Multiplayer Game built using Flutter + Firebase.

✅ Features:

• Create Room
• Join Room
• Live number calling
• Live number marking
• Early 5
• Full Housie

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⚡ Setup Instructions (Firebase Required)

To run this project properly in multiplayer mode, you must set up your own Firebase project and connect it.

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✅ Step 1: Create Firebase Project

1. Go to Firebase Console:
   👉 https://console.firebase.google.com/

2. Click Add Project

3. Enter a project name:
   Example: housie-multiplayer (or your preferred name)

4. Disable Google Analytics (not needed for this project)

5. Click Create Project ✅

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✅ Step 2: Add Flutter App to Firebase (Android)

This project was initially configured for Android.
Same steps can be followed for iOS as well.

1. Firebase Console → Click Add App → Select Android

2. Enter your package name from:
   android/app/build.gradle(.kts)

   Example: com.example.housie

3. Download google-services.json

4. Place it here: android/app/google-services.json

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✅ Step 3: Update Project Gradle

📌 File: android/build.gradle.kts

Add Google Services classpath inside dependencies:

buildscript { dependencies { classpath("com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.0") }

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✅ Step 4: Update App Gradle

📌 File: android/app/build.gradle.kts

Add Google Services plugin:

plugins { id("com.google.gms.google-services") }

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✅ Step 5: Enable Firebase Authentication (FREE)

Firebase Console → Authentication

Click Get Started

Enable Anonymous Sign-in

Save ✅

Why Anonymous Login? ✅ No login screen needed

✅ Every device still receives a unique UID

✅ Perfect for multiplayer games

✅ Step 6: Enable Firestore Database Firebase Console → Firestore Database

Click Create Database

Start in Test Mode

Select Region:

Recommended: asia-south1 (India 🇮🇳)

You can choose the nearest region based on your location

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▶️ Run the Project

flutter pub get

flutter run