How to store an array to Firebase via Unity SDK - arrays

Question

I am trying to store an Int32[] Array and bool[] Array to Firebase but it isn't working for me. I have searched on various places, but couldn't find a solution. Can anyone tell me, how one can store an array to Firebase Real-time DB from Unity.
I am using System.Reflection to get all the public static fields of the class UserPrefs.
Here is the code, I am trying to do this job...
System.Type type = typeof(UserPrefs);
FieldInfo[] fields = type.GetFields();
foreach (var field in fields) {
if (user != null)
dbReference.Child("users").Child(user.UserId).Child(field.Name).SetValueAsync(field.GetValue(null));
else
Debug.LogError("There is no user LoggedIn to write...");
}
Above code saves all values other than arrays. Error given on arrays is following:
InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from source type to destination
type.
Firebase.Database.Internal.Utilities.Validation.ValidateWritableObject
(System.Object object)
Any help will be much appreciated...

Answer 1

You need a class like this.
public class MyClass
{
public int[] intArray = new int[10];
}
Then you can write that object to the Firebase like this.
public void WriteArrays()
{
MyClass temp = new MyClass();
for (int i = 0; i < temp.intArray.Length; i++)
{
temp.intArray[i] = i;
}
databaseReference.Child("MyArrayNode").SetRawJsonValueAsync(JsonUtility.ToJson(temp));
}
databaseReference is a reference to your root.
Same way you can do this for your bool[] also.

Answer 2

For a more general solution you can copy the JsonHelper class which was suggested here.
Example usage:
string jsonArray = JsonHelper.ToJsonArray(mySerializeableList);
var nodeToUpdate = this.dbReference.Child("wantedNode");
nodeToUpdate.SetRawJsonValueAsync(jsonArray);