How to Change Password of User in Android using Firebase?

Last Updated : 15 Jun, 2022

In many apps, we got a feature to login using our email and password. Sometimes it happens that we forget the password and most of the time there reset our password. Here we are going to implement the same feature to Reset our password using Firebase Authentication. You may refer to the following article User authentication using Firebase in Android. A sample video is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article. Note that we are going to implement this project using the Java language.

Step by Step Implementation

Step 1: Working with the UI part

Go to the activity_login.xml file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the activity_login.xml file.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".LoginActivity">
 
    <include
        android:id="@+id/login_toolbar"
        layout="@layout/app_bar_layout" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="19dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="96dp"
        android:textSize="25dp"
        android:text="Login to Your Account" />
 
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/logemail"
        android:layout_width="267dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="36dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="198dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Email"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />
 
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/logpass"
        android:layout_width="259dp"
        android:layout_height="58dp"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="261dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Password"
        android:inputType="textPassword" />
 
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/forgetpass"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="132dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="351dp"
        android:text="Forget Password"/>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/logbut"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="222dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="387dp"
        android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
        android:text="Login"
        android:textSize="15dp" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

Step 2: Working with the LoginActivity.java file

Go to the LoginActivity.java file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the LoginActivity.java file

Java

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
 
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.InputType;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
 
import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnCompleteListener;
import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnFailureListener;
import com.google.android.gms.tasks.Task;
import com.google.firebase.auth.AuthResult;
import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth;
 
public class LoginActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
 
    private EditText memail;
    private EditText mpass;
    private FirebaseAuth mAuth;
    private Toolbar mtoolbar;
    private Button login;
    TextView forgetpass;
    public ProgressDialog loginprogress;
   
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_login);
       
        mtoolbar=(Toolbar)findViewById(R.id.login_toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(mtoolbar);
       
        mAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Login");
       
        forgetpass=findViewById(R.id.forgetpass);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        loginprogress=new ProgressDialog(this);
        memail=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.logemail);
        mpass=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.logpass);
       
        // click on forget password text 
        forgetpass.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                showRecoverPasswordDialog();
            }
        });
       
        login=(Button)findViewById(R.id.logbut);
        login.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                String email=memail.getText().toString();
                String password =mpass.getText().toString();
                if(!TextUtils.isEmpty(email)||!TextUtils.isEmpty(password)){
                    loginprogress.setTitle("Logging In");
                    loginprogress.setMessage("Please Wait ");
                    loginprogress.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
                    loginprogress.show();
                    loginUser(email,password);
                }
            }
        });
    }
   
    ProgressDialog loadingBar;
   
    private void showRecoverPasswordDialog() {
        AlertDialog.Builder builder=new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        builder.setTitle("Recover Password");
        LinearLayout linearLayout=new LinearLayout(this);
        final EditText emailet= new EditText(this);
         
        // write the email using which you registered
        emailet.setText("Email");
        emailet.setMinEms(16);
        emailet.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_EMAIL_ADDRESS);
        linearLayout.addView(emailet);
        linearLayout.setPadding(10,10,10,10);
        builder.setView(linearLayout);
         
        // Click on Recover and a email will be sent to your registered email id
        builder.setPositiveButton("Recover", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                String email=emailet.getText().toString().trim();
                beginRecovery(email);
            }
        });
       
        builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        });
        builder.create().show();
    }
   
    private void beginRecovery(String email) {
        loadingBar=new ProgressDialog(this);
        loadingBar.setMessage("Sending Email....");
        loadingBar.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
        loadingBar.show();
         
        // calling sendPasswordResetEmail
        // open your email and write the new 
        // password and then you can login
        mAuth.sendPasswordResetEmail(email).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Void>() {
            @Override
            public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<Void> task) {
                loadingBar.dismiss();
                if(task.isSuccessful())
                { 
                    // if isSuccessful then done message will be shown 
                    // and you can change the password
                    Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this,"Done sent",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
                else {
                    Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this,"Error Occurred",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            }
        }).addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
            @Override
            public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception e) {
                loadingBar.dismiss();
                Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this,"Error Failed",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });
    }
    public void loginUser(String email,String password){
        mAuth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email,password).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
            @Override
            public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
                if(task.isSuccessful()){
                    loginprogress.dismiss();
                    Intent mainIntent = new Intent(LoginActivity.this,MainActivity.class);
                    mainIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK|Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
                    startActivity(mainIntent);
                    finish();
                } else {
                    loginprogress.hide();
                    Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this,"Cannot Sign In..Please Try Again",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                }
            }
        });
    }
}