LiveData

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LiveData

01_string.java

private MutableLiveData<String> mCurrentName;

public MutableLiveData<String> getCurrentName() {
        if (mCurrentName == null) {
            mCurrentName = new MutableLiveData<String>();
        }
        return mCurrentName;
}

02_observing.java

public class NameActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private NameViewModel mModel;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        // Other code to setup the activity...
        // Get the ViewModel.
        mModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(NameViewModel.class);

        // Create the observer which updates the UI.
        final Observer<String> nameObserver = new Observer<String>() {
            @Override
            public void onChanged(@Nullable final String newName) {
                // Update the UI, in this case, a TextView.
                mNameTextView.setText(newName);
            }
        };
        // Observe the LiveData, passing in this activity as the LifecycleOwner and the observer.
        mModel.getCurrentName().observe(this, nameObserver);
    }

  
  //updating the LD
  mButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        String anotherName = "John Doe";
        mModel.getCurrentName().setValue(anotherName);
    }
  });
  
  
}

03_list.java

public class MyViewModel extends ViewModel {
    private MutableLiveData<List<User>> users;
    public LiveData<List<User>> getUsers() {
        if (users == null) {
            users = new MutableLiveData<List<User>>();
            loadUsers();
        }
        return users;
    }

    private void loadUsers() {
        // Do an asynchronous operation to fetch users.
    }
}

04_observing_the_list.java

public class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Create a ViewModel the first time the system calls an activity's onCreate() method.
        // Re-created activities receive the same MyViewModel instance created by the first activity.

        MyViewModel model = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(MyViewModel.class);
        model.getUsers().observe(this, users -> {
            // update UI
        });
    }
}