livedata-ktx

Kotlin extension for LiveData. This library focuses on three things:

Kotlin friendly.
Preserve immutability.
Extensibility.

About Kotlin friendly, thanks to androidx.lifecycle:livedata:2.0.0 release, you can explicitly set optional type for LiveData. LiveData and LiveData<Boolean?> are supported now. However, you can still set null value, for instance:

// Allow to set null value to LiveData
val liveData = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
liveData.value = null

// LiveDataKtx doesn't allow to null value
val liveData = MutableLiveDataKtx<Boolean>()
liveData.value = null // doesn't allow

// Set nullable in LiveDataKtx
val liveData = MutableLiveDataKtx<Boolean?>()
liveData.value = null

README For 1.x

README For 2.x

Getting Started

To add LiveData KTX to your project, add the following to your app module's build.gradle:

implementation "com.shopify:livedata-ktx:VERSION"

Usage

From LiveData to LiveDataKtx

val liveData = LiveData<Boolean>()
val liveDataKtx = liveData.toKtx()
val nullableLiveDataKtx = liveData.toNullableKtx()
val anotherNullableLiveDataKtx = LiveDataKtx<Boolean?>()

val mutableLiveData = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
val mutableLiveDataKtx = mutableLiveData.toKtx()
val nullableMutableLiveDataKtx = mutableLiveData.toNullableKtx()
val anotherNullableMutableLiveDataKtx = MutableLiveDataKtx<Boolean?>()

val mediatorLiveData = MediatorLiveData<Boolean>()
val mediatorLiveDataKtx = mediatorLiveData.toKtx()
val nullableMediatorLiveDataKtx = mediatorLiveData.toNullableKtx()
val anotherNullableMediatorLiveDataKtx = MediatorLiveDataKtx<Boolean?>()

Chaining LiveData

val liveData = MutableLiveDataKtx<Boolean>()
liveData
  .filter { it == false }
  .map { true }
  .observe(lifecycleOwner, Observer { result ->
    // result is non-null and always true
  })

PublishLiveData (SingleLiveData in version 2.x)

It is a lifecycle-aware observable that sends only new updates after subscription, used for events like navigation and Snackbar messages. livedata-ktx has different implementation comparing to SingleLiveEvent from google samples android-architecture.

val liveData = PublishLiveDataKtx<Int>()
val actual = mutableListOf<Int>()
val observer = Observer<Int> { actual.add(it) }
liveData.value = -1

liveData.observeForever(observer)
liveData.value = 0
liveData.removeObserver(observer)

assertEquals(listOf(0), actual)
actual.clear()

liveData.value = 1
liveData.value = 2
liveData.observeForever(observer)
liveData.value = 3

assertEquals(listOf(3), actual)

For more use cases, please see the tests at LiveDataKtxTest.kt

Use safeValue

LiveDataKtx will throw NPE if you try to get value when it supposes to be nonNull. Use safeValue in this case.

val liveDataKtx = MutableLiveDataKtx<Boolean>()

// Throw NPE if the value hasn't been set yet as it is defined as nonNull <Boolean>
liveDataKtx.value

// This works fine as the value has been set
liveDataKtx.value = true
liveDataKtx.value

// safeValue always returns nullable value and does not throw NPE
liveDataKtx.safeValue

// observe doesn't throw NPE even when the value hasn't been set
liveDataKtx.observe(...)

Feel missing methods

It is easy to add your custom extension without requiring to send a PR. For example:

/**
 * filter
 */
private class FilterOperator<T>(val predicate: (T) -> Boolean) : Operator<T, T> {

    override fun run(output: MediatorLiveDataKtx<T>, value: T) {
        if (predicate.invoke(value)) {
            output.value = value
        }
    }
}

fun <T> LiveDataKtx<T>.filter(predicate: (T) -> Boolean): LiveDataKtx<T> =
    Extension.create(this, FilterOperator(predicate))

fun <T> MutableLiveDataKtx<T>.filter(predicate: (T) -> Boolean): MutableLiveDataKtx<T> =
    Extension.create(this, FilterOperator(predicate))

fun <T> MediatorLiveDataKtx<T>.filter(predicate: (T) -> Boolean): MediatorLiveDataKtx<T> =
    Extension.create(this, FilterOperator(predicate))

Contributing

Any contributions are welcome! Please check the CONTRIBUTING guideline before submitting a new issue. Wanna send PR? Click HERE

Maintainers

Francisco Cavedon <@fcavedon>
Henry Tao <@henrytao-me>
Ivan Savytskyi <@sav007>
Kris Orr <@krisorr>

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018, 2019 Shopify Inc.

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