--- title: Announcing Firebase Support For Java and Android | daily.dev description: Firebase launched full support for Java and Android, extending its real-time synchronization SDK beyond the earlier iOS and OSX release. The Java SDK handles... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-support-for-java-and-android-dvlfvjupb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing Firebase Support For Java and Android | daily.dev og:description: Firebase launched full support for Java and Android, extending its real-time synchronization SDK beyond the earlier iOS and OSX release. The Java SDK handles... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-support-for-java-and-android-dvlfvjupb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DVlfvjUPb.png og:image:alt: Announcing Firebase Support For Java and Android og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing Firebase Support For Java and Android **[Firebase](https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-blog)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Firebase launched full support for Java and Android, extending its real-time synchronization SDK beyond the earlier iOS and OSX release. The Java SDK handles caching, offline reconnection, and data merging automatically, and can also be used server-side to process and mirror data. Combined with existing web and iOS support, Firebase now covers over 90% of smartphones, positioning it for cross-platform app development where all clients share the same JSON data model. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Firebase support Android and Java natively? Yes, Firebase added full native support for Java and Android, following its earlier native iOS and OSX SDK. The Java SDK handles caching, reconnecting, and data merging automatically, keeps apps responsive offline, and syncs changes once connectivity returns. It can also run server-side to synchronize and modify data directly from backend code. _Developers wiring up cross-platform sync follow SDK rollouts like Firebase's on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of smartphones did Firebase support after adding the Java and Android SDK? Firebase reached native support for more than 90% of all smartphones worldwide once it added the Java and Android SDK, complementing its existing iOS, OSX, and web support. This made it a viable backend for cross-platform apps since every platform reads and writes the same JSON data model. _Teams comparing mobile backend options track platform coverage milestones on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#firebase](https://daily.dev/tags/firebase) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-support-for-java-and-android-dvlfvjupb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Announcing Firebase Support For Java and Android","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-support-for-java-and-android-dvlfvjupb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-support-for-java-and-android-dvlfvjupb"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:18:23.230Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:34:03.280Z","description":"Firebase launched full support for Java and Android, extending its real-time synchronization SDK beyond the earlier iOS and OSX release. 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