Android Firebase Auth - Get User's Photo

Question

How can I retrieve a photo of the user with decent resolution that can be used from a mobile app? I looked at the guides and the api docs and the recommended way seemed to b

Answer 1

You can have better resolution profile pics, directly editing the URL for both providers (Google and Facebook):

Here is a javascript sample code but, you should be able to easily translate to Java:

getHigherResProviderPhotoUrl = ({ photoURL, providerId }: any): ?string => {
    //workaround to get higer res profile picture
    let result = photoURL;
    if (providerId.includes('google')) {
      result = photoURL.replace('s96-c', 's400-c');
    } else if (providerId.includes('facebook')) {
      result = `${photoURL}?type=large`;
    }
    return result;
  };

Basically, depending on the provider, you just need to:

• for google replace s96-c in the profile pic url with s400-c
• for facebook just append ?type=large at the end of the url

For example for google:

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And for facebook:

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