how to get data from firebase in flutter

Question

I am building a flutter app and using cloud-firestore, this is how my database looks like

I want a function that retrieves all documents in the collection called "Driver List" in an array of strings that what I had already used but it gets them back in a listview in a new screen

class DriverList extends StatelessWidget {@overrideWidget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new StreamBuilder<QuerySnapshot>(
      stream: Firestore.instance.collection('DriverList').snapshots(),
      builder: (BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot<QuerySnapshot> snapshot) {
        if (!snapshot.hasData) return new Text('Loading...');
        return new ListView(
          children: snapshot.data.documents.map((DocumentSnapshot document) {
            return new ListTile(
              title: new Text(document['name']),
              subtitle: new Text(document['phone']),
            );
         }).toList(),
       );
     },
   );
 }
}

thanks i got this link and some more but they all just show how to retrieve the data in a ListView in new screen simply my question is how to get them in an array of strings ? — Ahmed El Sayed, Sep 01 '18 at 17:16
It's unclear where along the way of implementing this requirement you are stuck. Please update your question to show what you've tried already. — Frank van Puffelen, Sep 01 '18 at 17:18
is your question about how to retrieve the data from firstore or about how to structure the retrieved data in your code — Shady Aziza, Sep 01 '18 at 17:33
the question was updated it's about retrieving data in an array of string not in a listview — Ahmed El Sayed, Sep 01 '18 at 17:40
Does this answer your question? [how to read data from firestore flutter](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59529177/how-to-read-data-from-firestore-flutter) — krishnaacharyaa, Jan 25 '23 at 06:10

dazza5000 · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-07T12:14:50.600

This has some additional logic to remove potentially duplicate records, but you can use something like the following to retrieve data from Firestore.

We get access to a collection reference, then list the results of the query, then create local model objects for the data returned by Firestore, and then we return the a list of those model objects.

  static Future<List<AustinFeedsMeEvent>> _getEventsFromFirestore() async {
CollectionReference ref = Firestore.instance.collection('events');
QuerySnapshot eventsQuery = await ref
    .where("time", isGreaterThan: new DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch)
    .where("food", isEqualTo: true)
    .getDocuments();

HashMap<String, AustinFeedsMeEvent> eventsHashMap = new HashMap<String, AustinFeedsMeEvent>();

eventsQuery.documents.forEach((document) {
  eventsHashMap.putIfAbsent(document['id'], () => new AustinFeedsMeEvent(
      name: document['name'],
      time: document['time'],
      description: document['description'],
      url: document['event_url'],
      photoUrl: _getEventPhotoUrl(document['group']),
      latLng: _getLatLng(document)));
});

return eventsHashMap.values.toList();
}

Source: https://github.com/dazza5000/austin-feeds-me-flutter/blob/master/lib/data/events_repository.dart#L33

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '21 at 15:26

Getting one time data:

var collection = FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('DriverList');
var querySnapshot = await collection.get();
for (var queryDocumentSnapshot in querySnapshot.docs) {
  Map<String, dynamic> data = queryDocumentSnapshot.data();
  var name = data['name'];
  var phone = data['phone'];
}

Getting data each time it changes, using a StreamBuilder:

StreamBuilder<QuerySnapshot<Map<String, dynamic>>>(
  stream: FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('DriverList').snapshots(),
  builder: (_, snapshot) {
    if (snapshot.hasError) return Text('Error = ${snapshot.error}');

    if (snapshot.hasData) {
      final docs = snapshot.data!.docs;
      return ListView.builder(
        itemCount: docs.length,
        itemBuilder: (_, i) {
          final data = docs[i].data();
          return ListTile(
            title: Text(data['name']),
            subtitle: Text(data['phone']),
          );
        },
      );
    }

    return Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator());
  },
)

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '19 at 10:21

    import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
    import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

    class LoadDataFromFirestore extends StatefulWidget {
      @override
      _LoadDataFromFirestoreState createState() => _LoadDataFromFirestoreState();
    }

    class _LoadDataFromFirestoreState extends State<LoadDataFromFirestore> {
      @override
      void initState() {
        super.initState();
        getDriversList().then((results) {
          setState(() {
            querySnapshot = results;
          });
        });
      }

      QuerySnapshot querySnapshot;
      @override
      Widget build(BuildContext context) {
        return Scaffold(
          body: _showDrivers(),
        );
      }

    //build widget as prefered
    //i'll be using a listview.builder
      Widget _showDrivers() {
        //check if querysnapshot is null
        if (querySnapshot != null) {
          return ListView.builder(
            primary: false,
            itemCount: querySnapshot.documents.length,
            padding: EdgeInsets.all(12),
            itemBuilder: (context, i) {
              return Column(
                children: <Widget>[
//load data into widgets
                  Text("${querySnapshot.documents[i].data['activation']}"),
                  Text("${querySnapshot.documents[i].data['car1']}"),
                  Text("${querySnapshot.documents[i].data['car2']}"),
                  Text("${querySnapshot.documents[i].data['car5']}"),
                  Text("${querySnapshot.documents[i].data['name']}"),
                  Text("${querySnapshot.documents[i].data['phone']}"),
                ],
              );
            },
          );
        } else {
          return Center(
            child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
          );
        }
      }

      //get firestore instance
      getDriversList() async {
        return await Firestore.instance.collection('DriversList').getDocuments();
      }
    }

darlingtonhp · Answer 4 · 2022-10-06T12:36:38.757

body: SafeArea(
    child: Column(
      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
      children: <Widget>[
        StreamBuilder(
          stream:
              FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('messages').snapshots(),
          builder: (context, snapshot) {
            if (snapshot.hasError) {
              return Center(
                child: Text(snapshot.error.toString()),
              );
            }
            if (snapshot.hasData) {
              final messages = snapshot.data!.docs;
              List<Text> messageWigdets = [];
              for (var message in messages) {
                final messageText = message['text'];
                final messageSender = message['sender'];
                final messageWigdet =
                    Text('$messageText from $messageSender');
                messageWigdets.add(messageWigdet);
              }
              return Expanded(
                child: ListView(
                  children: [...messageWigdets],
                ),
              );
            }
            return const CircularProgressIndicator.adaptive();
          },
        ),

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