AmarteyEnochOtu/atu-yara-ghana

# Yara Ghana App A comprehensive Flutter application for an agricultural products marketplace with Firebase integration. ## Features ### Core Functionality - **User Authentication**: Login, signup, and logout with Firebase Auth - **Role-based Access**: Admin vs regular user permissions - **Product Catalog**: Browse products with categories, search, and filtering - **Shopping Cart**: Add/remove items with quantity management - **Order Management**: Place orders and track order history - **Admin Panel**: Product and order management for administrators ### Technical Features - Clean Architecture with Provider state management - Firebase Authentication with email/password - Firestore for data storage - Firebase Storage for image uploads - Responsive Material Design UI - Error handling and loading states ## Firebase Setup ### Required Firebase Configuration Before running the app, you need to set up Firebase: 1. **Create a Firebase Project**: - Go to Firebase Console - Create a new project - Enable Authentication, Firestore, and Storage 2. **Configure Authentication**: - Enable Email/Password authentication in Firebase Console - Go to Authentication > Sign-in method > Email/Password > Enable 3. **Set up Firestore**: - Create a Firestore database - Set up the following collections: - `users` - `products` - `categories` - `orders` - `carts` 4. **Configure Firebase for Flutter**: - Install Firebase CLI: `npm install -g firebase-tools` - Install FlutterFire CLI: `dart pub global activate flutterfire_cli` - Run: `flutterfire configure` - Replace the placeholder values in `lib/firebase_options.dart` with your actual Firebase configuration 5. **Security Rules** (Firestore): ```javascript rules_version = '2'; service cloud.firestore { match /databases/{database}/documents { // Users can read/write their own user document match /users/{userId} { allow read, write: if request.auth != null && request.auth.uid == userId; } // Products are readable by all, writable by ad …