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Dannyvdz
Dannyvdz

Reputation: 57

Can't set user objectId to parse pointer field

For a new project I was running some tests. For now I have a function in which I am trying to save an object to the parse.com framework and all went well untill I added a user pointer object. The pointer line seems to block my code when I use the current user's objectId as a value for it. Using a random word of the user's email adres however does work. I added my code below.

   // Create a data object and store it online.
   public void createDataObject(){
        ParseObject object = new ParseObject("TestData");
        object.put("action", "trial");
        object.put("value", "succes?");
        object.put("name", ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getUsername());
        String pointer = ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getObjectId();
        Log.i(TAG, pointer);
        object.put("pointer", ParseObject.createWithoutData("_User", pointer));
        object.saveEventually();
    }

I hope anyone can help me figure it out, help is greatly appreciated!

Update: The problem is not my pointer command but it's the fact I use saveEventually(); If I use saveInBackground it just works but I want to use saveEventually because of possible lost network connection. Does anyone have a clue what could be the problem?

Update 2: Finally decided to delete the app and the installationId of the Parse data browser. Upon reinstalling the app everything started working like it should. I probably had a bad piece of code that got stuck with my installation Id. I hope others with the same problem reach this post fast and don't spend several days searching for an answer!

Update 3: There was a certain function that tried to find a user based on a pointer with the app user's object ID which made the app crash once and than totally unusable. I marked the first answer as the correct answer since it solved my original question but just fyi.. there was more going on than I expected at first.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2115

Answers (2)

applequist
applequist

Reputation: 314

I had a similar issue with the iOS SDK. Are you using 'automatic user creation' ? Cause in that case, ParseUser.getCurrentUser() returns a User object whose objectId is null. According the documentation, it is null until the user or any object related to it is saved. But in my experience, it is not the case, I had to save the user first or I would get an error like 'User can only be created during signUp' or something like this.

Upvotes: 0

Rajesh Hegde
Rajesh Hegde

Reputation: 2822

Just try this:

public void createDataObject(){
        ParseObject object = new ParseObject("TestData");
        object.put("action", "trial");
        object.put("value", "succes?");
        object.put("name", ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getUsername());
        object.put("pointer", ParseUser.getCurrentUser());
        object.saveEventually();
    }

No need to get the object ID to set the current User.

Edit: You can also refer https://stackoverflow.com/a/28403968/2571060 to set pointer

Upvotes: 1

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