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Authentication with Flutter Bloc/Cubit

How do I set current user using hydrated storage instead of cachedClient
Like its done in bloc docs for firebase login?
They wrote in user repository:
Stream<User> get user {
return _firebaseAuth.authStateChanges().map((firebaseUser) {
final user = firebaseUser == null ? User.empty : firebaseUser.toUser;
_cache.write(key: userCacheKey, value: user);
return user;
});
}
User get currentUser {
return _cache.read<User>(key: userCacheKey) ?? User.empty;
}
I have isEmpty/isNotEmpty in my User model but in firebase there is a getter current user where cachedClient used
In my user repository i only have
Future<User> getUser({required String username, required String password}) async
and thats it
But for changing status they added new bloc where they read this current user to set authenticated/unauthenticated
This is how its done for firebase login: https://bloclibrary.dev/#/flutterfirebaselogintutorial?id=authentication-repository

How to add new fields in Firestore Document from two different sources simultaneously?

When a new user registers in my app using firebase-authentication custom sign in using email and password, I need to update that data into my firestore.
But Firebase only has FirebaseAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email, password) to create a new account and hence I cannot update my user's username at the same time.
To update the E-Mail in Firestore, I use Firebase cloud functions. Here's the code:
export const onNewUserJoined = functions.auth.user().onCreate((user) => {
//const newUserDisplayName = user.displayName //CAN'T USE THIS. REASON is BELOW
const newUserUID = user.uid
const newUserEmail = user.email
const timeCreated = Date.now()
console.log(`${newUserUID} has joined.`)
return admin.firestore().collection('Agent').doc(`${newUserUID}`).set({"E-Mail": newUserEmail, "Time": timeCreated})
})
OK, great now I have updated the E-Mail and time created in Firestore successfully.
But next challenge is I need to update the user's username in the same Firestore document. I do it instantly after the createUserWithEmailAndPassword() like this:
DocumentReference dDocRef = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance().document(documentPath);
Map<String, Object> updateUsernameAndPhone = new HashMap<>();
updateUsernameAndPhone.put("username", username);
updateUsernameAndPhone.put("phoneData", phoneModel);
dDocRef.update(updateUsernameAndPhone).addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<Void>() {
#Override
public void onSuccess(Void aVoid) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Data successfully stored in Firestore", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}).addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
#Override
public void onFailure(#NonNull Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
Now, it depends on who acts first, the cloud function or the user's device.
If the cloud functions act first, then there is no issue. The username and phoneModel both get updated into the document successfully. No issues.
But incase, the phone acts first then I get the following error:
As this error has occurred, username isn't in the document and only email and timeCreated are in the document updated by the cloud function which got late to create document so that user's device can update the username with ease.
I CAN'T use .SET instead of .update() in my app because if I use .set() and the cloud functions create the email and timeCreated fields first. Then the device will DELETE them and put username and phoneModel.
So how can I do this?
I can forcefully delay updating the username by putting it in the next activity so that cloud functions get enough time to do their job, but my signUpActivity asks for username along with email and password edit texts. I don't want to create a separate activity for that.
I used to use .update() when my data was stored in realtime database and it used to create the child even if the path didn't exist. But it looks firestore won't update if the field doesn't exist.
Any solution for this?
I tried as per #DougStevenson said and here's my code:
final String newUserUID = Objects.requireNonNull(signUpAuth.getCurrentUser()).getUid();
final String documentPath = "Agent/" + newUserUID;
FirebaseFirestore fFirestoreRef = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance();
final DocumentReference dDocRef = fFirestoreRef.document(documentPath);
fFirestoreRef.runTransaction(new Transaction.Function<Void>() {
#Nullable
#Override
public Void apply(#NonNull Transaction transaction) throws
FirebaseFirestoreException {
DocumentSnapshot documentSnapshot = transaction.get(dDocRef);
transaction.update(dDocRef, "username", username);
transaction.update(dDocRef, "phoneData", phoneModel);
return null;
}
}).addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<Void>() {
#Override
public void onSuccess(Void aVoid) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Data updated in Firestore . . .", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}).addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
#Override
public void onFailure(#NonNull Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
But no luck. It still gives me error: Cannot update a document which does not exist.

