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Bensaad
Bensaad

Reputation: 43

Android Parse.com getting the id of a user

I'm working in an android app adding the following/follower system, I'm using the lines in the Parse.com, I have a user profile, and when I click on the follow button the app send the both users id (the current user and the other user) in a row. I'm using pointers targeting the _user class.

This is my current code :

Intent i = get intent();
String userId =         i.getStringExtra("userid");

ParseObject follow = new     ParseObject("Follow");
  follow.put("from",ParseUser.getCurrentUser());

follow.put("to", userId);
             follow.saveInBackground(new SaveCallback() {
                 @Override
 public void done(ParseException e) {
                  btn_follow.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_following));
            }
        });

 The btn_follow change the image.     which means the following has been done.     but my Follow class is empty.

I have changed my Follow table from : ...|from|to| To : ...|from|to|

This worked well the both users id were saved, but I need pointers not string so I put from and to to pointers again and deleted the line

 follow.put("to", userId);

This worked well also but it only saved the current user and not the user I'm trying to follow. So my problem is with the ID of the user I want to follow. In the guide they are saying

 "ParseUser otheruser = ..."

(I don't no what to put in the 3 points to get the other user id)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 247

Answers (1)

David Riha
David Riha

Reputation: 1456

You need to assign a ParseObject (or ParseUser) to create a pointer in database. For this you need to create ParseUser without data, just with id like this:

follow.put("to", ParseObject.createWithoutData("_User", userId));

Also, you should check the ParseException e in callback to see whats going on.

Upvotes: 1

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