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How to read data from nested array in Firestore

I have the below structure in my Firestore and I want to read data and store it in ArrayList like I have “amountArrayList” which will read data from the “transactions” field in Firestore, I want to read all the “amount” fields from “transactions” field and make array list of it so that I can show it in list manner. Firestore structure image

My code

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Output

[{transactionType=Credit, amount=3000, dateToStr=17/12/2021, timeToStr=08:06:10, description=}, {transactionType=Credit, amount=2000, dateToStr=17/12/2021, timeToStr=08:06:50, description=}]

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Answer

Since transactions is an array field, the value you get from entry.getValue() is a List of objects. Since each of these objects in the JSON has properties, they each will be a Map<String, Object> again in the Java code.

A simple way to print the amounts would be something like:

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