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StorageReference filePath = employee_photo_profile_reference.child(current_employee_ID+".jpg");

                filePath.putFile(result_uri).addOnCompleteListener( new OnCompleteListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() { 

                    @Override
                    public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot> task) {

                        if (task.isSuccessful()){

                            Toast.makeText(activity_setup.this,"Profile Photo stored Successfully.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                            if (task.getResult() != null){ 

                                final String download_url = task.getResult().getStorage().getDownloadUrl().toString();
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  • this will give you a `link` to download/get the file you just uploaded. you should upload it to `firestore` so you can easily access it again, if it is a profile picture you should add this to the user document, you can load image from this like via any image loading lib – Rahul Gaur Feb 08 '20 at 18:08
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    @RahulGaur Actually, it's not doing that. It's an incorrect use of getDownloadURL. – Doug Stevenson Feb 08 '20 at 18:11

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That line of code is buggy. It's incorrectly using getDownloadUrl(). This is a very common mistake - you can't just call toString() on the result to get a URL.

getDownloadUrl() returns a Task object which you can use to fetch the download URL asynchronously.

The correct usage is demonstrated here: How to get URL from Firebase Storage getDownloadURL

I also suggested reading the documentation.

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