Upload profile image for a user Firebase

Question

I am trying to add an image to the user information in the real time database(firebase) for android. I have uploaded the image on the firebase storage but how will I be able to

Answer 1

You can use the method getDownloadUrl() in the success listener to access the download URL:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if(requestCode==request_code&&resultCode==RESULT_OK){
        Uri uri=data.getData();
        StorageReference filepath=mStorage.child("Images").child(uri.getLastPathSegment());
        filepath.putFile(uri).addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {
                Uri downloadUrl = taskSnapshot.getDownloadUrl();
                newStudent.child("image").setValue(downloadUrl);
            }
        });
    }
}

As an aside, instead of using push(), I recommend storing the user's data with the uid as the key. This will make your data easier to find.

private DatabaseReference newStudent;

mCurrentUser=FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
            newStudent=mDatabase.child(mCurrentUser.getUid());
            newStudent.child("email").setValue(email);
            // etc

Answer 2

Just to update because I spent sometime to find this answer, getDownloadUrl() is NOT a function of taskSnapshot anymore. So in order to get the image URL from Firebase Storage you need to add a listener to taskSnapshot.getMetadata().getReference().getDownloadUrl()

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if(requestCode==request_code&&resultCode==RESULT_OK){
        Uri uri=data.getData();
        StorageReference filepath=mStorage.child("Images").child(uri.getLastPathSegment());
        filepath.putFile(uri).addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess(UploadTask.TaskSnapshot taskSnapshot) {
                taskSnapshot.getMetadata().getReference().getDownloadUrl()
                    .addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<Uri>() {

                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(Uri uri) {
                        newStudent.child("image").setValue(uri);

                    }
                });
            }
        });
    }
}

Now it's safe to use uri to whatever you want