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sam.b
sam.b

Reputation: 13

How can i send different users to separate view controllers using firebase and Xcode

I am fairly new to coding and have started using firebase as a back end server for an application i am creating in Xcode using swift.

The app itself will have one login page but 3 separate types of users. The admin will have different permissions to the other 2 users.

The code I currently have is:

FIRAuth.auth()?.signIn(withEmail: username!, password: password!, completion: { (user, error) in
    if error == nil {
        let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "AdminVC")
        self.present(vc!, animated: true, completion: nil)                
    }

The code is getting the email and password for the authentication page. But because of the 3 different types of users I don't want them all going to the 'AdminVC' view controller.

Is there a way of getting the 2 other users to go to their own view controllers using this authentication method?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2383

Answers (1)

ntoonio
ntoonio

Reputation: 3143

If you want to store a type for a user you have to use the database. Like this enter image description here

When the user logs in, get the value from the database for the path "users/<userId>/type". Then use a switch statement to redirect to the correct view controller.

Here's the full code

 // Sign in to Firebase
 FIRAuth.auth()?.signIn(withEmail: "[email protected]", password: "Password123", completion: {
     (user, error) in
         // If there's no errors
         if error == nil {
             // Get the type from the database. It's path is users/<userId>/type.
             // Notice "observeSingleEvent", so we don't register for getting an update every time it changes.
             FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("users/\(user!.uid)/type").observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: {
                 (snapshot) in

                 switch snapshot.value as! String {
                 // If our user is admin...
                 case "admin":
                     // ...redirect to the admin page
                     let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "adminVC")
                     self.present(vc!, animated: true, completion: nil)
                 // If out user is a regular user...
                 case "user":
                     // ...redirect to the user page
                     let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "userVC")
                     self.present(vc!, animated: true, completion: nil)
                 // If the type wasn't found...
                 default:
                     // ...print an error
                     print("Error: Couldn't find type for user \(user!.uid)")
                 }
            })
        }
    })

Instead of the whole switch statement you can do

let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "\(snapshot.value)_View")
self.present(vc!, animated: true, completion: nil)

Warning! This will crash if the type isn't found. But that's fixable :)

Upvotes: 3

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