Password update of logged user

Hello, I want to update password for the logged in user in my android app(Kotlin). I'm using 2.0.x version of appwrite sdk and maybe I can't find the proper documentation for this version. When I downgrade the dependency version to 1.2.x or 1.3.x, I got an exception of "Invalid credentials. Please check email and password".

TL;DR

The user is trying to update the password for a logged-in user in their Android app using the Appwrite SDK. They are encountering an exception stating "Invalid credentials. Please check email and password" when downgrading the SDK version. They are seeking guidance on the correct code to update the password and how to fetch the old password of the user. One response recommends catching the error and showing a Toast to the user if the old password is incorrect. Another response suggests using the `account.get().password` code to fetch the old password. The recommended solution is to refer to the documentation and use version 1.3.x of the SDK for

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76496241/how-to-update-password-of-logged-in-user-of-appwrite-through-kotlin

Could you send the code you're using to update the password?

Version 2.0.0 of the Android SDK is for Appwrite version 1.3.x (notice the 1st line of the SDK Readme).

Docs are here: https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account?sdk=android-kotlin&v=1.3.x#accountUpdatePassword

You said

the update doesn't seem to be happening

Can you provide more detail? Perhaps you can print either the response or e to verify which part is being executed.

I would actually assume you're getting an error because you're not passing the old password.

I have the updated code like the following:

TypeScript

class UpdatePasswordActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    private lateinit var binding: ActivityUpdatePasswordBinding

    @OptIn(DelicateCoroutinesApi::class)
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        binding = ActivityUpdatePasswordBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
        setContentView(binding.root)

        AppwriteManager.initialize(this)

        binding.updatePasswordBtn.setOnClickListener {
            GlobalScope.launch {
                try {
                    val response = account.updatePassword(binding.password.text.toString(),null)
                    Toast.makeText(
                        this@UpdatePasswordActivity,
                        "Password updated successfully",
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
                    ).show()
                    Log.d("UpdatePassword",response.toString())
                    //startActivity(Intent(this@UpdatePasswordActivity, LoginActivity::class.java))
                    //finish()
                } catch (e: AppwriteException) {
                    Log.d("UpdatePasswordException",e.message.toString())
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Then got the exception like this

Btw, it's best to use 3 back ticks with multi-line code. See https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#syntax-highlighting

Right... You didn't pass the correct old password...

I'm recommend you to catch this error and make Toast to your users if new/old password is not correct.

Thanks. Will do it from now onwards 👍

How can I fetch the old password of the user? Like the following?:

TypeScript

account.get().password

no...the user needs to input their old password...

Also it should not be possible nor recommended, since that means not using the default hashed system (it's insecure being able to get the password)

Understood. But if a user forgets his old password, what should he do?

I have also passed old password in parameter as below but still getting the same exception as UpdatePasswordException com.example.appwrite_userauth D Invalid credentials. Please check the email and password. :

TypeScript

        binding.updatePasswordBtn.setOnClickListener {
            GlobalScope.launch {
                try {
                    val response = account.updatePassword(binding.password.text.toString(),"12345678")
                    Toast.makeText(
                        this@UpdatePasswordActivity,
                        "Password updated successfully",
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
                    ).show()
                    Log.d("UpdatePassword",response.toString())
                    //startActivity(Intent(this@UpdatePasswordActivity, LoginActivity::class.java))
                    //finish()
                } catch (e: AppwriteException) {
                    Log.d("UpdatePasswordException",e.message.toString())
                }
            }
        }