How to handle an asynchronous database with Firebase?

Question

I have many questions about processing an asynchronous database in an Android application.

Since I know that the database is asynchronous, I have tried several things to process it. As you can see in my code, I have two functions that need to use an array in my database. My first function ( setArrayfromDatabase) will apply the changes to my array in my database, and my second function ( setAnotherArray) should use this array with the changes applied to my first function. Here is my code:

    FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
final DatabaseReference myReff =database.getReference("server").child("user");

    myReff.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
    @Override
    public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

        //Take the array from my database
        final ArrayList<Integer> array_from_database;
        GenericTypeIndicator<ArrayList<Integer>> genericTypeIndicator = new GenericTypeIndicator<ArrayList<Integer>>() {};
        array_from_database = dataSnapshot.getValue(genericTypeIndicator) ;

        System.out.println("1");

        //use this array in this first function, and this function will modify it.
        setArray_for_database(array_from_database);

        myReff.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

                //this will be executed only if my array is changed (So only if my other function have been correctly executed
                setAnotherArray(array_from_database);
                System.out.println("3");
            }

            @Override
            public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {}
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {

    }
});

Here is the code for setArray_for_database:

    public void setArray_for_database(ArrayList<Integer> array_from_database){

    FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
    final DatabaseReference myReff =database.getReference();

    //Take the array from my database (gived in parameter)
    final ArrayList<Integer> array = array_from_database;

    myReff.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

            //this will be executed, even if data hasn't been changed because of the method (addListenerForSingleValueEvent)

            System.out.println("2");

            array.set(0,3);

            Map<String, Object> chemainChild = new HashMap<>();
            chemainChild.put("server/user/",array);

            myReff.updateChildren(chemainChild);
        }

        @Override
        public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {}
    });
}

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Answer 1

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   myReff.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

            //this will be executed only if my array is changed (So only if my other function have been correctly executed
            setAnotherArray(array_from_database);
            System.out.println("3");
        }

:

final FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
final DatabaseReference myReff = database.getReference();

  myReff.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

          DatabaseReference ref2 = database.getReference();

          //Take the array from my database (gived in parameter)
          final ArrayList<Integer> array = array_from_database;
           System.out.println("2");

        array.set(0,3);

        Map<String, Object> chemainChild = new HashMap<>();
        chemainChild.put("server/user/",array);

        myReff.updateChildren(chemainChild);

            System.out.println("3");
        }

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