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Harshvardhan Chandirasekar
Harshvardhan Chandirasekar

Reputation: 71

How to add additonal user data like displayName in firebase using flutter?

Future<bool> signupwithemail(
    String emailS, String passwordS, String nameS) async {
  AuthResult result = await _auth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(
      email: emailS, password: passwordS);
  FirebaseUser user = result.user;
  var info = new UserUpdateInfo();
  info.displayName = nameS;
  await user.updateProfile(info);
  await user.reload();
  uid = user.uid;
  email = user.email;
  name = user.displayName;
}

my implementation doesnt work,i always get the name as null,can someone point out my error

Upvotes: 2

Views: 65

Answers (1)

HII
HII

Reputation: 4109

You are getting the name of the old user not the updated one

try this:

            UserUpdateInfo userUpdateInfo = UserUpdateInfo()..displayName='hello';
            await user.updateProfile(userUpdateInfo);
            print('current user is ${(await _firebaseAuth.currentUser()).displayName}');

Upvotes: 1

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