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Error in codelabs instructions for 'Add a user authentication flow to a Flutter app using FirebaseUI'

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Documentation
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Tech stack
dart, firebase, flutter

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Open the linked Firebase codelab at section 6 and compare Step 5 with the shown main.dart example. Verify whether clientId is required for the Flutter/FirebaseUI authentication flow, then update the instructions and confirm the example is consistent.

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Description

a.tut.codelab-google p2-medium

I think there is an error in the codelabs documentation:
https://firebase.google.com/codelabs/firebase-auth-in-flutter-apps#6

Step 5 states:

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However, I think this is incorrect. I think we need to set clientId in main.dart:

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