Firebase reflect changes directly from database? - java

In my Firebase application I created a fragment that allows users to update their information like namn & email and so far all is going well, however my issue is after the user have updated the information - the changes are not visible untill next relaunch of the application.
How can I reflect the changes directly from the databse without promoting the User to relaunch the app?
I have created a Method called restart(); that will like the name says says restart the application - But still the changes are not being reflected!
/**
* Update Name Only
*/
private void updateDisplayNameOnly() {
showProgress();
AuthCredential credential = EmailAuthProvider
.getCredential(FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser().getEmail(), mConfirm.getText().toString());
FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser().reauthenticate(credential)
.addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Void>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<Void> task) {
if (task.isSuccessful()) {
FirebaseUser user = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
UserProfileChangeRequest profileUpdate = new UserProfileChangeRequest.Builder()
.setDisplayName(mName.getText().toString())
//.setPhotoUri(Uri.parse("https://avatarfiles.alphacoders.com/862/86285.jpg"))
.build();
user.updateProfile(profileUpdate);
Log.d(TAG, "onComplete: User Profile updated");
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Name is updated", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
restartApp();
} else {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Name was not updated", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
hideProgress();
}
})
.addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
#Override
public void onFailure(#NonNull Exception e) {
hideProgress();
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "You have entered wrong password", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
Restart Method
public void restartApp() {
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
}

Firebase has a listener onDataChange(), so when you query data from firebase, make sure you implement that, see doc. If you want to reflect the change, implement it in this method (like resetting the text fields). There is no need for a restart method.

Update profile call is asynchronous, and its results are not available immediately, so for some time you'll still observe "obsolete" data.
When you call updateProfile, you get a task as a result. You can subscribe on completion of this task, and if it's completed successfully, then you will be able to get updated data from user instance. E.g.:
final FirebaseUser currentUser = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
Log.i("MyActivity", "before updateProfile: username=" + currentUser.getDisplayName());
UserProfileChangeRequest profileUpdate = new UserProfileChangeRequest.Builder()
.setDisplayName("UPDATED_NAME")
.build();
final Task<Void> task = currentUser.updateProfile(profileUpdate);
Log.i("MyActivity", "after updateProfile: username=" + currentUser.getDisplayName());
task.addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Void>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<Void> task) {
Log.i("MyActivity", "onComplete: username=" + currentUser.getDisplayName());
}
});
And here is an output:
I/MyActivity: before updateProfile: username=old name
I/MyActivity: after updateProfile: username=old name
I/MyActivity: onComplete: username=UPDATED_NAME
Also there is a method user.reload(), which force reload user data from Firebase server. This is useful when your client user cache is obsolete for some reason. It is also an asynchronous method, which gives you Task and you need to subscribe on its completion.

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How to switch between activities on Android using the Java programming language?

I want to make a login program using Firebase authentication using an email and password. First, I created a register page with the class name "RegisterActivity." When the user successfully registers, the user will then be thrown to the login page. Everything was running smoothly until I wrote the following code in the LoginActivity class.
mAuthListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
#Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(#NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
// Check whether there are users who have logged in or not logged out.
FirebaseUser user = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
if (user != null){
Intent intent = new Intent(LoginActivity.this, HomeActivity.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
}
}
};
After I apply the code above, when the user successfully registers on the register page, the user is automatically thrown to the home page instead of the login page again.
I know maybe I have to delete the code above, but if the code is deleted, then every time the user closes the application, the user will be asked to re-login. So, how do solve this issue without removing the preceding code?
This is the code snippet in the RegisterActivity class.
mAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)
.addOnCompleteListener(this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
if (task.isSuccessful()){
Toast.makeText(RegisterActivity.this, "Register succces", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(RegisterActivity.this, LoginActivity.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
startActivity(intent);
}else{
Toast.makeText(RegisterActivity.this, "Register failed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});

Why is firebase failing to create a new user?

