Relation to: users

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Backendless Version 5.3.0, Online

Client SDK Android

Application ID 47C214FB-5083-E90F-FFC3-F1536A825C00

Expected Behavior

Please describe the expected behavior of the issue, starting from the first action.

  1. App sets “friends” status between users of the same Date Base.
    BackendlessUser[] newFriends;
    Object[] currentFriendsObject = (Object[]) user.getProperty(“friends”);
    newFriends = new BackendlessUser[currentFriendsObject.length + 1];
    newFriends = new BackendlessUser[]{friend};
    user.setProperty(“friends”, newFriends);

  2. In next step I have the update of the user relation “friends” column and get the Log message below. So the AsyncCallBack response was good, as I understand:
    Backendless.UserService.update(user, new AsyncCallback() {

  •                            @Override
                              public void handleResponse(BackendlessUser user) {
                                  Log.i("Reporting ","Update user 1 with new friend ");*
    
  1. In Data Browser the relation should now be visible with the new “friend” RELATIONS

Actual Behavior

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Be descriptive: “it doesn’t work” does not describe what the behavior actually is – instead, say “the request returns a 400 error with message XXX”. Copy and paste your logs, and include any URLs.

1.My Data Browser never gets updated with the new relation.
2.However, if I set relation directly in the Data Browser it works fine.
3.

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Hello, I can recommend reading this documentation.
https://backendless.com/docs/android/data_relations.html

it says how to work with relations

Regards, Denys

Hi @Guilherme_Vicente,

The way Backendless API works is both parent (user) a child (friends) objects need to be stored in the database before you establish a relation between them. To establish a relation, there is a separate API call documented here.

Hope this helps.

Mark