Getter uid being called on null in flutter fire - firebase

Question

I am trying to concatenate two UID's in order to create a chatroom. One uid is being read from firebase while the other is read from the FirebaseAuth.instance.
The clientUID is being assigned as it should, as I am passing it to another page on a Text widget. However the chatroom is not being created in the firestore tree so I assume this should be because of the instructor uid.
Maybe I am not calling the FirebaseAuth.instance as it should?
Code:
class ClientiPage extends StatefulWidget {
static const String id = 'CLIENTI';
#override
_ClientiPageState createState() => _ClientiPageState();
}
class _ClientiPageState extends State<ClientiPage> {
String chatRoomID;
String clientUID;
Firestore db = Firestore.instance;
String instructor;
void getInstructorId() async {
instructor = (await FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser()).uid;
}
void saveChatRoom() {
getInstructorId();
DocumentReference chatroomIdRef = db.collection('instructori').document(instructor).collection("chatrooms").document(chatRoomID);
if (chatroomIdRef == null) {
db.collection('instructori').document(instructor).collection("chatrooms").document(chatRoomID);
}
}
void createChatRoom() {
getInstructorId();
chatRoomID = clientUID + instructor;
if(chatRoomID != null) {
saveChatRoom();
Navigator.push(
context,
MaterialPageRoute(
builder: (context) => ChatPage(
chatRoomID: chatRoomID,
clientUID: clientUID,
),
),
);
}
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
body: StreamBuilder(
stream: db.collection('clienti').snapshots(),
builder: (context, snapshot) {
if (snapshot.data == null) {
return Center(
child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
);
} else {
return ListView.builder(
itemCount: snapshot.data.documents.length,
itemBuilder: (context, index) {
clientUID = snapshot.data.documents[index]["UID"];
return Column(
children: <Widget>[
Divider(
height: 10.0,
),
new ListTile(
onTap: createChatRoom,
title: new Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
children: <Widget>[
new Text(
snapshot.data.documents[index]["numar_telefon"],
style: new TextStyle(
fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
),
),
],
),
),
],
);
},
);
}
},
),
);
}
}
Error
The getter 'uid' was called on null.
Receiver: null
Tried calling: uid

Answer 1

instructor is a instance variable in the class ClientiPage, thats why you can access it using the property widget. But it seems you are not initializing it correctly.
The uid will retrieve the currently logged in user id, you dont have to pass it inside a constructor or from a different screen, therefore you can do the following:
void saveChatRoom() async {
String userId = (await FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser()).uid;
DocumentReference chatroomIdRef = db.collection('instructori').document(userId).collection("chatrooms").document(chatRoomID);
if (chatroomIdRef == null) {
db.collection('instructori').document(userId).collection("chatrooms").document(chatRoomID);
}
}
As long as the user is logged in, you can retrieve the uid using the following code (await FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser()).uid. There is no need to pass it from screen to screen.
https://pub.dev/packages/firebase_auth