Use a transaction to resolve conflicts from multiple clients that are all trying to modify the same document. The transaction handler will be retried on the client if it detects the document was modified before the change could take place.

How to store user data using Firebase in Android?

I need to create and use a database entry with all details (uid, name etc) for each user that logs in to the application
I am having trouble storing user data in order to use and retrieve user profile info using Firebase in Android. I found this documentation on the old version of Firebase but this does not seem to work any longer.
Does anyone know how to reproduce the above code so it works with the new version of Firebase? Many thanks in advance.
Edit - code below:
final Firebase ref = new Firebase("https://<YOUR-FIREBASE-APP>.firebaseio.com");
ref.authWithPassword("jenny#example.com", "correcthorsebatterystaple",
new Firebase.AuthResultHandler() {
#Override
public void onAuthenticated(AuthData authData) {
// Authentication just completed successfully :)
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put("provider", authData.getProvider());
if(authData.getProviderData().containsKey("displayName")) {
map.put("displayName", authData.getProviderData().get("displayName").toString());
}
ref.child("users").child(authData.getUid()).setValue(map);
}
#Override
public void onAuthenticationError(FirebaseError error) {
// Something went wrong :(
}
});

For creating user in firebase database (new Version) ,you need to do changes as followning..
private FirebaseAuth mAuth;
String mUserEmail = "jenny#example.com";
String mPassword = "correcthorsebatterystaple"
mAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(mUserEmail, mPassword)
.addOnCompleteListener(this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, getString(R.string.log_message_auth_successful) + " createUserWithEmail:onComplete:" + task.isSuccessful());
// if task is not successful show error
if (!task.isSuccessful()) {
try {
throw task.getException();
} catch (FirebaseAuthUserCollisionException e) {
// log error here
} catch (FirebaseNetworkException e) {
// log error here
} catch (Exception e) {
// log error here
}
} else {
// successfully user account created
// now the AuthStateListener runs the onAuthStateChanged callback
}
}
});
}
now Add following method in onCreate() .
final DatabaseReference ref = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().
getReferenceFromUrl(https://<YOUR-FIREBASE-APP>.firebaseio.com");
mAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
mAuthListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
#Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(#NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
FirebaseUser user = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
if (user != null) {
// User is signed in
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put("provider", user.getProvider());
if(user.getProviderData().containsKey("displayName")) {
map.put("displayName",
user.getProviderData().get("displayName").toString());
}
ref.child("users").child(user.getUid()).setValue(map);
} else {
// User is signed out
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "onAuthStateChanged:signed_out");
}
}
};
#Override
public void onStart() {
super.onStart();
mAuth.addAuthStateListener(mAuthListener);
}
#Override
public void onStop() {
super.onStop();
if (mAuthListener != null) {
mAuth.removeAuthStateListener(mAuthListener);
}
}

To authenticate users with email and password (Google, Facebook) use Firebase Auth
To use Firebase database to store different data than use Firebase Realtime Database
If you want to Manage Auth users from your backend
User Management - Retrive user's full data and change a user's password or email address
Custom Authentication - You can integrate an external user system with Firebase.
Identity Verification - Use the service to identify these users on your own server.
Firebase Auth has a NODE JS sdk which you can use. If you want to access this features from Android, than you have to create a web service (eg.Restful API) and communicate with it through network.
If you want to access registered Auth users in Realtime Database i dont think you can because they are separated from each other. You can register users in Realtime Database but i dont understund why you want to do that since Auth provides you this feature in an easier way.
Firebase Realtime Database also has an Admin SDK (Java and Node JS)
Please check documentation before asksing.

Please use the latest Firebase SDK, found here: firebase.google.com/docs. Using the legacy SDK (as you are doing now) is just going to lead to a harder time than needed.
you can get user information as follows:
FirebaseUser user = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
if (user != null) {
for (UserInfo profile : user.getProviderData()) {
// Id of the provider (ex: google.com)
String providerId = profile.getProviderId();
// UID specific to the provider
String uid = profile.getUid();
// Name, email address, and profile photo Url
String name = profile.getDisplayName();
String email = profile.getEmail();
Uri photoUrl = profile.getPhotoUrl();
};
}

How to know which user is trying to Sign-in?

