Can't get the URL of the uploaded file

I had the same problem. I just solved it. I can not say exactly why it did not work with other syntaxes, but I got the result doing it this way: (Firebase implementation version: 16.0.1 / Kotlin)

mReference.putFile (uri) .addOnFailureListener { // failure } .addOnSuccessListener () {taskSnapshot -> // success mReference.downloadUrl.addOnCompleteListener () {taskSnapshot -> var url = taskSnapshot.result println ("url =" + url.toString ()) } } 

Here is a part of the code of my project, which had the same problem of yours, but now working fine after making necessary modifications, make changes accordingly.

final StorageReference filepath = mImageStorage.child("profile_images").child(current_user_id + ".jpg"); filepath.putFile(resultUri).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() { @Override public void onComplete(@NonNull final Task<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot> task) { filepath.getDownloadUrl().addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<Uri>() { @Override public void onSuccess(Uri uri) { if (task.isSuccessful()){ String download_url=uri.toString();//Here is the URL mUserDatabase.child("image").setValue(download_url)/*Storing the URL in the Firebase database*/ .addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Void>() { @Override public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<Void> task) { if (task.isSuccessful()) { /*mProgressDialog.dismiss(); Toast.makeText(SettingsActivity.this, "Success Uploading", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();*/ } } }); }else { /*Toast.makeText(SettingsActivity.this, "Error in uploading!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); mProgressDialog.dismiss();*/ } } }); } }); 

The key point here in getting the download URL is to understand that there are multiple Task values that are being used to finally get the actual Uri.

The dbRef.downloadUrl actually returns a Task itself. And we retrieve the Uri of the uploaded file from this Task.

Here is a pseudo-code:

 val finalStoragePathRef = mStorageReference.child(selectedImageUri!!.lastPathSegment!!) //putFile() returns an UploadTask and you can call the listener methods on this task finalStoragePathRef.putFile(selectedImageUri) .addOnFailureListener { //Failure }.addOnSuccessListener { //If upload was a success, get the downloadUrl //downloadUrl() returns a Task with the Uri //Extract the Uri from addOnCompleteListener method of the downloadUrl() method finalStoragePathRef.downloadUrl.addOnCompleteListener { val url = it.result Log.i (TAG, "URL: " + url.toString ()) //Create your data model val message = Message(...,mUsername,url.toString()) //Add the data to your database mMessagesDatabaseReference.push().setValue(message) } } 

Hope this makes sense. A lot of the older methods are now deprecated and its best to refer to the documentation to get a better idea: https://firebase.google.com/docs/storage/android/upload-files

You may be using an old version of Firebase-storage. The way you want to get the URL is deprecated, take a look at the change log Cloud Storage version 16.0.1

I dont have the Kotlin code, but the java code is

final StorageReference ref = storageRef.child("images/mountains.jpg"); uploadTask = ref.putFile(file); Task<Uri> urlTask = uploadTask.continueWithTask(new Continuation<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot, Task<Uri>>() { @Override public Task<Uri> then(@NonNull Task<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot> task) throws Exception { if (!task.isSuccessful()) { throw task.getException(); } // Continue with the task to get the download URL return ref.getDownloadUrl(); } }).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Uri>() { @Override public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<Uri> task) { if (task.isSuccessful()) { Uri downloadUri = task.getResult(); } else { // Handle failures // ... } } }); 

This code you can find in the Android documentation of Firebase Storage in the section Android > Upload Files > Get a download URL

This Code worked for me

//Data is the uri of the file UploadTask uploadTask =mProfileStorageRef.child("profilePic").putFile(data); uploadTask.addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot>() { @Override public void onComplete(@NonNull final Task<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot> task) { task.getResult().getStorage().getDownloadUrl().addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<Uri>() { @Override public void onSuccess(Uri uri) { if (task.isSuccessful()) { //Url is here String url = uri.toString(); } }); 

In case you are working with kotlin, this code is based on the official documentation and works like a charm.

 fun fileUpload() { mFireBaseStorage = FirebaseStorage.getInstance() mphotoStorageReference = mFireBaseStorage.getReference().child("alvaras") //in case you want to compress your bitmap before upload val bmp: Bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(getContentResolver(), filePath) //filepath is the URI from the onActivityResult val baos: ByteArrayOutputStream = ByteArrayOutputStream() bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 25, baos) //25 is the compression, cane be anything between 1 and 100, but 100 is no compression //get the uri from the bitmap val tempUri: Uri = getImageUri(this, bmp) //transform the new compressed bmp in filepath uri filePath = tempUri //update the filePath variable var uploadTask = mphotoStorageReference.putFile(filePath) val urlTask = uploadTask.continueWithTask(Continuation<UploadTask.TaskSnapshot, Task<Uri>> { task -> if (!task.isSuccessful) { task.exception?.let { throw it } } return@Continuation mphotoStorageReference.downloadUrl }).addOnCompleteListener { task -> if (task.isSuccessful) { val downloadUri = task.result urifinal = downloadUri.toString() //this is the url you want val imageView: ImageView = findViewById(R.id.imageView1) //show it in a imageview with glide with the url Glide.with(this@MapsActivity).load(urifinal).into(imageView) imageView.visibility = View.VISIBLE } else { // Handle failures Toast.makeText(this, "An error occur", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() // ... } } } 

Using Kotlin

There is a little error in the official doc

but it's corrected here