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Restaurant App Template

In this tutorial we list the steps needed to make your own food ordering app with our Restaurant app template. No coding required. Follow the first two tutorials, then continue here to add your restaurant data.

Quick start​

  1. Run the project in Xcode — https://www.iosapptemplates.com/docs/getting-started-with-swift/running-swift-apps-in-xcode/
  2. Link your Firebase backend — https://iosapptemplates.com/docs/firebase-integration/

3. Add your restaurant data (categories & menus)​

3.2 Add your categories​

Create a categories collection in Cloud Firestore with fields id, photo (URL) and name.

Categories example

3.3 Add your food items​

Create a restaurant_foods collection and add items with category, description, details (array of photo URLs), id, name, photo, and price.

Food items example

4. More Customizations​

4.1 Customize onboarding​

Edit RestaurantDataSourceProvider.swift to change walkthrough, login and registration screens.

Onboarding example

4.2 Use static mock data​

Set isFirebaseAuthEnabled and isFirebaseDatabaseEnabled to false in RestaurantServerConfig.swift to use MockStore.swift.

Mock example

4.3 Theming​

Edit UIConfiguration.swift under Core -> E-commerce -> Themes -> Simplicity.

Theming example

4.4 Payments and Stripe​

Toggle Stripe and Apple Pay in AppDelegate.swift. Update publishable key in CheckoutViewController.swift.

Stripe example

4.5 Admin Dashboard​

Mark a user admin by adding isAdmin: true in the users document in Firestore.

Admin example

When ready, submit the app to the App Store from Xcode.