So I setup email/password register and login.
That is working. I thought Firebase took care of this but apparently not. I want, after the user closes the app, to be logged in already next time they open the app.
What is missing?
class LoginActivity : AppCompatActivity(){
lateinit var auth: FirebaseAuth
lateinit var user: FirebaseAuth
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_login)
auth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance()
}
fun loginLoginClicked(view: View) {
// Perform login
val email = loginEmailTxt.text.toString()
val password = loginPasswordTxt.text.toString()
auth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)
.addOnSuccessListener {
finish()
}
.addOnFailureListener { exception ->
Log.e("Exception", "Could not sign in user - ${exception.localizedMessage}")
}
val loginIntent = Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java)
startActivity(loginIntent)
}
fun loginCreateClicked(view: View) {
// segue to the create user activity
val createIntent = Intent(this, SignUpActivity::class.java)
startActivity(createIntent)
}}
}
Firebase Authentication does automatically remember authentication state, so the user will still be authenticated when the app is restarted.
However, if your LoginActivity
is the launcher activity, you'll still land on this activity, so you'll need to check whether the user is authenticated in onCreate()
, and then redirect them to your MainActivity
if they are already logged in, something like:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_login);
auth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
if (auth.getCurrentUser() != null) {
// User is signed in (getCurrentUser() will be null if not signed in)
val intent = Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
}
}
This makes use of the FirebaseAuth#getCurrentUser()
method that will return a FirebaseUser
object if the user is logged in, or null
if they are not logged in.
Alternatively, you could swap it around so that the MainActivity
is the launcher activity and then only show your LoginActivity
if the user is not logged in.
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