Flutter merge two firestore streams into a single stream

Question

I simply want to perform an 'OR' operation and get the both results of two queries into one stream.

Here's my code with a single stream

 StreamBuilder(
    stream: Firestore.instance
        .collection('list')
        .where('id', isEqualTo: 'false')
        .orderBy('timestamp')
        .snapshots(),
    builder: (context, snapshot) {
      if (!snapshot.hasData)
        return Column(
          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: <Widget>[
            Center(
              child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
            )
          ],
        );
      if (snapshot.data.documents.length == 0)
        return const Center(
          child: Text(
            "Not Available",
            style: TextStyle(fontSize: 30.0, color: Colors.grey),
          ),
        );
      return ListView.builder(
        padding: EdgeInsets.all(5.0),
        key: Key(randomString(20)),
        itemCount: snapshot.data.documents.length,
        itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {
          return ListCard(snapshot.data.documents[index]);
        },
      );
    }),

Instead of a single stream now I want to feed two stream to the same stream builder.

I tried StreamGroup but it's not working since Widgets rebuild

StreamGroup.merge([streamOne, streamTwo]).asBroadcastStream();

I tried followed method also

 Stream<List<DocumentSnapshot>> searchResult()  {
List<Stream<List<DocumentSnapshot>>> streamList = [];

Firestore.instance
    .collection('room-list')
    .where('id', isEqualTo: 'false')
    .snapshots()
    .forEach((snap) {
  streamList.add(Observable.just(snap.documents));
});

Firestore.instance
    .collection('room-list')
    .where('id', isEqualTo: 'pending')
    .snapshots()
    .forEach((snap) {
  streamList.add(Observable.just(snap.documents));
});

var x = Observable.merge(streamList)
    .scan<List<DocumentSnapshot>>((acc, curr, i) {
  return acc ?? <DocumentSnapshot>[]
    ..addAll(curr);
});
return x;
}

Here I get the error there should be at least a single stream to merge. Its because Observable.merge(streamList) is called before items are added to streamList.

I simply want to get the both results of two queries into one stream.

Answer 1

This should work.

//Change your streams here
    Stream<List<QuerySnapshot>> getData() {
        Stream stream1 = Firestore.instance.collection('list').where('id', isEqualTo: 'false').orderBy('timestamp').snapshots();
        Stream stream2 = Firestore.instance.collection('list').where('id', isEqualTo: 'true').orderBy('timestamp').snapshots();
        return StreamZip([stream1, stream2]);
      }


  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      body: StreamBuilder(
          stream: getData(),
          builder: (BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot<List<QuerySnapshot>> snapshot1) {

            List<QuerySnapshot> querySnapshotData =  snapshot1.data.toList();

            //copy document snapshots from second stream to first so querySnapshotData[0].documents will have all documents from both query snapshots
            querySnapshotData[0].documents.addAll(querySnapshotData[1].documents);

            if (querySnapshotData[0].documents.isEmpty)
              return Column(
                mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
                children: <Widget>[
                  Center(
                    child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
                  )
                ],
              );
            if (querySnapshotData[0].documents.length == 0)
              return const Center(
                child: Text(
                  "Not Available",
                  style: TextStyle(fontSize: 30.0, color: Colors.grey),
                ),
              );

            return new ListView(
                children: querySnapshotData[0].documents.map((DocumentSnapshot document){
                 // put your logic here. You will have access to document from both streams as "document" here
                  return new ListCard(document);
                }).toList()
            );
          }
      ),
    );
  }

Hope this helps!!!

Answer 2

I’m not sure why you’re using forEach and Observable.just().

You can just merge two firestore streams directly like:

Observable.merge([stream1, stream2]).pipe(combineStream);

Wherre stream1/2 is just your firestore snapshot.