I am trying to make it so that the user can enter in various importation and that firebase can enter this information into the Runtime DB. However, when I press the button that makes the code below happen, it results in the progress bar loading forever. I tried throwing in the log to try to catch some exception, but no exceptions came up. On the firebase console, the user was not created in the authentication and nothing was added to the RunTime DB. I am not sure what is causing this to happen, and I would appreciate any and all help.
Code:
User user = new User(fullName, email, bio, username,location,realstatus,profilePic);
FirebaseDatabase db = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
DatabaseReference root = db.getReference().child("Users");
progressBar.setVisibility(ViewStub.VISIBLE);
mAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email,password).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
if(task.isSuccessful()) {
Toast.makeText(Register.this, "Create User Succeeded", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
else{
Toast.makeText(Register.this, "Failed to Authenticate :( ", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});
root.push().setValue(user).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Void>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<Void> task) {
if(task.isSuccessful()) {
progressBar.setVisibility(ViewStub.GONE);
Toast.makeText(Register.this, "Data Saved", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
else{
Toast.makeText(Register.this, "Failed to Register User :( ", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Log.e("Create user", "Failed to create user", task.getException());
}
}
});
Error:
com.google.firebase.FireBaseException:
An internal error has occured. [ socket failed EPERM:(Operation not permitted) ]
Add a completion listener to the createUser so you can know why it isn't working.
mAuth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)
.addOnCompleteListener(LoginActivity.this, task -> {
binding.progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
if (!task.isSuccessful()) {
//get the error here with task.toString();
} else {
save your database data here
}
});
That will at least help you get to the bottom of why it is failing. Also make sure you have
enabled email auth in firebase console
Have properly set up your app, the SHA-1s, the google-services json and all

