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How to get values from different child in firebase realtime database?

Here is my Database architecture where Jobs is the main child and under that there will be users child, and an user can post multiple time. now i want to get all the posts done by all the users at once. is it possible to do that?
https://i.stack.imgur.com/DT3MO.jpg
setQuery(FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("Jobs")
Used that query to get all of the posts from all of the users but didnt work. any better solution for this problem?
setQuery(FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("Jobs").child("Uid");
this one works but cant use this one because i want to set free for all users to read data.

You can do the following:
DatabaseReference reference = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("Jobs");
reference.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for(DataSnapshot ds : dataSnapshot.getChildren()){
String key = ds.getKey();
for (DataSnapshot childSnapshot: ds.getChildren()) {
// get the child attribute under the random key
}
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
throw databaseError.toException();
}
});
Since you have a reference to node Jobs then in the first iteration you can get the random keys (highlighted in your image), and in the second iteration you can get the attributes inside those keys.

Searching firebase if a value exists or not

I have the following data structure in my firebase. I am implementing a coupon based system where you enter a code in dialogue box and it is searched across the database. So I have been trying to figure out this but I haven't found the perfect query that can search the code, if found, then get all the other child values too.
Below is the code that i have been trying with:
private void couponsearch() {
final EditText taskEditText = new EditText(this);
AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
.setTitle("Akiba Yangu")
.setMessage("Enter Akiba Code Here.")
.setIcon(R.drawable.akyi)
.setView(taskEditText).setPositiveButton("SAVE",
new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,int id) {
String stringe = taskEditText.getText().toString();
DatabaseReference mDatabase = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
mDatabase.child("codes").orderByChild("code").equalTo(stringe).addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
Coupons coo = dataSnapshot.getValue(Coupons.class);
String name = dataSnapshot.getKey();
int codez = coo.getValuee();
code.setText(name);
if(dataSnapshot != null && dataSnapshot.getChildren().iterator().hasNext()){
for(DataSnapshot ds : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
codegotten();
}
}else {
nocode();
}
int val = coo.getValuee();
Akibasavings as = new Akibasavings();
String uid = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser().getUid();
System.out.println(val);
code.setText(name);
as.setName(name);
as.setAmount(val);
final Firebase ref = new Firebase("https://akiba-c9600.firebaseio.com/");
Firebase newRef = ref.child("Savings"+uid).push();
newRef.setValue(as);
sendNotification();
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
public void onCancelled(FirebaseError firebaseError) {
//Username Does Not Exist
}
});
}
});
dialog.show();
}
I would like to search the code, check if it is really there or not: if it is there I need to get all the other values too, i.e there are three nodes in every child. code, brand, value. After I have checked that the code exists, I would like to also get the other values associated with it. Regards

To achieve this, i recomand you change the structure of your database a little bit by adding a new node named coupons. Your database should look like this:
Firebase-root
--- coupons
TTUUPP: true
KKLLOO: true
To check if a coupon exists in your database, just add a listener on the new created node and use exists() method. This is a coomon practice within Firebase named denormalization and is for simplify and reduce query and bandwith. This what you need.

What you need is Query.
DatabaseReference mDatabase = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
Query mQuery = mDatabase.child("codes").orderByChild("code").equalTo(stringe);
mQuery.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
// use single value event listener to detach listener immediately after query
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
if (dataSnapshot.getValue() != null) {
// code exists, cast your data to relevant object
// note that if multiple entries exists, you need to loop through them
} else {
// code does not exists
}
}
});
Read the official document here.
Note that you must remember to index your firebase properly! Query on firebase is not the same as local database query. If you do not index your firebase, the query will download everything under the codes section into user phone, before doing the search locally on user phone. This will consume high bandwidth and memory. Learn more about index here. Read about my personal issue with index previously here.

When you execute a query against the Firebase Database, there will potentially be multiple results. So the snapshot contains a list of those results. Even if there is only a single result, the snapshot will contain a list of one result.
Your onDataChange() needs to handle the fact that the snapshot contains a list of result by looping over DataSnapshot.getChildren():
mDatabase.child("codes").orderByChild("code").equalTo(stringe).addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot childSnapshot: dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
Coupons coo = childSnapshot.getValue(Coupons.class);
String name = childSnapshot.getKey();
int codez = coo.getValuee();
code.setText(name);
...
}
}

Android: How to use conditional DataSnapshot values in Firebase RecyclerView?

