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Bisclavret
Bisclavret

Reputation: 1331

Using GeoFire to save current location in Firebase (React Native)

I am trying to use GeoFire in my React Native application to get the currently authenticated user's location and save this as a GeoLocation in the Firebase database. I can't find an actual example of working code to do this anywhere on the net.

This is what I am trying:

var firebaseRef = firebase.database().ref().child("Users");
var geofireUser = geofire(firebaseRef);

This is the error I am getting:

TypeError:  Attempted to assign to readonly property.

I had this up and running fine in my Android Studio app, and the equivalent code above would create the following data in Firebase under the UID of the user:

DatabaseName:
  -Users
     -cdshnnHd8493jdNndi0
         -g:  fhejhe987
         -l:
             0: 0.324239
             1: 12.4587493

I just need to get React Native to a point where I am creating that code in the database again and it will unlock the whole spectrum of GeoFire commands for me, but I just can't get it working and there are just no resources for any of this stuff.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2834

Answers (2)

David
David

Reputation: 1591

If you some difficulties with GeoFire I propose you to use react-native-geolocation-service package, which works as needed for both IOS and Android platforms

Upvotes: 1

Frank van Puffelen
Frank van Puffelen

Reputation: 598708

According to the Geofire documentation you create a new instance with:

// Create a GeoFire index
var geoFire = new GeoFire(firebaseRef);

In your snippet it looks like you're trying to redefine the geofire module itself, hence the message.

Upvotes: 3

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