diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 200c03dbee8d23e4d5a0d1c73ca8daab44ffe274..f8341f267b96da7740fbc0cd4887aea4ef94de71 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <activity
             android:name="com.wordbattle.game.AndroidLauncher"
             android:label="@string/app_name" 
-            android:screenOrientation="landscape"
+            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
             android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenSize|screenLayout"
             android:exported="true">
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 0d921dcf3cc2e7a44c9a58180b0c42decc13e124..318d1b298dd219eb7e65f782c64a2654d84708d8 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ android {
     }
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.wordbattle.game"
-        minSdkVersion 14
+        minSdkVersion 19
         targetSdkVersion 34
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
diff --git a/android/src/com/wordbattle/game/AndroidInterfaceClass.java b/android/src/com/wordbattle/game/AndroidInterfaceClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8fccb0bc21a5b11e0ef5979d4455763d7860fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/com/wordbattle/game/AndroidInterfaceClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.wordbattle.game;
+
+import com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseReference;
+import com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase;
+import com.wordbattle.game.network.FirebaseInterface;
+
+public class AndroidInterfaceClass implements FirebaseInterface {
+
+    FirebaseDatabase database;
+    DatabaseReference myRef;
+
+
+
+
+    public AndroidInterfaceClass() {
+         database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance("https://wordbattle-96156-default-rtdb.europe-west1.firebasedatabase.app");
+         myRef = database.getReference("message");
+         myRef.setValue("HelloWorld");
+    }
+    @Override
+    public void SomeFunction() {
+        System.out.println("Something works");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/src/com/wordbattle/game/AndroidLauncher.java b/android/src/com/wordbattle/game/AndroidLauncher.java
index 31028de422ecb6d5e951a18e2514d96acc2f8c03..0d56652b13e2917bcc099afbd4761c1d6bdf38cd 100644
--- a/android/src/com/wordbattle/game/AndroidLauncher.java
+++ b/android/src/com/wordbattle/game/AndroidLauncher.java
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 package com.wordbattle.game;
 
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidApplication;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidApplicationConfiguration;
+import com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp;
 import com.wordbattle.game.WordBattle;
 
 public class AndroidLauncher extends AndroidApplication {
 	@Override
 	protected void onCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+		Log.d("AndroidLauncher", "onCreate is called"); // Add this line for logging
+		FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this);
+
+
 		AndroidApplicationConfiguration config = new AndroidApplicationConfiguration();
-		initialize(new WordBattle(), config);
+		initialize(new WordBattle(new AndroidInterfaceClass()), config);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index acde66935ce77c600303187ad43332da5a6081b4..3fbc66520c47fdd747136042de79bee98fb5caab 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.4'
+
+
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.1'
+
+
     }
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ project(":desktop") {
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-backend-lwjgl3:$gdxVersion"
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
-        api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
+        implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$libGDXVersion:natives-desktop"
     }
 }
 
@@ -66,8 +71,27 @@ project(":android") {
         natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-arm64-v8a"
         natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86"
         natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86_64"
-        api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype:$gdxVersion"
+        // Import the Firebase BoM
+        implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:32.8.0')
+        implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database'
+        implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype:$gdxVersion"
+        natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi-v7a"
+        natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-arm64-v8a"
+        natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86"
+        natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86_64"
+
+
+
+
+        // TODO: Add the dependencies for Firebase products you want to use
+        // When using the BoM, don't specify versions in Firebase dependencies
+        implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics'
+
+
     }
+
+    apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
+
 }
 
 project(":core") {
@@ -77,5 +101,16 @@ project(":core") {
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx:$gdxVersion"
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d:$gdxVersion"
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype:$gdxVersion"
+        implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype:$libGDXVersion"
+        implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype:$gdxVersion"
+
+        implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:20.3.1' // Use the latest version
+
+
     }
+
+
+
 }
+
+
diff --git a/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/WordBattle.java b/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/WordBattle.java
index 5e0a4acaa55866649644bcef036cf7caf4ac44e1..746de232a7905c152d6465bdffdecd26608cd6ea 100644
--- a/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/WordBattle.java
+++ b/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/WordBattle.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ScreenUtils;
+import com.wordbattle.game.network.FirebaseInterface;
 import com.wordbattle.game.states.MainMenuState;
 import com.wordbattle.game.states.StateManager;
 
@@ -15,10 +16,14 @@ public class WordBattle extends ApplicationAdapter {
 	public static final String TITLE = "WordBattle";
 	private StateManager stateManager;
 	public SpriteBatch batch;
+	FirebaseInterface _FBIC;
 
 
+	public WordBattle(FirebaseInterface FBIC) {_FBIC = FBIC;}
+
 	@Override
 	public void create() {
+		_FBIC.SomeFunction();
 		batch = new SpriteBatch();
 		stateManager = new StateManager();
 		ScreenUtils.clear(1, 0, 0, 1);
diff --git a/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/network/FirebaseInterface.java b/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/network/FirebaseInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..84cf3337c2756376c41bf2a8bbbb09864cfe7074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/network/FirebaseInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.wordbattle.game.network;
+
+public interface FirebaseInterface {
+
+    public void SomeFunction();
+
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/network/FirebaseManager.java b/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/network/FirebaseManager.java
index 4c858440db2a2e94baa06304d48d72aae7bc9d6c..c0cf27fbd6029f2ba83d1a3831bf5ca0f9b005c3 100644
--- a/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/network/FirebaseManager.java
+++ b/core/src/com/wordbattle/game/network/FirebaseManager.java
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 package com.wordbattle.game.network;
 
-public class FirebaseManager {
-    private static FirebaseManager instance;
+public class FirebaseManager implements FirebaseInterface {
 
-    // Private constructor prevents instantiation from other classes
-    private FirebaseManager() {
-        // Initialize your FirebaseManager here
-    }
-
-    // Lazy initialization of the instance
-    public static synchronized FirebaseManager getInstance() {
-        if (instance == null) {
-            instance = new FirebaseManager();
-        }
-        return instance;
-    }
 
+    @Override
+    public void SomeFunction() {
+        System.out.println("Wubbadubdub");
 
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/desktop/src/com/wordbattle/game/DesktopInterfaceClass.java b/desktop/src/com/wordbattle/game/DesktopInterfaceClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..188041efe5933af7551869d4bfc61c5ba12ba86a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/com/wordbattle/game/DesktopInterfaceClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package com.wordbattle.game;
+
+
+import com.wordbattle.game.network.FirebaseInterface;
diff --git a/desktop/src/com/wordbattle/game/DesktopLauncher.java b/desktop/src/com/wordbattle/game/DesktopLauncher.java
index bf7f92a8f9a245d6985f7cc68aa53ce044d0f2bb..5da15ce5d6aafc15e0c66f1ad5f7d6f233b66279 100644
--- a/desktop/src/com/wordbattle/game/DesktopLauncher.java
+++ b/desktop/src/com/wordbattle/game/DesktopLauncher.java
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ public class DesktopLauncher {
 		String title = WordBattle.TITLE;
 		config.setWindowedMode(width, height);
 		config.setTitle(title);
-		new Lwjgl3Application(new WordBattle(), config);
+		new Lwjgl3Application(new WordBattle(new DesktopInterfaceClass()), config);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c5aae14d864197497597618ba42259db5387d116..18fd0470c32ede630deeeb7658e18fc9dab06dc2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms128m -Xmx1500m
 org.gradle.configureondemand=false
 android.enableR8.fullMode=false
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.enableJetifier=true