Firebase with Realm. De-serializing POJO class

Question

I have data in my firebase DB, everything works fine until I try to De-serialize the data.

Error: argument 1 has type io.realm.RealmList, got java.util.Array

Answer 1

Firebase won't work with classes that do not have default constructor or private variables i.e no public getter/setter.

A easier solution in your case would be to make a middleware class that is the same pojo just not extending RealmObject. Next initialise your RealmObject subclass using the values of the pojo.

Pseudo code

class SimplePojoPlaylist  {
     public String variable;
}

class Playlist extends RealmObject {
     public String variable;
}

Then first cast into SimplePojoPlaylist

    for (DataSnapshot child : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
         SimplePojoPlaylist receivedPlaylist = child.getValue(SimplePojoPlaylist.class);
         Playlist playList = new Playlist();
         playList.variable = receivedPlaylist.variable;
    }