Please help me with the firebase connection

[Patowa_Supasai]

I want to connect a firebase to my project. Its a list of food that include Title, Image and Detail. After i followed the tutorial, I just test it to random a food Title. But it say that there are nothing in the list. Did I do anything wrong? Thank you!

Here are my block and database:

[Patryk_F]

Check what you get in the value variable. Display raw data e.g. in a label.

[Patowa_Supasai]

Ok Sir, Im tried it. When im hit the button dislike, it will set Label1 to a random item on list "global Title". But it said "Pick a random item: Pick a random item on an empty list" What does this mean?

[Ramon]

When you are requesting for tag, the response you get in a list with the tags, that means Food1, Food2, Food3:

You can get the value of each item in that list and in GotValue block, make the lists.You will get for each one the 'Detail', 'Image' and 'Title' fields.

[nishyanthkumar]

The list isn't being populated; that means the if condition in the FirebaseDB1.GetValue event isn't being satisfied.

[TIMAI2]

This is not the best way to do things

leave your project bucket as List

and get your items:

tag: join: Food & number / Title
tag: join: Food & number / Image
tag: join: Food & number / Detail

[Ramon]

well I was supposing the projectbucket like 'List'...I didn't see that project bucket.

anyway, I agree that your method is more direct, but mine would also work, right?

[Patowa_Supasai]

Sorry Sir, Im really new to the app inventor and firebase. Is this what you mean?

[Ramon]

set the projectBucket to 'List'

[Patowa_Supasai]

I following your step sir, but unfortunately it doesn't work. Did im do something wrong?

[Ramon]

@TIMAI2

tag: join: Food & number / Title
tag: join: Food & number / Image
tag: join: Food & number / Detail

Get the value for the tags:

[Patowa_Supasai]

Thanks for your help sir, but it still said that it is an empty list. What should i do?

[Ramon]

First, move this to Initilize block,

before the call to get Tags. Then check in "TagList" block, if you are receiving in 'value' a list with "Food1, Food2, Food2".

If that is correct, then check in GotValue, in 'value' parameter, what are you receiving.

[Patowa_Supasai]

Sir, How to check in "TagList"? Thank you.

[Ramon]

use a label to set it to value and be able to check it...something similar to this:

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[Patowa_Supasai]

Sir, In TagList i got ["Food2","Food3","Food1"] and in GotValue i got "asd".

[Ramon]

that's right...the problem maybe is that your tags now are not "Title", but "Food1/Title"

[Patowa_Supasai]

Sir, it worked. But it only worked when im write the tags as "Food1/Title" , "Food2/Title" . Does there anyway that im can store the tag as Food/Title so i don't have to specific it for every item in list?

[Ramon]

you can use this less restrictive condition:

which will met for the three title tags.

[ABG]

May I suggest a more workable tag/value structure?

• list
  • ostrich_eggs
    • Title:"Ostrich Eggs"
    • Image:"ostrichEggs.jpg"
    • Detail:"Only available in Australia"
  • rat_milk
    • Title:"Rat Milk"
    • Image:"PizzaRat.png"
    • Detail:"Only available in NYC Subway stations"