Android LiveData
在本教程中,我们将讨论Android应用程序中的LiveData体系结构组件。
为了更好地理解本教程,请快速绕开Android ViewModel。
Android LiveData
LiveData是体系结构模式的一部分。
它基本上是一个包含原始类型/集合类型的数据保存器。
用于观察视图中的更改并在活动状态下更新视图。
因此,LiveData是生命周期感知的。
我们知道ViewModel用于将数据传递给View。
单独使用ViewModels可能是一项繁琐且昂贵的操作,因为每次数据必须更改View时,我们都需要进行多次调用。
另外,我们需要将数据模型存储在不同的位置。
LiveData基于观察者模式,使ViewModel和View之间的通信变得容易。
它观察数据更改并自动更新数据,而不是我们从多个位置(例如SQLite,ArrayList,ViewModel)添加和删除数据引用中进行多次调用。
Android LiveData与RxJava
Android LiveData在某种程度上类似于RxJava,只是LiveData具有生命周期感知能力。
如果视图位于后台,则不会更新视图中的数据。
这有助于我们避免出现诸如" IllegalStateException"等异常。
ViewModel中的LiveData如何更新活动?当我们在Activity中注册观察者时,我们需要重写方法onChanged()。
每当更改LiveData时,方法onChanged()都会被触发。
因此,在onChanged()中,我们可以将更改后的LiveData更新到视图上。
LiveData只是一种数据类型,只要数据发生更改,它就会通知其观察者。
LiveData就像一个数据更改通知器。
LiveData使用setValue()和postValue()通知观察者。
setValue()在主线程上运行。
postValue()在后台线程上运行。
在LiveData类型实例上调用getValue()将返回您当前的数据。
MutableLiveData
MutableLiveData只是扩展LiveData类型类的类。
由于MutableLiveData公开提供了postValue(),setValue()方法,因此通常被使用,而LiveData类则不提供这种方法。
LiveData/MutableLiveData通常用于从集合类型(列表,数组列表等)更新RecyclerView中的数据。
在下一节中,我们将创建一个应用程序,该应用程序从SQLite数据库中添加/删除RecyclerView中的行。
每当LiveData发生更改时,我们将使用MutableLiveData更新RecyclerView记录。
通过比较新旧ArrayList,我们将使用DiffUtil更新RecyclerView行的最小数量。
Android LiveData示例项目结构
在build.gradle文件中添加以下内容:
implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.1' implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:27.1.1' implementation 'android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1'
Android LiveData代码
下面给出了activity_main.xml布局的代码:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="https://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
</RelativeLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="@+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/fab_margin"
app:srcCompat="@android:drawable/ic_input_add"
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
下面给出了list_item_row.xml布局的代码:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="8dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvUrl"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:autoLink="web"
android:padding="8dp"
android:textColor="@android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp"
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvDate"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="@+id/tvUrl"
<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/btnDelete"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="@android:drawable/ic_menu_delete"
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
下面给出了DbSettings.java类的代码:
package com.theitroad.androidlivedata.db;
import android.provider.BaseColumns;
public class DbSettings {
public static final String DB_NAME = "favourites.db";
public static final int DB_VERSION = 1;
public class DBEntry implements BaseColumns {
public static final String TABLE = "fav";
public static final String COL_FAV_URL = "url";
public static final String COL_FAV_DATE = "date";
}
}
下面给出了FavouritesDbHelper.java类的代码:
package com.theitroad.androidlivedata.db;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
public class FavouritesDBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
public FavouritesDBHelper(Context context) {
super(context, DbSettings.DB_NAME, null, DbSettings.DB_VERSION);
}
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
String createTable = "CREATE TABLE " + DbSettings.DBEntry.TABLE + " ( " +
DbSettings.DBEntry._ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_URL + " TEXT NOT NULL, " +
DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_DATE + " INTEGER NOT NULL);";
db.execSQL(createTable);
}
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + DbSettings.DBEntry.TABLE);
onCreate(db);
}
}
下面给出了Favourites.java模型类的代码:
package com.theitroad.androidlivedata;
public class Favourites {
public long mId;
public String mUrl;
public long mDate;
public Favourites(long id, String name, long date) {
mId = id;
mUrl = name;
mDate = date;
}
public Favourites(Favourites favourites) {
mId = favourites.mId;
mUrl = favourites.mUrl;
mDate = favourites.mDate;
}
}
因此,在我们的SQLite数据库中,我们创建一个包含三个记录的表:ID,URL,DATE。
下面给出了FavouritesViewModel.java类的代码:
package com.theitroad.androidlivedata;
import android.app.Application;
import android.arch.lifecycle.AndroidViewModel;
import android.arch.lifecycle.MutableLiveData;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import com.theitroad.androidlivedata.db.DbSettings;
import com.theitroad.androidlivedata.db.FavouritesDBHelper;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class FavouritesViewModel extends AndroidViewModel {
private FavouritesDBHelper mFavHelper;
private MutableLiveData<List<Favourites>> mFavs;
FavouritesViewModel(Application application) {
super(application);
mFavHelper = new FavouritesDBHelper(application);
}
public MutableLiveData<List<Favourites>> getFavs() {
if (mFavs == null) {
mFavs = new MutableLiveData<>();
loadFavs();
}
return mFavs;
}
private void loadFavs() {
List<Favourites> newFavs = new ArrayList<>();
SQLiteDatabase db = mFavHelper.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.query(DbSettings.DBEntry.TABLE,
new String[]{
DbSettings.DBEntry._ID,
DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_URL,
DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_DATE
},
null, null, null, null, null);
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
int idxId = cursor.getColumnIndex(DbSettings.DBEntry._ID);