Data Retrieval from Firestore is erratic

I'm working on an Android app that does the following:
Upon app start-up, it checks if a user is logged in, using AuthStateListener.
If there is a user logged in, it retrieves data from Firestore. The user data is stored in a document that I named with the following nomenclature: "User " + user's_email_ID. For example, if a user has an email ID xyz#gmail.com, his data will be stored in the document named: User xyz#gmail.com.
All documents are within the collection named "Users".
If all the fields are null/ empty in the user's data document, the app opens an Activity that asks him/her to fill all the details. Else, it takes the user to the main page (StudentMainActivity if the user is a student, or ProfessorMainActivity if the user is a professor).
Coming to my problem:
The block of code which checks whether the fields are empty has some erratic and unpredictable behavior. I'm not sure if this is a problem based on Firestore, or on the fact that data retrieval happens on a different thread.
I checked the Firestore database and saw that all fields were filled. However, when a user (who's already logged in) starts the app, the app knows that it is the same user (i.e. he's not prompted to sign in, because AuthStateListener does its job), but instead of being redirected to either StudentMainActivity or ProfessorMainActivity (the main screens), he's asked to fill his details again.
What's more confusing is that this bug doesn't always occur. There are times when the app does what is expected, i.e. take the user to the main screen, but the next time he starts the app, he's again taken to the activity that asks him to enter his details.
Source Code:
LoginActivity.java (Only the relevant parts)
//AuthStateListener is in onCreate
authStateListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
#Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(#NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
FirebaseUser user = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
if (user != null){
UIDEmailID = user.getEmail();
updateUI(user);
}
else{
updateUI(null);
}
}
};
private void updateUI(FirebaseUser user){
// Update UI after login
if (user != null) {
Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, "User " + UIDEmailID, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
db.collection("Users").document("User " + UIDEmailID).get()
.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
#Override
public void onSuccess(DocumentSnapshot documentSnapshot) {
if (documentSnapshot.get("department") != null || // if any
documentSnapshot.get("phoneNumber") != null || // field in
documentSnapshot.get("name") != null || // Firestore is
documentSnapshot.get("studentSemester") != null || // non-null then
documentSnapshot.get("dateOfBirth") != null || // proceed to
documentSnapshot.get("university") != null) { // further activities
if (documentSnapshot.get("userType") == "Lecturer/ Professor") {
Intent intent = new Intent(LoginActivity.this, ProfessorMainActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);
}
else {
Intent intent = new Intent(LoginActivity.this, StudentMainActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);
}
} else {
Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, "We need some additional details before we go ahead.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(LoginActivity.this, GFBDetailsActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
}).addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
#Override
public void onFailure(#NonNull Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
}
I'm sorry for the long question; I just tried to make it super descriptive. Some help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. The reason I think this is a problem involving the usage of multiple threads is because whenever the app runs as expected (i.e. takes the user to the main screen), the toast "We need some additional details before we go ahead." appears as well. If you look at the code (the last "else" block) you will realise that it is in a seperate conditional block altogether, and thus isn't even supposed to show up if the main screen (which is in another conditional block) shows up.
EDIT 1:
I'm enclosing screenshots pertaining to the problem. Ignore the bland UI :P
This is what's expected (Comes under the second 'else' block). It is supposed to show up only if the user is logging in for the first time, i.e. does not have his data stored in a Firestore document.
The background is StudentMainActivity (inside the nested 'else'). However, even the Toast is displayed (it belongs to a seperate block altogether).
So it turns out Firestore wasn't (entirely) at fault.
Every activity in an Android application has a life span, and every time an activity is run, it goes through an elaborate sequence of lifecycle functions.
An activity's lifecycle is as follows:
Launched --> onCreate() --> onStart() --> onResume() --> Running --> onPause() --> onStop() --> onDestroy() --> Finished
I won't be digressing by going into the details of each function, because the function names are quite intuitive and self-explanatory.
As you can see in the code snippet in the question, onAuthStateChanged() is inside onCreate(). My Document ID on Firebase is of the form "User UIDEmailID", where UIDEmailID is the email ID of the user. And UIDEmailID gets updated only in onAuthStateChanged() (which, in turn, is inside onCreate()), i.e. only when the activity starts afresh, after the app has been closed and opened again.
Therefore, I updated UIDEmailID in onStart() as well, which means that every time an app is resumed, it will retrieve the email ID of the user, which can subsequently be used to retrieve the document from Firestore.
Also, I slightly tweaked my Firestore data retrieval bit of code upon advice from Nibrass H. The solution is as follows:
#Override
protected void onCreate(#Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
running = true;
if (savedInstanceState != null){
running = savedInstanceState.getBoolean("running");
wasrunning = savedInstanceState.getBoolean("wasrunning");
}
setContentView(R.layout.splash_screen);
firebaseAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
db = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance();
authStateListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
#Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(#NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth1) {
FirebaseUser user = firebaseAuth1.getCurrentUser();
if (user != null){
UIDEmailID = user.getEmail();
updateUI(user);
} else {
updateUI(null);
}
}
};
}
#Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
firebaseAuth.addAuthStateListener(authStateListener);
if (firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser() != null) {
UIDEmailID = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser().getEmail();
updateUI(firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser());
} else {
updateUI(null);
}
}
#Override
protected void onRestart() {
super.onRestart();
authStateListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
#Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(#NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth1) {
FirebaseUser user = firebaseAuth1.getCurrentUser();
if (user != null) {
UIDEmailID = user.getEmail();
updateUI(user);
} else {
updateUI(null);
}
}
};
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
wasrunning = running;
running = false;
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (wasrunning){
running = true;
}
}
#Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
if (authStateListener != null) {
firebaseAuth.removeAuthStateListener(authStateListener);
}
}
private void updateUI(FirebaseUser firebaseUser){
if (firebaseUser != null){
Toast.makeText(this, "User " + firebaseUser.getEmail(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
db.collection("Users").document("User " + UIDEmailID).get()
.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
#Override
public void onSuccess(DocumentSnapshot documentSnapshot) {
if (documentSnapshot.get("userType") != null) {
if (documentSnapshot.get("userType").equals("Lecturer/ Professor")){
Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, ProfessorMainActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
finish();
startActivity(intent);
} else {
Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, StudentMainActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}
} else {
Toast.makeText(SplashScreenActivity.this, "We need some additional details before we go ahead.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, GFBDetailsActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}
}
});
}
}