Users are created using Email and Password. This is how I do the Sign-up:
mSignup.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mEmailStr = removeSpaces(mEmail.getText().toString());
mPasswordStr = mPassword.getText().toString();
mUsernameStr = mUsername.getText().toString();
mIsSgl = mSglCheckBox.isChecked();
mUsernameStr=mUsername.getText().toString();
final User mUser = new User();
mUser.setEmail(mEmailStr);
mUser.setPassword(mPasswordStr);
mUser.setIsSgl(mIsSgl);
mUser.setStudyGroupName(mStudyGroupName);
mUser.setUsername(mUsernameStr);
FirebaseAuth.getInstance().createUserWithEmailAndPassword(mUser.getEmail(), mUser.getPassword()).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(Task<AuthResult> task) {
if (task.isSuccessful()) {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Sucsses", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
generateUser(mUser);
startActivity(new Intent(getActivity(), MainActivity.class));
} else {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "not Sucsses", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});
}
});
This is how I push the data into database:
public void generateUser(User user)
{
FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
DatabaseReference users;
if(user.getIsSgl())
{
users = database.getReference(user.getStudyGroupName()).child("SGL");
}
else
{
users = database.getReference(user.getStudyGroupName()).child("Student");
}
users.push().setValue(user);
}
This is how I Sign-in:
mSignin.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mEmailStr = SignupActivityFragment.removeSpaces(mEmail.getText().toString());
mPasswordStr = mPassword.getText().toString();
mAuth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(mEmailStr, mPasswordStr).addOnCompleteListener(getActivity(), new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(Task<AuthResult> task) {
if (task.isSuccessful()){
FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
// thats not worked for me
database.getReference("StudyGroups").child("Student").orderByChild("email").equalTo(mEmailStr).addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot childSnapShot : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
userKey = childSnapShot.getKey();
}
Toast.makeText(getContext(),"Userkey: " + userKey,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.v("himaAbousalem",userKey);
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Sucsses ", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
startActivity (new Intent(getActivity(),Controller.class));
}else {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "not sucsses", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});
}
});
I want to query the database so that when a user signs-in by Email and password, it returns all the data of that user from the database.
How can I make the key of userId in Auth equal to the userId in database and how do I use that feature?