int idxUrl = cursor.getColumnIndex(DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_URL);
int idxDate = cursor.getColumnIndex(DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_DATE);
newFavs.add(new Favourites(cursor.getLong(idxId), cursor.getString(idxUrl), cursor.getLong(idxDate)));
}
cursor.close();
db.close();
mFavs.setValue(newFavs);
}
public void addFav(String url, long date) {
SQLiteDatabase db = mFavHelper.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_URL, url);
values.put(DbSettings.DBEntry.COL_FAV_DATE, date);
long id = db.insertWithOnConflict(DbSettings.DBEntry.TABLE,
null,
values,
SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_REPLACE);
db.close();
List<Favourites> favourites = mFavs.getValue();
ArrayList<Favourites> clonedFavs;
if (favourites == null) {
clonedFavs = new ArrayList<>();
} else {
clonedFavs = new ArrayList<>(favourites.size());
for (int i = 0; i < favourites.size(); i++) {
clonedFavs.add(new Favourites(favourites.get(i)));
}
}
Favourites fav = new Favourites(id, url, date);
clonedFavs.add(fav);
mFavs.setValue(clonedFavs);
}
public void removeFav(long id) {
SQLiteDatabase db = mFavHelper.getWritableDatabase();
db.delete(
DbSettings.DBEntry.TABLE,
DbSettings.DBEntry._ID + " = ?",
new String[]{Long.toString(id)}
);
db.close();
List<Favourites> favs = mFavs.getValue();
ArrayList<Favourites> clonedFavs = new ArrayList<>(favs.size());
for (int i = 0; i < favs.size(); i++) {
clonedFavs.add(new Favourites(favs.get(i)));
}
int index = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < clonedFavs.size(); i++) {
Favourites favourites = clonedFavs.get(i);
if (favourites.mId == id) {
index = i;
}
}
if (index != -1) {
clonedFavs.remove(index);
}
mFavs.setValue(clonedFavs);
}
}
MutableLiveData拥有一个收藏夹实例对象列表。
在" addFav()"和" removeFav()"中,我们将数据更改通知给MainActivity中定义的观察者。
我们创建ArrayList的副本,以便比较新旧副本。
MainActivity.java类的代码如下:
package com.theitroad.androidlivedata;
import android.arch.lifecycle.Observer;
import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton;
import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.util.DiffUtil;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private FavAdapter mFavAdapter;
private FavouritesViewModel mFavViewModel;
private List<Favourites> mFav;
FloatingActionButton fab;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
fab = findViewById(R.id.fab);
final RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
mFavViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(FavouritesViewModel.class);
final Observer<List<Favourites>> favsObserver = new Observer<List<Favourites>>() {
@Override
public void onChanged(@Nullable final List<Favourites> updatedList) {
if (mFav == null) {
mFav = updatedList;
mFavAdapter = new FavAdapter();
recyclerView.setAdapter(mFavAdapter);
} else {
DiffUtil.DiffResult result = DiffUtil.calculateDiff(new DiffUtil.Callback() {
@Override
public int getOldListSize() {
return mFav.size();
}
@Override
public int getNewListSize() {
return updatedList.size();
}
@Override
public boolean areItemsTheSame(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition) {
return mFav.get(oldItemPosition).mId ==
updatedList.get(newItemPosition).mId;
}
@Override
public boolean areContentsTheSame(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition) {
Favourites oldFav = mFav.get(oldItemPosition);
Favourites newFav = updatedList.get(newItemPosition);
return oldFav.equals(newFav);
}
});
result.dispatchUpdatesTo(mFavAdapter);
mFav = updatedList;
}
}
};
fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
final EditText inUrl = new EditText(MainActivity.this);
AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this)
.setTitle("New favourite")
.setMessage("Add a url link below")
.setView(inUrl)
.setPositiveButton("Add", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
String url = String.valueOf(inUrl.getText());
long date = (new Date()).getTime();
mFavViewModel.addFav(url, date);
}
})
.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null)
.create();
dialog.show();
}
});
mFavViewModel.getFavs().observe(this, favsObserver);
}
public class FavAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<FavAdapter.FavViewHolder> {
@Override
public FavViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View itemView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item_row, parent, false);
return new FavViewHolder(itemView);
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(FavViewHolder holder, int position) {
Favourites favourites = mFav.get(position);
holder.mTxtUrl.setText(favourites.mUrl);
holder.mTxtDate.setText((new Date(favourites.mDate).toString()));
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mFav.size();
}
class FavViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
TextView mTxtUrl;
TextView mTxtDate;
FavViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
mTxtUrl = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvUrl);
mTxtDate = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvDate);
ImageButton btnDelete = itemView.findViewById(R.id.btnDelete);
btnDelete.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
int pos = getAdapterPosition();
Favourites favourites = mFav.get(pos);
mFavViewModel.removeFav(favourites.mId);
}
});
}
}
}
}
在上面的代码中,我们在Activity本身中定义了ReyclerView Adapter类。
" mFavViewModel.getFavs()。
observe(this,favsObserver);"用于在MainActivity中设置一个Observer,每当LiveData更新时,ViewModel类都会通知该Observer。
" favsObserver"匿名类由" onChanged()"方法组成,该方法提供最新数据,然后在RecyclerView中进行更新。

