then select localhost ports for the services ,the defaults willbe good too . also select to enable the emulator UI

then allow download of the emulators and finally strt up te emulators

firestore also lets you import production data for firestore when you start the emulators for that you'll need:

• the gcloud cli download
• your project needs to be on at least the blaze plan

the run

then select your project of choice project id

then export the data by running

then copy these files to your local device current directory

to launch the emulator with the data run

you can save any changes you make by before closing the session

first run

to connect your app to the emulator import

add these to the firebaseConfig.ts at the bottom

another nice tip is how to run it on your lan network , which is helpfull if you're testing on multiple devices on the > same network.

and grab the ipv4 value

in the firebase.json file , change the configuration and add the host value as the ipv4 address we git from ipv4

and also in the firebaseConfig , change the connectFirebaseEmulator to:

or for auth

last thing to watch out for is port conflict , you can change the port if it's already taken or run

Happy coding