I am trying to query Firebase and populate a recycler adapter with conditional data from the query's DataSnapshot. I tried putting the populate function inside the if statement that correctly logs the data I want, however the recycler view instead just returns everything from the node I was searching in (the main query I started with). Any suggestions on how to just populate the items that apply to the "if" statement? Thank you!
rootRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
//below is the node i query
mAlbumQuery = rootRef.child(Constants.FIREBASE_CHILD_ALBUMS).orderByChild("genres");
mAlbumQuery.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot reco : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
if (reco.getValue().toString().contains(mRecommendation.getGenre())) {
//below returns the items i want
Log.d("is this correct", reco.getValue().toString());
//below returns everything in the original query
//how to populate only items that match the above?
mAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<Album, AlbumsViewHolder>(
Album.class,
R.layout.album_cards,
AlbumsViewHolder.class,
mAlbumQuery) {
#Override
public void populateViewHolder(AlbumsViewHolder holder, Album album, int position) {
holder.bindView(album.getImage(), album.getTitle());
if (!album.getGenres().contains(mRecommendation.getGenre())) {
//added as a hypothetical... should i have something in here?
}
}
};
mAlbumsRecycler.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
return view;
}

if you want to extract any particular node u can use this:-
String notific = String.valueOf(dataSnapshot.getValue());
int key=dataSnapshot.getKey();
String title=String.valueOf(dataSnapshot.child("title").getValue());
String content=String.valueOf(dataSnapshot.child("content").getValue());

Well, if you send mAlbumQuery as param to your FirebaseRecyclerAdapter, I believe, it takes its size as number of items.
As an option (for quick fix) you can create new collection and inside this loop:
for (DataSnapshot reco : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
}
you can fill that new collection with needed items.
After loop you can create new adapter and pass filtered collection to it.
Here is how I see this:
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
Collection<> myNewCollection = new Collection<>(); //HashMap, ArrayList - depends on what you are storing in Firebase
for (DataSnapshot reco : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
if (reco.getValue().toString().contains(mRecommendation.getGenre())) {
//below returns the items i want
Log.d("is this correct", reco.getValue().toString());
//below returns everything in the original query
//how to populate only items that match the above?
myNewCollection.add(reco.getValue);
}
}
recyclerView.setAdapter(new MyRecyclerViewAdapter(myNewCollection, ...));
}
Also pls take a look at Firebase docs and this SO question.
There are interesting methods - startAt, endAt and equalTo, which might help you. I didn't find method contains, unfortunately, but methods above might be enough for you.

Android Firebase Database retrieving values using multiple listeners

I have a firebase database architecture set up like the docs recommend (data fan out). I have a node with all "athletes" and another node with "teams." I'd like to retrieve the athlete's information from the "athletes" node based on the Athlete's ID inside the "teams" node.
My code looks like this:
if (eventListener == null) {
eventListener = new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
mAdapter.clear();
athleteCount = 0;
final List<Athlete> athletes = new ArrayList<>();
final long childrenCount = dataSnapshot.getChildrenCount();
if (childrenCount == 0) {
hideProgressBar();
}
for (DataSnapshot ds : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
String key = ds.getKey();
athleteCount++;
if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(key)) {
mDatabaseReference.child(Athlete.ATHLETE).child(key)
.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
Athlete athlete = dataSnapshot.getValue(Athlete.class);
if (athlete != null) {
athletes.add(athlete);
if (athleteCount == childrenCount) {
Collections.sort(athletes, new Athlete.AthleteComparator());
mAdapter.setRoster(athletes);
hideProgressBar();
}
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
}
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
};
mDatabaseReference.child("teams")
.child("-KnyqjH0acSol5cxHLM1")
.child("athletes")
.addValueEventListener(mValueEventListener);
Now this code does work fine, but I do think it's a little over the top to keep adding a listener, then populating my adapter after keeping track that the singleValueListeners have completed. There must be an easier way to do this. I'm asking because I'm also going to need to retrieve other data from another node and that's going be very messy.
If anyone knows a better way please let me know. Thank you.
Here's an image of my architecture:

I can think of a few approaches:
Extract the code that gets the athlete into a helper method, either with its own callback, or by passing the adapter (or view) along.
Preload all the athletes and then just do a direct lookup.
Duplicate the data that you immediately need about each athlete under the team node. Frequently this is just their name, so you'd have $athleteId: "Athlete's name".
There might be more options, but these are my typical go to's.
Oh btw, the key will never be empty, so this check (and indentation level) is not needed: if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(key)) {.

