Firebase Storage - Get List of Files example - Image List

We had known the way to upload/download data. In this tutorial, we’re gonna look at way to get list of files example – display list of Images with Firebase UI Database FirebaseRecyclerAdapter.

I. How to do

firebase-storage-display-list-goal

To display list of Images, we need to:
– add Firebase to Android App & enable Firebase Auth
– use Firebase Cloud Storage to upload and store images
– use Firebase Realtime Database to store images’ information (name + url)
– use FirebaseRecyclerAdapter to display images in RecyclerView with the help of Picasso lib.

To know way to add Firebase to Android App & enable Firebase Auth, please visit previous post:
Firebase Storage – Upload Data from Memory, Local File, Stream | Android

1. Upload and store images

Use Firebase Cloud Storage:

// store image at "images/filename.extension" on Firebase Cloud Storage

imageReference = FirebaseStorage.getInstance().getReference().child("images");

fileRef = imageReference.child(fileName + "." + getFileExtension(fileUri));

fileRef.putFile(fileUri)

.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {

@Override

public void onSuccess(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {

String name = taskSnapshot.getMetadata().getName();

String url = taskSnapshot.getDownloadUrl().toString();

// use Firebase Realtime Database to store [name + url]

writeNewImageInfoToDB(name, url);

}

})

.addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {

@Override

public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception exception) {

// ...

}

})

.addOnProgressListener(new OnProgressListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {

@Override

public void onProgress(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {

// progress percentage

double progress = (100.0 * taskSnapshot.getBytesTransferred()) / taskSnapshot.getTotalByteCount();

// percentage in progress dialog

progressDialog.setMessage("Uploaded " + ((int) progress) + "%...");

}

})

.addOnPausedListener(new OnPausedListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {

@Override

public void onPaused(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {

// ...

}

});

firebase-storage-display-list-demo-storage-console

2. Store images’ information

Use Firebase Realtime Database:

mDataReference = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("images");

private void writeNewImageInfoToDB(String name, String url) {

UploadInfo info = new UploadInfo(name, url);

String key = mDataReference.push().getKey();

mDataReference.child(key).setValue(info);

}

firebase-storage-display-list-demo-database-console

3. Display list of Images

3.1 Model and ViewHolder

– Model class is a class that represents the data from Firebase:

public class UploadInfo {

public String name;

public String url;

// ...

}

– ViewHolder layout (R.layout.item_image) with UI items that correspond to Model fields:

</LinearLayout>

– ViewHolder class contains Android UI fields that point to layout items:

public class ImgViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

public TextView nameView;

public ImageView imageView;

public ImgViewHolder(View itemView) {

super(itemView);

nameView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_img_name);

imageView = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.img_view);

}

3.2 FirebaseRecyclerAdapter subclass

We need a subclass of the FirebaseRecyclerAdapter and implement its populateViewHolder() method:

private FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<Message, MessageViewHolder> mAdapter;

// ...

// mDataReference = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("images");

Query query = mDataReference.limitToLast(3);

mAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<UploadInfo, ImgViewHolder>(

UploadInfo.class, R.layout.item_image, ImgViewHolder.class, query) {

@Override

protected void populateViewHolder(ImgViewHolder viewHolder, UploadInfo model, int position) {

viewHolder.nameView.setText(model.name);

Picasso.with(StorageActivity.this)

.load(model.url)

.error(R.drawable.common_google_signin_btn_icon_dark)

.into(viewHolder.imageView);

}

};

Now look at these lines of code:

Query query = mDataReference.limitToLast(3);

mAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<UploadInfo, ImgViewHolder>(

UploadInfo.class, R.layout.item_image, ImgViewHolder.class, query)

– We tell FirebaseRecyclerAdapter object to use UploadInfo.class when reading from the database.
– Each Message will be displayed in a R.layout.item_image (that has 2 elements: tv_img_name, img_view).
– We indicate class for ViewHolder
– We can just give reference to database node or sort/filter data by using Query:

Query query = mDataReference;

Query query = mDataReference.orderByKey();

// orderByValue() or orderByChild("...")

Query query = mDataReference.limitToLast(8);

// limitToFirst(..), startAt(...), endAt(...), equalTo(...)

