Firebase + Android - Notifications ChildAdded - How to get only New Childs?

Question

I\'m trying to setup an Android Service in my app that listens for new Childs in a Firebase Ref, and throws a Notification when that happens.

I\'m having issues because

Answer 1

For me the logic was is to have value -"status" for example- which needs to be validated before deciding whether it is really new or was an old record then I set the "status" to a different value so I don't get it next time:

@Override
        public void onChildAdded(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot, String previousChildKey) {

                if(dataSnapshot.hasChildren()) {

                    String Id = (String) dataSnapshot.child("user_id").getValue();
                    String status = (String) dataSnapshot.child("status").getValue();

                    if (Id != null && Id.equals(storedId) && status != null && status.equals("created")) {
                        Log.d("INCOMING_REQUEST", "This is for you!");
                        sessionsRef.child(dataSnapshot.getKey()).child("status").setValue("received");
                    }

                }


        }