Firebase Storage “retrieves a long lived download URL” using getDownloadUrl() now deprecated

Question

This getDownloadUrl() method showed deprecated after updating to

\'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:15.0.2\'

Answer 1

In the docs it says this:

The getDownloadUrl() and getDownloadUrls() methods of the StorageMetadata class are now deprecated. Use getDownloadUrl() from StorageReference instead.

So you need to use getDownloadUrl() that is inside the StorageReference

public Task getDownloadUrl ()

Asynchronously retrieves a long lived download URL with a revokable token. This can be used to share the file with others, but can be revoked by a developer in the Firebase Console if desired.

more information here:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/storage/StorageReference#getDownloadUrl()