FirebaseRecyclerAdapter will call populateViewHolder() method for each Model it finds in database. It passes us the Model and a ViewHolder.
So what we should do is map the fields from model to the correct UI elements:

@Override

protected void populateViewHolder(ImgViewHolder viewHolder, UploadInfo model, int position) {

viewHolder.nameView.setText(model.name);

Picasso.with(StorageActivity.this)

.load(model.url)

.error(R.drawable.common_google_signin_btn_icon_dark)

.into(viewHolder.imageView);

}

3.3 RecyclerView

Now we set the adapter for RecyclerView object to provide child views on demand:

private RecyclerView rcvListImg;

// ...

rcvListImg = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.rcv_list_img);

LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);

layoutManager.setReverseLayout(false);

rcvListImg.setHasFixedSize(false);

rcvListImg.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);

// mAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<UploadInfo, ImgViewHolder>(...);

rcvListImg.setAdapter(mAdapter);

Remember to call adapter cleanup() method to stop listening for changes in the Firebase database:

@Override

protected void onDestroy() {

super.onDestroy();

mAdapter.cleanup();

}

4. Depedencies

To add Support Library to Android project, open the build.gradle file (project-level).
Make sure that the repositories section includes a maven section with the “https://maven.google.com” endpoint:

allprojects {

repositories {

jcenter()

maven {

url "https://maven.google.com"

}

For build.gradle file (App-level)

dependencies {

// ...

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:11.0.2'

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:11.0.2'

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:11.0.2'

compile 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-database:2.1.1'

compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'

}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

II. Practice

1. Goal

We will build an Android App that can:
– create Account, sign in/sign out for Firebase Authentication.
– read/write user to Firebase Realtime Database.
(2 lines above come from this Post).
– upload image to Firebase Cloud Storage (from this Post)
– display list of Images using FirebaseUI FirebaseRecyclerAdapter.

firebase-storage-display-list-demo-app-goal

2. Technology

– Gradle 2.3.3
– Android Studio 2.x
– Firebase Android SDK 11.x
– Firebase UI Database 2.1.1
– Picasso 2.5.2

3. Project Structure

firebase-storage-display-list-structure

LoginActivity is for Authentication, then user can enter StorageActivity to upload Image to Firebase Storage, Image’s information to Firebase Database, and show list of Images.

4. Step by step

4.1 Create Android Project

– Generate new Android Project with package com.javasampleapproach.firebaserealtimedb.
– build.gradle (project-level):

buildscript {

repositories {

jcenter()

}

dependencies {

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.1.0'

// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong

// in the individual module build.gradle files

}

allprojects {

repositories {

jcenter()

maven {

url "https://maven.google.com"

}

– build.gradle (App-level):

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

compileSdkVersion 25

buildToolsVersion "25.0.0"

defaultConfig {

applicationId "com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage"

minSdkVersion 15

targetSdkVersion 25

versionCode 1

versionName "1.0"

testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

}

buildTypes {

release {

minifyEnabled false

proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

}

dependencies {

compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {

exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'

})

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.4.0'

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:11.0.2'

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:11.0.2'

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:11.0.2'

compile 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-database:2.1.1'

compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'

testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'

}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

4.2 Create Firebase Project & Add Firebase Config file

– Follow this guide to generate google-services.json file and move it into your Android App root directory. You don’t need to have SHA-1 Key in this example, just leave it blank.

– Make sure that package_name in google-services.json has a correct value according to:
+ applicationId in build.gradle (App-level).
+ package in AndroidManifest.xml.
In this case, it is com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage.

firebase-storage-add-app

4.3 Enable Firebase Auth

Go to Your Firebase Project Console -> Authentication -> SIGN-IN METHOD -> Enable Email/Password.

4.4 Model

package com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage.models;

import com.google.firebase.database.IgnoreExtraProperties;

@IgnoreExtraProperties

public class UploadInfo {

public String name;

public String url;

public UploadInfo() {

}

public UploadInfo(String name, String url) {

this.name = name;

this.url= url;

}

4.5 LoginActivity

To know how to implement Firebase Authentication App Client, please visit:
Firebase Authentication – How to Sign Up, Sign In, Sign Out, Verify Email | Android

