Google+ DEPRECATED and GoogleSignInAccount getPhotoUrl() return null

Question

I am trying to get the Google profile Photo Url using GoogleSignInAccount class, after signing in with GoogleSignIn:

[...]
GoogleSignInAccount account = GoogleSignIn.getLastSignedInAccount(this);
Uri photoUrl = MainActivity.account.getPhotoUrl();
[...]

but photoUrl is always null. I read on Stackoverflow (GoogleSignInAccount getPhotoUrl() return null) that it return NULL if Google+ is not well configurated. The main problem is: Google+ has closed on 2 april 2019.

How can I get the Google profile photo URL now?

it's not deprecated, it's obsoleted: https://developers.google.com/+/api-shutdown — Martin Zeitler, May 12 '19 at 14:02

ismail alaoui · Answer 1 · 2019-05-12T14:06:29.100

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there is nothing wrong with your code and from the official documentation

Note that any of the profile fields can be null, depending on which scopes you requested and what information the user's profile includes.

photo url for the Google account. Only non-null if requestProfile() is configured and user does have a Google+ profile picture.

And since google plus has been deleted , that makes a sense that getPhotoUrl returns null

edited May 12 '19 at 14:06

answered May 12 '19 at 00:29

ismail alaoui

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But why is my 'Profile photo url' null? I set it up – Andrea Fortunato May 12 '19 at 13:03
@AndreaFortunato it's `null` simply because they've deleted it. – Martin Zeitler May 12 '19 at 14:03
Is there another way to get the photo profile or photo profile url? – Andrea Fortunato May 12 '19 at 14:14
i don't think so actually – ismail alaoui May 12 '19 at 14:35
please consider my answer if it answer your question – ismail alaoui May 12 '19 at 16:13

Google+ DEPRECATED and GoogleSignInAccount getPhotoUrl() return null

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