How do I join data from two Firestore collections in Flutter?

Question

I have a chat app in Flutter using Firestore, and I have two main collections:

• chats, which is keyed on auto-ids, and has message,

Answer 1

You can do it with RxDart like that.. https://pub.dev/packages/rxdart

import 'package:rxdart/rxdart.dart';

class Messages {
  final String messages;
  final DateTime timestamp;
  final String uid;
  final DocumentReference reference;

  Messages.fromMap(Map map, {this.reference})
      : messages = map['messages'],
        timestamp = (map['timestamp'] as Timestamp)?.toDate(),
        uid = map['uid'];

  Messages.fromSnapshot(DocumentSnapshot snapshot)
      : this.fromMap(snapshot.data, reference: snapshot.reference);

  @override
  String toString() {
    return 'Messages{messages: $messages, timestamp: $timestamp, uid: $uid, reference: $reference}';
  }
}

class Users {
  final String name;
  final DocumentReference reference;

  Users.fromMap(Map map, {this.reference})
      : name = map['name'];

  Users.fromSnapshot(DocumentSnapshot snapshot)
      : this.fromMap(snapshot.data, reference: snapshot.reference);

  @override
  String toString() {
    return 'Users{name: $name, reference: $reference}';
  }
}

class CombineStream {
  final Messages messages;
  final Users users;

  CombineStream(this.messages, this.users);
}

Stream> _combineStream;

@override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _combineStream = Observable(Firestore.instance
        .collection('chat')
        .orderBy("timestamp", descending: true)
        .snapshots())
        .map((convert) {
      return convert.documents.map((f) {

        Stream messages = Observable.just(f)
            .map((document) => Messages.fromSnapshot(document));

        Stream user = Firestore.instance
            .collection("users")
            .document(f.data['uid'])
            .snapshots()
            .map((document) => Users.fromSnapshot(document));

        return Observable.combineLatest2(
            messages, user, (messages, user) => CombineStream(messages, user));
      });
    }).switchMap((observables) {
      return observables.length > 0
          ? Observable.combineLatestList(observables)
          : Observable.just([]);
    })
}

for rxdart 0.23.x

@override
      void initState() {
        super.initState();
        _combineStream = Firestore.instance
            .collection('chat')
            .orderBy("timestamp", descending: true)
            .snapshots()
            .map((convert) {
          return convert.documents.map((f) {

            Stream messages = Stream.value(f)
                .map((document) => Messages.fromSnapshot(document));

            Stream user = Firestore.instance
                .collection("users")
                .document(f.data['uid'])
                .snapshots()
                .map((document) => Users.fromSnapshot(document));

            return Rx.combineLatest2(
                messages, user, (messages, user) => CombineStream(messages, user));
          });
        }).switchMap((observables) {
          return observables.length > 0
              ? Rx.combineLatestList(observables)
              : Stream.value([]);
        })
    }