In this tutorial, we don’t explain way to authenticate an user again.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent"

android:orientation="vertical"

android:weightSum="3">

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="0dp"

android:layout_weight="2"

android:gravity="center_horizontal"

android:orientation="vertical">

<TextView

android:id="@+id/title_text"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"

android:gravity="center"

android:text="grokonez.com"

android:textSize="28sp" />

<TextView

android:id="@+id/status"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:gravity="center"

android:padding="4dp"

android:text="Signed Out"

android:textSize="14sp" />

<TextView

android:id="@+id/detail"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:gravity="center"

android:padding="4dp"

android:textSize="14sp"

tools:text="Firebase User ID: 123456789abc" />

</LinearLayout>

<RelativeLayout

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="0dp"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:background="#E0E0E0"

android:gravity="center_vertical">

<LinearLayout

android:id="@+id/email_password_fields"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:orientation="horizontal"

android:paddingLeft="16dp"

android:paddingRight="16dp">

<EditText

android:id="@+id/edt_email"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:hint="Email"

android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />

<EditText

android:id="@+id/edt_password"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:hint="Password"

android:inputType="textPassword" />

</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout

android:id="@+id/email_password_buttons"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_below="@+id/email_password_fields"

android:orientation="horizontal"

android:paddingLeft="16dp"

android:paddingRight="16dp">

<Button

android:id="@+id/btn_email_sign_in"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"

android:layout_marginRight="4dp"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:text="Sign In" />

<Button

android:id="@+id/btn_email_create_account"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"

android:layout_marginRight="4dp"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:text="Create Account" />

</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout

android:id="@+id/layout_signed_in_control"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_centerInParent="true"

android:orientation="horizontal"

android:paddingLeft="16dp"

android:paddingRight="16dp"

android:visibility="gone">

<Button

android:id="@+id/btn_sign_out"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:text="Sign Out" />

<Button

android:id="@+id/btn_test_message"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:text="Test Storage" />

</LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

</LinearLayout>

package com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.support.annotation.NonNull;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.text.TextUtils;

import android.util.Log;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.EditText;

import android.widget.TextView;

import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnCompleteListener;

import com.google.android.gms.tasks.Task;

import com.google.firebase.auth.AuthResult;

import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth;

import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseUser;

public class LoginActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements

View.OnClickListener {

private static final String TAG = "LoginActivity";

private TextView txtStatus;

private TextView txtDetail;

private EditText edtEmail;

private EditText edtPassword;

private FirebaseAuth mAuth;

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_login);

txtStatus = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.status);

txtDetail = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.detail);

edtEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edt_email);

edtPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edt_password);

findViewById(R.id.btn_email_sign_in).setOnClickListener(this);

findViewById(R.id.btn_email_create_account).setOnClickListener(this);

findViewById(R.id.btn_sign_out).setOnClickListener(this);

findViewById(R.id.btn_test_message).setOnClickListener(this);

mAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();

}

@Override

protected void onStart() {

super.onStart();

FirebaseUser currentUser = mAuth.getCurrentUser();

updateUI(currentUser);

}

@Override

public void onClick(View view) {

int i = view.getId();

if (i == R.id.btn_email_create_account) {

createAccount(edtEmail.getText().toString(), edtPassword.getText().toString());

} else if (i == R.id.btn_email_sign_in) {

signIn(edtEmail.getText().toString(), edtPassword.getText().toString());

} else if (i == R.id.btn_sign_out) {

signOut();

} else if (i == R.id.btn_test_message) {

testStorage();

}

private void createAccount(String email, String password) {

Log.e(TAG, "createAccount:" + email);

if (!validateForm(email, password)) {

return;

}

mAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)

.addOnCompleteListener(this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {

@Override

public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {

if (task.isSuccessful()) {

Log.e(TAG, "createAccount: Success!");

// update UI with the signed-in user's information

FirebaseUser user = mAuth.getCurrentUser();

updateUI(user);

} else {

Log.e(TAG, "createAccount: Fail!", task.getException());

Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, "Authentication failed!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

updateUI(null);

}

});

}

private void signIn(String email, String password) {

Log.e(TAG, "signIn:" + email);

if (!validateForm(email, password)) {

return;

}

mAuth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)

.addOnCompleteListener(this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {

@Override

public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {

if (task.isSuccessful()) {

Log.e(TAG, "signIn: Success!");

// update UI with the signed-in user's information

FirebaseUser user = mAuth.getCurrentUser();

updateUI(user);

} else {

Log.e(TAG, "signIn: Fail!", task.getException());

Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, "Authentication failed!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

updateUI(null);

}

if (!task.isSuccessful()) {

txtStatus.setText("Authentication failed!");

}

});

}

private void signOut() {

mAuth.signOut();

updateUI(null);

}

private boolean validateForm(String email, String password) {

if (TextUtils.isEmpty(email)) {

Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, "Enter email address!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

return false;

}

if (TextUtils.isEmpty(password)) {

Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, "Enter password!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

return false;

