I'm working on an app that uses Firebase authentication to sign in users through phone number. I want to add a functionality such that there is only one-time login for the user, i.e. even if the user kills the app and starts it again, he should be logged in. Also, I don't want to add a logout feature. What can be done for this?
The simplest way to achieve this is to use a listener. Let's assume you have two activities, the LoginActivity and the MainActivity. The listener that can be created in the LoginActivity should look like this:
FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener authStateListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
@Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(@NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
FirebaseUser firebaseUser = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
if (firebaseUser != null) {
Intent intent = new Intent(LoginActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
}
}
};
This basically means that if the user is logged in, skip the LoginActivity and go to the MainActivity.
Instantiate the FirebaseAuth object:
FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
And start listening for changes in your onStart() method like this:
@Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
firebaseAuth.addAuthStateListener(authStateListener);
}
In the MainActivity, you should do the same thing:
FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener authStateListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
@Override
public void onAuthStateChanged(@NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
FirebaseUser firebaseUser = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
if (firebaseUser == null) {
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, LoginActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
};
Which basically means that if the user is not logged in, skip the MainActivity and go to the LoginActivity. In this activity you should do the same thing as in the LoginActivity, you should start listening for changes in the onStart().
In both activities, don't forget to remove the listener in the moment in which is not needed anymore. So add the following line of code in your onStop() method:
@Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
firebaseAuth.removeAuthStateListener(authStateListener);
}