Firebase Authentication createUserWithEmailAndPassword fails on physical devices with variable for email

When using createUserWithEmailAndPassword there are two issues,
It works on the Emulator, but not in debug mode on a physical device
To make it work on a physical device I can hardcode a string for the email portion, even if it is saved into a variable. It breaks when getting the email from an EditText, but I have used Log.d() to confirm that the string is exactly the same before the creation method is called.
This works
final String sEmail = "ExampleEmail#gmail.com";
final String sPassword = password.getText().toString();
final String sDisplayName = displayName.getText().toString();
Log.d("Credentials:Email", sEmail);
Log.d("Credentials:Password", sPassword);
mAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(sEmail,sPassword).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
if (task.isSuccessful()){
FirebaseUser user = mAuth.getCurrentUser();
/*UserProfileChangeRequest profileUpdates = new UserProfileChangeRequest.Builder()
.setDisplayName(sDisplayName).build();
user.updateProfile(profileUpdates);
mAuth.signOut();*/
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,UserLogin.class);
startActivity(intent);
}else{
Toast creationFailed = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Creation Failed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
creationFailed.show();
}
}
});
This does not.
final String sEmail = email.getText().toString();
final String sPassword = password.getText().toString();
final String sDisplayName = displayName.getText().toString();
Log.d("Credentials:Email", sEmail);
Log.d("Credentials:Password", sPassword);
mAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(sEmail,sPassword).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
if (task.isSuccessful()){
FirebaseUser user = mAuth.getCurrentUser();
/*UserProfileChangeRequest profileUpdates = new UserProfileChangeRequest.Builder()
.setDisplayName(sDisplayName).build();
user.updateProfile(profileUpdates);
mAuth.signOut();*/
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,UserLogin.class);
startActivity(intent);
}else{
Toast creationFailed = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Creation Failed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
creationFailed.show();
}
}
});
Here is the error message
2019-01-14 13:44:48.298 3217-16541/? E/Volley: [1455] BasicNetwork.performRequest: Unexpected response code 400 for https://www.googleapis.com/identitytoolkit/v3/relyingparty/signupNewUser?alt=proto&key=AIzaSyCTfahJaTfOSAOdY7_pIN27-BGQgFlORnE
Note that for some reason, the second one that does not work will work on an emulated device. I expect the second to create the account, but it just fails.
I assumed that your input is not email type. Please keep in mind that it need email type.
Make a method to check email valid
//Check email valid
boolean isEmailValid(CharSequence email) {
return android.util.Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS.matcher(email).matches();
}
Then apply to your part.
//Check email valid
if (!isEmailValid(email.getText().toString())) {
email.setError("Not email type");
email.requestFocus();
return;
}
About your toast, maybe it would be better if you put like this. So, you can know what error that you faced.
else {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Fail: " + task.getException().getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Firebase not firing a success or unsuccess

I've followed the instructions exactly, in fact, I even used the code from the Firebase helper in android studio. My issue is as such, nor login or failure to login is occurring with my code! What am I missing?
public void toSubscribe(View v) {
Log.d("OK", "this part first");
String strUsername, strPassword;
strUsername = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.username)).getText().toString();
strPassword = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.password)).getText().toString();
if (strUsername.matches("")) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You did not enter a username.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
if (strPassword.matches("")) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You did not enter a password.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
mAuth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(strUsername, strPassword)
.addOnCompleteListener(MainActivity.this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
Log.d("TAG", "signInWithEmail:onComplete:" + task.isSuccessful());
// If sign in fails, display a message to the user. If sign in succeeds
// the auth state listener will be notified and logic to handle the
// signed in user can be handled in the listener.
if (!task.isSuccessful()) {
Log.w("TAG", "signInWithEmail", task.getException());
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Authentication failed.",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});
}
Not much else to say... I tried using a new JSON file and it still doesn't work. I've Googled tons of stuff but nothing really worked.
please check the following:
1-you install and add Gson file correctly from firebase console
2- you enable firebase authentication from firebase console
3- you mAuth initialized correctly

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