}

if (password.length() < 6) {

Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, "Password too short, enter minimum 6 characters!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

return false;

}

return true;

}

private void updateUI(FirebaseUser user) {

if (user != null) {

txtStatus.setText("User Email: " + user.getEmail());

txtDetail.setText("Firebase User ID: " + user.getUid());

findViewById(R.id.email_password_buttons).setVisibility(View.GONE);

findViewById(R.id.email_password_fields).setVisibility(View.GONE);

findViewById(R.id.layout_signed_in_control).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

} else {

txtStatus.setText("Signed Out");

txtDetail.setText(null);

findViewById(R.id.email_password_buttons).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

findViewById(R.id.email_password_fields).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

findViewById(R.id.layout_signed_in_control).setVisibility(View.GONE);

}

private void testStorage() {

startActivity(new Intent(this, StorageActivity.class));

}

4.6 ViewHolder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:orientation="vertical"

android:paddingBottom="7dp">

<TextView

android:id="@+id/tv_img_name"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"

android:layout_margin="5dp"

android:text="Image Name"

android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_dark" />

<ImageView

android:id="@+id/img_view"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

package com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage.viewholder;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.ImageView;

import android.widget.TextView;

import com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage.R;

public class ImgViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

public TextView nameView;

public ImageView imageView;

public ImgViewHolder(View itemView) {

super(itemView);

nameView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_img_name);

imageView = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.img_view);

}

4.7 StorageActivity

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent"

android:orientation="vertical"

android:paddingLeft="16dp"

android:paddingRight="16dp">

<TextView

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_gravity="center"

android:text="grokonez.com"

android:textSize="20sp" />

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:orientation="horizontal"

android:weightSum="3">

<Button

android:id="@+id/btn_choose_file"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:text="Choose File" />

<EditText

android:id="@+id/edt_file_name"

android:layout_width="0dp"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="2"

android:hint="File Name" />

</LinearLayout>

<Button

android:id="@+id/btn_upload_file"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"

android:text="Upload" />

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView

android:id="@+id/rcv_list_img"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="0dp"

android:layout_weight="1"

android:padding="16dp" />

<Button

android:id="@+id/btn_back"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"

android:text="Back" />

</LinearLayout>

package com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage;

import android.app.ProgressDialog;

import android.content.ContentResolver;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.support.annotation.NonNull;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;

import android.text.TextUtils;

import android.util.Log;

import android.view.View;

import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;

import android.widget.EditText;

import android.widget.Toast;

import com.firebase.ui.database.FirebaseRecyclerAdapter;

import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnFailureListener;

import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnSuccessListener;

import com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseReference;

import com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase;

import com.google.firebase.database.Query;

import com.google.firebase.storage.FirebaseStorage;

import com.google.firebase.storage.OnPausedListener;

import com.google.firebase.storage.OnProgressListener;

import com.google.firebase.storage.StorageReference;

import com.google.firebase.storage.UploadTask;

import com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage.models.UploadInfo;

import com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage.viewholder.ImgViewHolder;

import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso;

public class StorageActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {

private static final String TAG = "StorageActivity";

//track Choosing Image Intent

private static final int CHOOSING_IMAGE_REQUEST = 1234;

private EditText edtFileName;

private Uri fileUri;

private DatabaseReference mDataReference;

private StorageReference imageReference;

private StorageReference fileRef;

private RecyclerView rcvListImg;

private FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<UploadInfo, ImgViewHolder> mAdapter;

ProgressDialog progressDialog;

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_storage);

edtFileName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edt_file_name);

rcvListImg = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.rcv_list_img);

mDataReference = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("images");

imageReference = FirebaseStorage.getInstance().getReference().child("images");

fileRef = null;

progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);

findViewById(R.id.btn_choose_file).setOnClickListener(this);

findViewById(R.id.btn_upload_file).setOnClickListener(this);

findViewById(R.id.btn_back).setOnClickListener(this);

LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);

layoutManager.setReverseLayout(false);

rcvListImg.setHasFixedSize(false);

rcvListImg.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);

Query query = mDataReference.limitToLast(3);

mAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<UploadInfo, ImgViewHolder>(

UploadInfo.class, R.layout.item_image, ImgViewHolder.class, query) {

@Override

protected void populateViewHolder(ImgViewHolder viewHolder, UploadInfo model, int position) {

viewHolder.nameView.setText(model.name);

Picasso.with(StorageActivity.this)