tl;dr - In this case, store each user using their associated uid generated by Fireabase Auth instead of using a push ID.
In your situation the challenge with using a push ID to store info specific to each user is that when a user signs in you don't know the push ID you used when you first stored their info. To find a user each time they sign in you would have to search through every user in your database until you find a matching email/password to retrieve their correct profile information - the more users you have, the longer it would take to do the search. One alternative, which would probably be faster, is to use Firebase Authentication to create users and the Firebase Database to store any user specific information.
When you create a new user using Firebase Authentication it will assign a unique user id to the user that will be the same throughout the lifetime of the user. You then use the unique user id generated by Firebase Auth instead of a push ID to store user info in the database. The next time a user signs in you get the user's uid from Firebase Auth and use it to query the database to get that user's information.
Check the guide for how to create a password-based user and how to sign a user in using Firebase Auth: Create a password-based account
In order to use the unique uid generated by Firebase Auth I suggest a few changes to your code.
Update database structure
I suggest you update your database structure by adding a new location (maybe "allUsers") for use when you create/sign in users. Right now it looks like your are breaking up students into groups. If you need to keep this structure, for reasons beyond authentication, you can use it along with my suggestion. The reason for a single location which stores all users is that you need a definite location to query when a user signs in. When using Firebase Auth, without a single location which stores all users there is no way to tell what group a user belongs to when they first sign in. You would have to check every group in order to find a match and that may take a long time. Having a location which stores all users solves that problem. Also, the query for retrieving user information from that single location is much simpler. If you do need to keep a user's information in multiple places just be sure to update their information in both places if any changes occur.
Create a class variable used to distinguish between create user and sign in existing user.
If you use the same Activity to create a new user and sign in an existing user then create a boolean variable to make a distinction between when a new user is being created and when an existing user is signing in. It will be used later in the AuthStateListener. If you handle user creation in a separate activity from general sign in then you shouldn't need this variable because each activity would have a separate AuthStateListener.
boolean mIsNewUser = false;
Move the call to generateUser() from the create user completion listener to an AuthStateListener. Also move your database query from the sign in completion listener to the AuthStateLisener
Whenever you create a user successfully they will automatically be signed in too. So, if you move your call to generateUser() from the createUserWithEmailAndPassword OnCompleteListener to your AuthStateListener you can get access to the created user's uid. When signing an existing user move your database query to the AuthStateListener as well, again so we can access the user's uid. I'm also going to create a helper method for the database query called getExistingUserInfo. As an FYI, the onComplete() callback in the OnCompleteListeners for creating and signing in users gives you access to an AuthResult which according to the API has a method for returning the current user but the documentation says to access user information in the AuthStateListener.
private FirebaseAuth mAuth;
private FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener mAuthListener;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
mAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
mAuthListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
#Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(#NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
FirebaseUser user = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
if (user != null) {
// User is signed in
Log.d(TAG, "onAuthStateChanged:signed_in:" + user.getUid());
if(mIsNewUser){
//call to generate user using Uid instead of pushID
generateUser(mUser, user.getUid());
} else{
getExistingUserInfo(user.getUid());
}
startActivity(new Intent(getActivity(), MainActivity.class));
} else {
// User is signed out
Log.d(TAG, "onAuthStateChanged:signed_out");
}
// ...
}
};
// ...
}
}
#Override
public void onStart() {
super.onStart();
mAuth.addAuthStateListener(mAuthListener);
}
#Override
public void onStop() {
super.onStop();
if (mAuthListener != null) {
mAuth.removeAuthStateListener(mAuthListener);
}
}
Update your generateUser() helper method to use the uid instead of a push ID:
I'm going to assume you want to keep you existing database structure and add the single location for all users as suggested. Based on this I've made a couple of changes to the write operation you were using in generateUser(). Mainly, instead of using setValue() to write to the database I'm using updateChildren(). By using updateChildren() we can take advantage of Firebase's ability to do atomic updates. This will allow us to write to the appropriate student group location and the location storing all users simultaneously. By taking this approach if the write operation to either location fails neither location will be updated. This way you can be certain if a student is added to a group they will also be listed in the allUsers location.
private void generateUser(User user, String uid)
{
DatabaseReference database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
String userType;
String allusers = "allUsers/" + uid;
Map<String, Object> newUserUpdate = new HashMap<>();
if (user.getUsername() != null) {
if (user.isSgl()) {
userType = user.getStudyGroupName() + "/" + "SGL" + "/" + uid;
} else {
userType = user.getStudyGroupName() + "/" + "Student" + "/" + uid;
}
newUserUpdate.put(userType, user.serialize());
newUserUpdate.put(allusers, user.serialize());
database.updateChildren(newUserUpdate);
}
}
Update database query to use new location which stores all users
As I mentioned above, by creating a single location for all users you can reduce the complexity of the query used to find a user's info when they sign in. Again, if you need to store users by group you can keep that but be sure to update both locations if a users info changes.
public void getExistingUserInfo(String uid){
FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
database.getReference("allUsers").child(uid).addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
//get user data from dataSnapshot
Toast.makeText(getContext(),"Userkey: " + userKey,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.v("himaAbousalem",userKey);
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
}
Set the variable used to distinguish between existing user sign in and new user creation in the create user completion listener
FirebaseAuth.getInstance().createUserWithEmailAndPassword(mUser.getEmail(), mUser.getPassword()).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(Task<AuthResult> task) {
if (task.isSuccessful()) {
//set boolean used in the AuthListener
mIsNewUser = true;
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Sucsses", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "not Sucsses", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});

Understanding createUser function of firebase(specifically android library)

