# Firebase Database Pagination -- Android 🔥

DevFeed: [Firebase Database Pagination -- Android 🔥](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/firebase-database-pagination-android-25721.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.shreyaspatil.dev/firebase-database-paging-android-f59e6dd0dc75/>)

Author: Shreyas Patil

Published: 2019-04-08T13:53:22Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Shreyas Patil's Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shreyas-patil-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Realtime Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/realtime-database.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firebase-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase-database.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interface.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [others](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/others.md>), [realtime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime.md>), [realtime-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime-database.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step guide to adding pagination to Firebase Realtime Database in an Android app. It introduces a FirebaseRecyclerPagingation library built on the Android Paging Support Library, explains why loading large lists at once can waste memory and hurt usability, and outlines setup with Android Studio, Firebase Console, Gradle, and RecyclerView.

## Source excerpt

Step-by-step guide to implementing pagination in Firebase Realtime Database using the FirebaseUI-Android library for smooth scrolling.