.load(model.url)

.error(R.drawable.common_google_signin_btn_icon_dark)

.into(viewHolder.imageView);

}

};

rcvListImg.setAdapter(mAdapter);

}

private void uploadFile() {

if (fileUri != null) {

String fileName = edtFileName.getText().toString();

if (!validateInputFileName(fileName)) {

return;

}

progressDialog.setTitle("Uploading...");

progressDialog.show();

fileRef = imageReference.child(fileName + "." + getFileExtension(fileUri));

fileRef.putFile(fileUri)

.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {

@Override

public void onSuccess(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {

progressDialog.dismiss();

String name = taskSnapshot.getMetadata().getName();

String url = taskSnapshot.getDownloadUrl().toString();

Log.e(TAG, "Uri: " + url);

Log.e(TAG, "Name: " + name);

writeNewImageInfoToDB(name, url);

Toast.makeText(StorageActivity.this, "File Uploaded ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

}

})

.addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {

@Override

public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception exception) {

progressDialog.dismiss();

Toast.makeText(StorageActivity.this, exception.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

}

})

.addOnProgressListener(new OnProgressListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {

@Override

public void onProgress(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {

// progress percentage

double progress = (100.0 * taskSnapshot.getBytesTransferred()) / taskSnapshot.getTotalByteCount();

// percentage in progress dialog

progressDialog.setMessage("Uploaded " + ((int) progress) + "%...");

}

})

.addOnPausedListener(new OnPausedListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {

@Override

public void onPaused(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {

System.out.println("Upload is paused!");

}

});

} else {

Toast.makeText(StorageActivity.this, "No File!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

}

private void writeNewImageInfoToDB(String name, String url) {

UploadInfo info = new UploadInfo(name, url);

String key = mDataReference.push().getKey();

mDataReference.child(key).setValue(info);

}

private void showChoosingFile() {

Intent intent = new Intent();

intent.setType("image/*");

intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);

startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Image"), CHOOSING_IMAGE_REQUEST);

}

@Override

protected void onDestroy() {

super.onDestroy();

mAdapter.cleanup();

}

@Override

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

if (requestCode == CHOOSING_IMAGE_REQUEST && resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null && data.getData() != null) {

fileUri = data.getData();

}

@Override

public void onClick(View view) {

int i = view.getId();

if (i == R.id.btn_choose_file) {

showChoosingFile();

} else if (i == R.id.btn_upload_file) {

uploadFile();

} else if (i == R.id.btn_back) {

finish();

}

private String getFileExtension(Uri uri) {

ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();

MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();

return mime.getExtensionFromMimeType(contentResolver.getType(uri));

}

private boolean validateInputFileName(String fileName) {

if (TextUtils.isEmpty(fileName)) {

Toast.makeText(StorageActivity.this, "Enter file name!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

return false;

}

return true;

}

4.8 Android Manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

package="com.javasampleapproach.firebasestorage">

<application

android:allowBackup="true"

android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

android:label="@string/app_name"

android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"

android:supportsRtl="true"

android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

<intent-filter>

</intent-filter>

</activity>

</application>

</manifest>

4.9 Run & Check result

– Use Android Studio, build and Run your Android App:

firebase-storage-display-list-demo-app-result

– Firebase Console:
+ Storage:
firebase-storage-display-list-demo-storage-console

+ Database:
firebase-storage-display-list-demo-database-console

III. Source code

FirebaseStorage-display-list-images

By grokonez | August 22, 2017.

Last updated on July 13, 2018.

2 thoughts on “Firebase Storage – Get List of Files example – Image List | Android”

jackTheReaper says:
February 2, 2018 at 7:39 am
A great and very helpfull guide, thanx a lot!!!
🙂
ian says:
December 3, 2018 at 6:24 am
hello i do not want the upload feature i just need the to load the images already in my firebase storage into my activities is this possible?

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I. How to do

1. Upload and store images

2. Store images’ information

3. Display list of Images

3.1 Model and ViewHolder

3.2 FirebaseRecyclerAdapter subclass

3.3 RecyclerView

4. Depedencies

II. Practice

1. Goal

2. Technology

3. Project Structure

4. Step by step

4.1 Create Android Project

4.2 Create Firebase Project & Add Firebase Config file

4.3 Enable Firebase Auth

4.4 Model

4.5 LoginActivity

4.6 ViewHolder

4.7 StorageActivity

4.8 Android Manifest

4.9 Run & Check result

III. Source code

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