How to get logged in user's email in Flutter using Firebase

Question

I want to get the email of the logged in user in a Flutter app which uses Firebase for authentication.

I can get the current user by

final user = await _auth.currentUser();

But if I try this to get the mail

final mailID = await _auth.currentUser().email.toString();

I get the following error:

The getter 'email' isn't defined for the type 'Future<FirebaseUser>'.
Try importing the library that defines 'email', correcting the name to the name of an existing getter, or defining a getter or field named 'email'.

How to get the logged in user's email in this case?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '20 at 01:41

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Get the user before trying to get the email. code below

<FirebaseUser> user = await _auth.currentUser();
final mailID = user.email;

answered Jun 19 '20 at 01:41

JideGuru

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Thank you, but any explanation as to why this happens? I mean why not in one command? – Eagle Jun 19 '20 at 01:59
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Ohh yea. You have to `await` `_auth.currentUser()` but if you write it in one line you're just trying to get the email from a `Future` – JideGuru Jun 19 '20 at 02:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '22 at 14:38

it's working for me.

import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';


FirebaseAuth auth = FirebaseAuth.instance;


FirebaseAuth.instance
    .authStateChanges()
    .listen((User? user) {
  if (user == null) {
    print('User is currently signed out!');
  } else {
    print('User is signed in!');
  }
 });

How to get logged in user's email in Flutter using Firebase

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