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fraiser
fraiser

Reputation: 969

Can't get key from FirebaseDatabase

I'm pushing an object to FirebaseDatabaseand trying to get the key of the object that I just pushed to Firebase. I've looked at Get the pushed ID for specific value in firebase android and I'm trying to use that but it's not working.

Initialization of DatabaseReference in onCreate

mDatabaseRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("People");

The actual function-

 private String pushPersonToFirebase() {

        Person newPerson = new Person();
        String firstName = mFirstNameTextView.getText().toString();
        String lastName = mLastNameTextView.getText().toString();

        if(!firstName.equals("") && !lastName.equals("")) {
            newPerson.setFirstName(firstName);
            newPerson.setLastName(lastName);
            newPerson.setImgPath(anonymousPeople.get(indexAnon).toString());
            mDatabaseRef.push().setValue(newPerson);
            return mDatabaseRef.getKey();  //This always returns "People" need it to return the key of the object that was just pushed
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(this, "You didn't enter all fields", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return "";
        }

    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 184

Answers (1)

Rajesh Satvara
Rajesh Satvara

Reputation: 3954

you can get key using this way..

String key = mDatabaseRef.push().getKey(); // its your key
-- code---
newPerson.setFirstName(firstName);
newPerson.setLastName(lastName);
newPerson.setImgPath(anonymousPeople.get(indexAnon).toString());
--- code ---
mDatabaseRef..child(key).setValue(newPerson);

Upvotes: 1

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