Configure email signIn to not ask first and last name?

[Paul776]

Hi

Is it possible customise the email signup screen to not ask the first and last name ?

Thanks

[samtstern]

@Paul776 that's not currently possible in the library but I do think that would be a good customization for the future.

The main roadblock to adding this and other minor customizations is we want to avoid filling the library with boolean flags that create more room for error (by us or by devs using the library).

[Paul776]

I understand, and yes this could be marked as an "improvement suggestion" then. As a starter that field can be either "hidden" or maybe simply give a customisation possibility to change the text label. (due to the nature of my app I'd rather call that field "nickname" than first name and last name.

[SUPERCILEX]

@Paul776 You can actually do that by creating a string resource overriding FirebaseUI's: <string name="name_hint">Nickname</string>.

Do watch out for new versions FirebaseUI though because they may change the ids of these string resources at anytime and without notice.

[samtstern]

Tracking on other platforms:

• Required first and last name for password sign-in? firebaseui-web#41
• Don't require display name during email sign up FirebaseUI-iOS#245

[SUPERCILEX]

@samtstern Ok, if #1083 goes through, we can do some crazy cool stuff! I'm not sure if we'd want this kind of feature, but I was thinking of enabling a fully customizable sign-in field template. That is, devs would be able to supply required and optional fields that we generate views for on-the-fly and use annotations and reflection to support custom validation.

The new builder APIs in my PR would enable this kind of customization that could be used to build conference apps or something else that requires many fields. What do you think? If you like the idea, I'd whip up a PR so we can have it ready by v3.2.0.

[samtstern]

@SUPERCILEX let's first offer a long-awaited flag for this particular issue, release 3.2.0 and then do further features based on demand. I don't really like the words "crazy" and "reflection" used together in a feature proposal :-)

[SUPERCILEX]

@samtstern Haha, that SGTM. At least the doors will be open now! 😁