Code for the Medium article: "Customizing WorkManager"

MyWorkerFactory.kt

/* Copyright 2020 Google LLC.	
   SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
class MyWorkerFactory(private val service: DesignerNewsService) : WorkerFactory() {

    override fun createWorker(
        appContext: Context,
        workerClassName: String,
        workerParameters: WorkerParameters
    ): ListenableWorker? {

        return when(workerClassName) {
            UpvoteStoryWorker::class.java.name ->
                ConferenceDataWorker(appContext, workerParameters, service)
            else ->
                // Return null, so that the base class can delegate to the default WorkerFactory.
                null
        }

    }
}