So I have the following code that I got from the firebase documentation (which I implemented in my app already and it's working fine):
Firebase ref = new Firebase("https://myapp.firebaseio.com");
ref.createUser("bobtony#firebase.com", "correcthorsebatterystaple", new Firebase.ValueResultHandler<Map<String, Object>>() {
#Override
public void onSuccess(Map<String, Object> result) {
System.out.println("Successfully created user account with uid: " + result.get("uid"));
}
#Override
public void onError(FirebaseError firebaseError) {
// there was an error
}
});
after I create a user it prints on the console its uid. However, when I enter in my myapp.firebaseio.com there is nothing there.. So I have some questions:
Where does firebase stores this new user created?
How can I add some custom fields? (this functions uses just email and password) i.e Username
So, What I have tried to do was inside the onSuccess() I used ref.push() some values to myapp.firebaseio.com but then .. how can I check if the users uid created by the createUser() is the same as the one who I pushed? (the id's are differente!)
I hope my text it's clear, if isn't asked and I can try to explain again!
Thanks a bunch!

User information is not stored inside your Firebase database. For anonymous and OAuth users, no information is stored anywhere. The information for email+password users is kept in a separate database that you don't have access to. The email+password users are visible in the Login & Auth tab of your dashboard of course, just not in your database.
If you want to store user information in your own Firebase database, you have to store it there yourself when you create or authenticate the user. There is a section on storing user data in the Firebase documentation that shows how to do this.
One advantage of having to store the information yourself, is that you get to determine exactly what is and what isn't stored.

As Frank said; no user information is automatically put in the firebase itself on creating a user (have a look in Login&Auth in the dashboard sidebar instead). The new user is not even logged in after creation. This is the code I use to login and put a new user in the firebase when registering:
static void createUser(final String username, final String password) {
final Firebase rootRef = new Firebase("YOUR_FIREBASE_URL");
rootRef.createUser(
username,
password,
new Firebase.ResultHandler() {
#Override
public void onSuccess() {
// Great, we have a new user. Now log them in:
rootRef.authWithPassword(
username,
password,
new Firebase.AuthResultHandler() {
#Override
public void onAuthenticated(AuthData authData) {
// Great, the new user is logged in.
// Create a node under "/users/uid/" and store some initial information,
// where "uid" is the newly generated unique id for the user:
rootRef.child("users").child(authData.getUid()).child("status").setValue("New User");
}
#Override
public void onAuthenticationError(FirebaseError error) {
// Should hopefully not happen as we just created the user.
}
}
);
}
#Override
public void onError(FirebaseError firebaseError) {
// Couldn't create the user, probably invalid email.
// Show the error message and give them another chance.
}
}
);
}
This is working well for me so far. I guess something could go wrong if the connection is interrupted right in the middle of everything (might end up with a user without it's initial info). Don't depend too much on it getting set...

May be previous one deprecated as per Firebase . They are create new concept
//create user
auth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)
.addOnCompleteListener(SignupActivity.this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
#Override
public void onComplete(#NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
Toast.makeText(SignupActivity.this, "createUserWithEmail:onComplete:" + task.isSuccessful(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
// 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()) {
Toast.makeText(SignupActivity.this, "Authentication failed." + task.getException(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Log.e("task",String.valueOf(task));
getUserDetailse(auth);
}
}
});
/get user Detailse against FirebaseAuth auth/
public static void getUserDetailse(FirebaseAuth auth)
{
//
auth.addAuthStateListener(new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
#Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(#NonNull final FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
final FirebaseUser user = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
if (user != null) {
Log.i("AuthStateChanged", "User is signed in with uid: " + user.getUid());
String name = user.getDisplayName();
String email = user.getEmail();
Uri photoUrl = user.getPhotoUrl();
// The user's ID, unique to the Firebase project. Do NOT use this value to
// authenticate with your backend server, if you have one. Use
// FirebaseUser.getToken() instead.
String uid = user.getUid();
Log.e("user",name+email+photoUrl);
} else {
Log.i("AuthStateChanged", "No user is signed in.");
}
}
});
}
check for detailse