building, authenticating, and parsing with the Smack library
I am trying to connect to Firebase Cloud Messaging by using smack library. I don't have much knowledge of the Smack API. After reading the Firebase docs, I see that the connection must be authenticated and there are a series of responses back and forth between "app server" and Cloud Connection Servers. According to the docs, I must create a Sasl Plain authentication. I don't know how to implement this. But after reading some posts by other StackOverFlow users I see that I must create an authentication class. Specifically, I was reviewing the answers and comments on "Gtalk XMPP SASL