How to close/destroy a Firebase reference in android?

Question

Here is the scenario -:

A firebase reference is created

Firebase myRef = new Firebase(url)  // In Main Activity

User Clicks a button navigates to other activity .

onPause() for Main activity is called.Is there a way to destroy this constructor ?

This reference is creating some unexpected behavior. Simply calling finish() for Main activity will destroy it or not?

Answer 1

Firebase objects are lightweight references to locations in your Firebase Database. There is no need (nor ability) to manage their life-cycle. So as @dex commented, you can just let the Java garbage collector take care of them.

On the other hand, once you start attaching listeners (e.g. addValueEventListener()) you should detach them in the corresponding life-cycle event with removeEventListener(). Also see Firebase adding listeners in adapters in Android and How stop Listening to firebase location in android