How to extract a list of objects from Firebase DataSnapshot on android

I want to convert all Firebase DataSnapshot children to a list in android.

Something like this:

mFirebaseRef = new Firebase(FIREBASE_URL);

mFirebaseRef.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
    @Override
    public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
        List<String> td = (ArrayList<String>) dataSnapshot.getValue();
        //notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    @Override
    public void onCancelled(FirebaseError firebaseError) {

    }
});

Solution 1:

I hope below code works

Firebase ref = new Firebase(FIREBASE_URL);

  ref.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
      @Override
      public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot snapshot) {
          Log.e("Count " ,""+snapshot.getChildrenCount());
          for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot: snapshot.getChildren()) {
            <YourClass> post = postSnapshot.getValue(<YourClass>.class);
            Log.e("Get Data", post.<YourMethod>());
          }
      }
      @Override
      public void onCancelled(FirebaseError firebaseError) {
          Log.e("The read failed: " ,firebaseError.getMessage());
      }
  });

Solution 2:

Firebase stores a sequence of values in this format:

"-K-Y_Rhyxy9kfzIWw7Jq": "Value 1"
"-K-Y_RqDV_zbNLPJYnOA": "Value 2"
"-K-Y_SBoKvx6gAabUPDK": "Value 3"

If that is how you have them, you are getting the wrong type. The above structure is represented as a Map, not as a List:

mFirebaseRef = new Firebase(FIREBASE_URL);

mFirebaseRef.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
    @Override
    public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
        Map<String, Object> td = (HashMap<String,Object>) dataSnapshot.getValue();

        List<Object> values = td.values();

        //notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    @Override
    public void onCancelled(FirebaseError firebaseError) {

    }
});