Android Question [FirebaseAuth] CurrentUser.PhotoUrl return 404.

zolive33 · Sep 6, 2017

Hello,

Since few days, the Method PhotoUrl returns an error code 404.

Code example :

B4X:

        Dim FBAuth As FirebaseAuth
        FBAuth.Initialize("")
        wbPhoto.Color=Colors.Transparent
        wbPhoto.LoadHtml("<html><body><img style=""position:absolute; border-radius:5px; left:0px; top:0px; width:100%; height:100%;"" src='" & FBAuth.CurrentUser.PhotoUrl & "'/></body></html>")

In my example, FBAuth.CurrentUser.PhotoUrl returns https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...V0G9pQ0gQXSwzTlAUDMJfHiaATzjw/s96-c/photo.jpg

Is it a Firebase bug?

Thank you for your help.

DonManfred · Sep 7, 2017

zolive33 said:
Is it a Firebase bug?

Open the url you posted.... The image is not found. The error 404 raises....
The image is not available on this url

zolive33 · Sep 7, 2017

DonManfred said:
Open the url you posted.... The image is not found. The error 404 raises....
The image is not available on this url

Yes, but it is not normal that this url be returned by Firebase. This problem suddenly occurred without modification of code.

zolive33 · Sep 9, 2017

Other people have encountered this problem : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46046948/firebase-current-user-getphoto-call-file-not-found.

No idea?

Erel · Sep 10, 2017

It sounds like a firebase issue.

zolive33 · Sep 12, 2017

Erel said:
It sounds like a firebase issue.

hi Erel,

I think it's not a FireBase issue : When I change user name or Photo in Google profile, the new values are not updated automatically in app.
I think we should use the reload method (or updateProfile). but I don't know how.

perhaps it requires an evolution of the FirebaseAuth library.

Erel · Sep 13, 2017

You can call reload with this code:

B4X:

Sub Activity_Click
   Dim jo As JavaObject = Starter.auth.CurrentUser
   Dim task As JavaObject = jo.RunMethod("reload", Null)
   Do While task.RunMethod("isComplete", Null) = False
     Sleep(100)
   Loop
   Log("Reloaded")
End Sub

zolive33 · Sep 13, 2017

Thanks Erel, but it didn't work.

Here is what I did:

- On the Firebase console: deleting the user account
- On android device :

- Uninstalling the application
- re-installation
- re-authentication

I think there is another solution. I look for....

zolive33 · Sep 16, 2017

There is a difference between Firebase and Google data.
Once initialized, the Firebase user-account is no longer updated.

B4X:

Dim jo As JavaObject = Starter.auth.CurrentUser
Dim providerData As List = jo.RunMethod("getProviderData", Null)

'UserInfo
For Each item In providerData
    Dim jo2 As JavaObject = item
    Log("providerId : " & jo2.RunMethod("getProviderId", Null))
    Log("photoUrl : " & jo2.RunMethod("getPhotoUrl", Null))
Next

providerId : firebase
photoUrl : https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...V0_th2s40bwLHWz6f71sMMDjnRWXg/s96-c/photo.jpg
providerId : google.com
photoUrl : https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...A1Leogv1QyzmVxrfcEb1fhxMhwnug/s96-c/photo.jpg

KMatle · Sep 17, 2017

Just checked one of my apps. I retrive the photo URL after signin with the user's Google account.

Please update your google-services.json (= download it again).

My code:

B4X:

Sub GoogleSignIn

    Auth.Initialize("auth")
    If Auth.CurrentUser.IsInitialized = False Then
        Auth.SignInWithGoogle
    End If
   
End Sub

B4X:

Sub Auth_SignedIn (User As FirebaseUser)
  
    Log("Name: " & User.DisplayName)
    Log("Mail: " & User.Email)
    Log("Photo: " & User.PhotoUrl)
    Log("Token: " & User.Uid)
  
    GoogleName=User.DisplayName
    GoogleMail= User.Email
    GoogleUserToken= User.Uid
    GooglePhotoUrl = User.PhotoUrl
      
End Sub

and then just

B4X:

Dim IconJob As HttpJob
    IconJob.Initialize("DownloadUserIcon", Me)
    IconJob.Download(User.PhotoUrl)

in JobDone

B4X:

Dim BM As Bitmap
                 BM.Initialize2(Job.GetInputStream)
                 ...

URL is ok, no problems here.

zolive33 · Sep 17, 2017

Thanks for your help, KMatle.
I updated google-services.json, but I dont see any change.

KMatle · Sep 17, 2017

zolive33 said:
I updated google-services.json, but I dont see any change.

Strange.

Did you update via SDK manager to the latest versions?
Did you try with another device/another account?

zolive33 · Sep 17, 2017

Yes for all.

zolive33 · Sep 17, 2017

KMatle said:
Strange.
Did you try with another device/another account?

I tried with 3 different accounts... Always the same problem

KMatle · Sep 17, 2017

Can you upload a small test project which reproduces the error? Without credetials)

zolive33 · Sep 17, 2017

KMatle said:
Can you upload a small test project which reproduces the error? Without credetials)

OK, I'll upload it tomorrow evening.

zolive33 · Sep 18, 2017

Hi. Here is a small example project.

1 - I sign with user "[email protected]".
Name displayed : Pierre Apptest

2 - I sign out
3 - On Google profile, i change photo and given name
4 - After about an hour, I sign with the same user

KMatle · Sep 19, 2017

Will check that this evening.

KMatle · Sep 19, 2017

I'm not able to change my photo and try. Could you change your code to retrieve the url to that of my post #10?

Does this happen only when you CHANGE the picture via Google console? Please check if you synchronize APP data (Google account).

zolive33 · Sep 19, 2017

Hi KMatie.

Tonight urlPhoto is up to date (on Firebase user's profile, like on google profile).

Look no further, a developer colleague explained to me: There are some bugs on Firebase (Erel is right! post #5)
1 - if the original profile photo url returns a 404. Firebase doesn't seem to update user profile (bug). Otherwise Firebase takes 12 or 24 hours to update its data.
2 - the "DisplayName" is never updated (bug?).

Solution: He advises me to use Google profile data.
It is possible to force update the user profile information by using "updateProfile" method. https://firebase.google.com/docs/re...oogle.firebase.auth.UserProfileChangeRequest)

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