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S.MacPherson
S.MacPherson

Reputation: 75

GeoFire Swift 3 - Saving and Updating Coordinates

I'm trying to store coordinates into Firebase Database using GeoFire.

I'm unsure how to update the new coordinates as they will be changed/updated every second. With the childByAutoId, it is generating a new unique ID for each Bike.

How do I reference this unique Bike ID? For instance, the user would be called by FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid. Is this possible?

 let geofireRef = FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("Bike").childByAutoId()
 let geoFire = GeoFire(firebaseRef: geofireRef)

 var data = geoFire?.setLocation(CLLocation(latitude: userIncrementLat, longitude: userIncrementLong), forKey: "BikeId")

My Firebase Database Structure will look like...

 Root
 1. Bike
 2.  UniqueUID Number (Firebase)
 3.   BikeId
 4.    g
       l
 5.     0:
        1:

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4286

Answers (1)

andreapavan
andreapavan

Reputation: 697

This is my Firebase DB structure for update users location by time and retrive the nearby users to show on map:

db-root
"users" : {
    <userUID> : {
        "someKey" : "someValue",
        ...
    }
}
"users_location" : {
    <userUID> : {
        <geofireData> ...
    }
}

Vars to use:

let ref = FIRDatabase.database().reference()
let geoFire = GeoFire(firebaseRef: ref.child("users_location"))

To update logged user location:

func updateUserLocation() {

    if let myLocation = myLocation {

        let userID = FIRAuth.auth()!.currentUser!.uid
        geoFire!.setLocation(myLocation, forKey: userID) { (error) in
            if (error != nil) {
                debugPrint("An error occured: \(error)")
            } else {
                print("Saved location successfully!")
            }
        }

    }
}

To find nearby user I use the findNearbyUsers function. It' useful to find the nearby users and save into nearbyUsers array the UID key of the the users. The observeReady function is executed after the query completion and uses the UID to retrieve the users details (I use this to show users details on map).

func findNearbyUsers() {

    if let myLocation = myLocation {

        let theGeoFire = GeoFire(firebaseRef: ref.child("users_location"))
        let circleQuery = theGeoFire!.query(at: myLocation, withRadius: radiusInMeters/1000)

        _ = circleQuery!.observe(.keyEntered, with: { (key, location) in

            if !self.nearbyUsers.contains(key!) && key! != FIRAuth.auth()!.currentUser!.uid {
                self.nearbyUsers.append(key!)
            }

        })

        //Execute this code once GeoFire completes the query!
        circleQuery?.observeReady({

            for user in self.nearbyUsers {

                self.ref.child("users/\(user)").observe(.value, with: { snapshot in
                    let value = snapshot.value as? NSDictionary
                    print(value)
                })
            }

        })

    }

}

Hope it helps

Upvotes: 6

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