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Magomed.Khamidov
Magomed.Khamidov

Reputation: 53

How to update offline and online users via Firebase and React

I'm doing a social media project right now. Which I need to have user presence and it is very important. I have seen the methods onDisconnect() and then making a user offline, but my main problem is that I am going Firestore for my project.

I want to update the Firestore users.id status to true or false. How can I do this method with useEffect() and make online status or offline status?

I want to be willing to update in Firestore users.id, not in the realtime database.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1605

Answers (1)

Frank van Puffelen
Frank van Puffelen

Reputation: 598847

Due to the way it communicates with its servers, Firestore doesn't have a built-in presence detection system. If you want to integrate a presence system into your Firestore project, you'll have to use the Realtime Database for this as shown in this documentation on building a presence system in Cloud Firestore.

There is a Firebase Extension in development that simplifies this integration down to a few clicks, but that is currently in early access and only available as part of the Firebase Alpha program, and I have no information on when it may become generally available.

Upvotes: 1

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