DatabaseException: Can't convert object of type java.lang.String to type

Question

I\'ve looked at a few other answers for similar problems but don\'t understand why mine isn\'t working.

I\'m trying to get my app to read commands from Firebase and

Answer 1

Alex posted the right solution for me, but since I was using firebase-ui and kotlin, the code used is different. More info here

    val options = FirebaseRecyclerOptions.Builder()
            .setQuery(query, ChatMessage::class.java)
            .build()

    // equivalent options object with manual parsing, use it to debug which field gives error
    val options = FirebaseRecyclerOptions.Builder()
            .setQuery(query, object : SnapshotParser {

                override fun parseSnapshot(snapshot: DataSnapshot): ChatMessage {

                    val senderId = snapshot.child("senderId").getValue(String::class.java)
                    val receiverId = snapshot.child("receiverId").getValue(String::class.java)
                    val senderName = snapshot.child("senderName").getValue(String::class.java)
                    val text = snapshot.child("text").getValue(String::class.java)
                    val timestamp = snapshot.child("timestamp").getValue(Long::class.java)

                    return ChatMessage(senderId, receiverId, senderName, text, timestamp)
                }

            })
            .build()


    adapterMessages = object : FirebaseRecyclerAdapter(options) {

        override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ChatHolder {

            val rootView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context).inflate(R.layout.chat_message_item, parent, false)

            return ChatHolder(rootView)
        }

        override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ChatHolder, position: Int, model: ChatMessage) {

            holder.populateItem(model)
        }
    }