Firebase Data Desc Sorting in Android

I don't see any option to reverse the data. But One Brute way is to get the data.

List<ModelClass> mList=new ArrayList();
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) 
{
     mList.clear();
     for(DataSnapshot children: dataSnapshot.getChildren()){
        ModelClass modelClass=children.getValue(ModelClass.class);
        mList.add(modelClass);
     }
     Collections.reverse(mList);
     Adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}

Firebase can order the items in ascending order by a given property and then returns either the first N items (limitToFirst()) or the last N items (limitToLast()). There is no way to indicate that you want the items in descending order.

There are two options to get the behavior you want:

1. Use a Firebase query to get the correct data, then re-order it client-side

2. Add a field that has a descending value to the data

For the latter approach, it is common to have a inverted timestamp.

-1 * new Date().getTime();

one good solution I find if you are using recycler view to render that data...

mLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity());
mLayoutManager.setReverseLayout(true);
mLayoutManager.setStackFromEnd(true);

// And set it to RecyclerView
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mLayoutManager);

it will reverse the data rendering...

private static class ChatMessageViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
         TextView messageText;
         TextView nameText;

         public ChatMessageViewHolder(View itemView) {
             super(itemView);
             nameText = (TextView)itemView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
             messageText = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(android.R.id.text2);
         }
     }

     FirebaseRecyclerViewAdapter<ChatMessage, ChatMessageViewHolder> adapter;
     ref = new Firebase("https://<yourapp>.firebaseio.com");

     RecyclerView recycler = (RecyclerView) 

     findViewById(R.id.messages_recycler);
         recycler.setHasFixedSize(true);

         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         mLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity());
         mLayoutManager.setReverseLayout(true);
         mLayoutManager.setStackFromEnd(true);
         recycler.setLayoutManager(mLayoutManager);
         /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

         adapter = new FirebaseRecyclerViewAdapter<ChatMessage, ChatMessageViewHolder>(ChatMessage.class, android.R.layout.two_line_list_item, ChatMessageViewHolder.class, mRef) {
         public void populateViewHolder(ChatMessageViewHolder chatMessageViewHolder, ChatMessage chatMessage) {
             chatMessageViewHolder.nameText.setText(chatMessage.getName());
             chatMessageViewHolder.messageText.setText(chatMessage.getMessage());
         }
     };
     recycler.setAdapter(mAdapter);