🗺️Setup Google Maps & Location Sharing

Enable Google Maps SDK

if you want to use Location Sharing feature you have to enable Google Maps SDK in order to make it working.

• go to Google Developers Console and sign in with the same Google account that you are using in your Firebase Project

• you will find Your Firebase Project name shows up . click on Enable APIs and Services

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• Search for Maps SDK for Android and enable it

• go back to Google Developers Console's Main Home Page then go to 'Credentials'

• copy the 'Android key' that normally starts with AI

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• go to Android Studio > build.gradle(Module:app) and change the maps_api_key value to the key that you copied from Google Console