Retrieving data from Firebase Realtime Database in Android

I'm new to Firebase and NoSQL. I have an Android Demo, with a City Autocomplete Text Field in which I want to populate the cities I have from my Firebase DB, while typing.
{ "cities":{
"Guayaquil":true,
"Gualaceo":true,
"Quito":true,
"Quevedo":true,
"Cuenca":true,
"Loja":true,
"Ibarra":true,
"Manta":true
}
}
This is what I have so far.
How can I retrieve from the DB cities that start with a letter (input from keyboard)? If I start typing "G", I want to receive "Guayaquil" and "Gualaceo".
If I use orderByValue always returns an empty snapshot.
If I use orderByKey return the whole list.
Query citiesQuery = databaseRef.child("cities").startAt(input).orderByValue();
citiesQuery.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
List<String> cities = new ArrayList<String>();
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot: dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
cities.add(postSnapshot.getValue().toString());
}
Note: If you can recommend a better data structure, you're welcome.

#NicholasChen has identified the problem. But here's the way you'd implement using the 3.x SDK:
DatabaseReference cities = databaseRef.child("cities")
Query citiesQuery = cities.orderByKey().startAt(input).endAt(input+"\uf8ff");
citiesQuery.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
List<String> cities = new ArrayList<String>();
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot: dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
cities.add(postSnapshot.getValue().toString());
}
By starting at the user input and ending at the last string that starts with the user input, you get all matching items
For relatively short lists of items Ryan's approach will also work fine. But the above Firebase query will filter server-side.
Update
I just ran this code:
DatabaseReference databaseRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("39714936");
String input = "G";
DatabaseReference cities = databaseRef.child("cities");
Query citiesQuery = cities.orderByKey().startAt(input).endAt(input + "\uf8ff");
citiesQuery.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
List<String> cities = new ArrayList<String>();
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
cities.add(postSnapshot.getValue().toString());
}
System.out.println(cities);
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
And it printed:
true
true
So clearly matches two cities.
Feel free to test against my database: https://stackoverflow.firebaseio.com/39714936

Try something like this to iterate over the children in the cities snapshot and add all the cities to an ArrayList of Strings.
ArrayList<String> cityList = new ArrayList<>();
databaseRef.child("cities").addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
cityList.clear();
for (DataSnapshot data : dataSnapshot.getChildren()){
cityList.add(data.getKey);
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
Log.w(TAG, "getUser:onCancelled", databaseError.toException());
// ...
}
});
Editing this paragraph for clarity:
This will get all your cities read into the program memory so you can use that data to display the cities to the user. If the city list changes, so will the data the user sees. If the user is not online, this will not work. This puts a real time, online only listener on the database.
The logic in my mind is something like:
Set a value listener on the text box.
When user types, make a view display all the items in the array list
that start with the same substring that was typed.
Handle arrayIndex errors of course.
Hopefully this will get you on the right track. I am sure there are other ways you could implement it but this is what I would personally do. If you need help with the code to display the correct cities, start a chat with me and I can brainstorm with you.

Of course OrderByValue returns nothing because that's the booleans you have.
you can use the startAt and endAt methods to do so. (The below is Firebase 2.0's Code)
var ref = new Firebase("https://dinosaur-facts.firebaseio.com/dinosaurs");
ref.orderByKey().startAt("b").endAt("b\uf8ff").on("child_added", function(snapshot) {
console.log(snapshot.key());
});
You can explore more on the Firebase 3 documentation site here.
What Ryan did was right. However, you have to implement startAt on the dataSnapshot to make sure that your "live" search works.