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

Run the project in Xcode — /docs/swift/getting-started-with-swift/running-swift-apps-in-xcode
Link your Firebase backend — /docs/swift/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.

Quick start​

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

3.2 Add your categories​

3.3 Add your food items​

4. More Customizations​

4.1 Customize onboarding​

4.2 Use static mock data​

4.3 Theming​

4.4 Payments and Stripe​

4.5 Admin Dashboard​

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