MediatorLiveData vs LiveData










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I am not able to get the idea of MediatorLiveData while working with LiveData. In documentation it is mentioned that MediatorLiveData is a subclass of LiveData that will observe LiveData and react on onChanged method. My question is what's it's difference from having a function in observe of LiveData and do something with data if the new data is different?



For example, let's say I have query from Room Database that returns LiveData as below



@Query(“SELECT * FROM Users WHERE userid = :id”)
fun getUserById(id: String): LiveData<User>


If I want to use MediatorLiveData, I can have an extension as below



fun <T> LiveData<T>.distinctUntilChanged(): LiveData<T>
var lastValue: Any? = Any()
return MediatorLiveData<T>().apply
addSource(this@distinctUntilChanged)
if (it != lastValue)
lastValue = it
postValue(it)






And then use it in my Activity as



userDao.getUserById("someId").distinctUntilChanged()
.observe(this, user -> /*Do something with user*/)


Contrary to above scenario, I can just have a wrapper function inside observe method as below



var lastUser = null
userDao.getUserById("someId")
.observe(this, user ->
if (lastUser != user)
lastUser = user
/*Do something with user*/

)


Can anyone elaborate why I should use MediatorLiveData instead of just having simple check?










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  • proandroiddev.com/mediatorlivedata-to-the-rescue-5d27645b9bc3

    – Roar Grønmo
    Jan 10 at 22:08















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I am not able to get the idea of MediatorLiveData while working with LiveData. In documentation it is mentioned that MediatorLiveData is a subclass of LiveData that will observe LiveData and react on onChanged method. My question is what's it's difference from having a function in observe of LiveData and do something with data if the new data is different?



For example, let's say I have query from Room Database that returns LiveData as below



@Query(“SELECT * FROM Users WHERE userid = :id”)
fun getUserById(id: String): LiveData<User>


If I want to use MediatorLiveData, I can have an extension as below



fun <T> LiveData<T>.distinctUntilChanged(): LiveData<T>
var lastValue: Any? = Any()
return MediatorLiveData<T>().apply
addSource(this@distinctUntilChanged)
if (it != lastValue)
lastValue = it
postValue(it)






And then use it in my Activity as



userDao.getUserById("someId").distinctUntilChanged()
.observe(this, user -> /*Do something with user*/)


Contrary to above scenario, I can just have a wrapper function inside observe method as below



var lastUser = null
userDao.getUserById("someId")
.observe(this, user ->
if (lastUser != user)
lastUser = user
/*Do something with user*/

)


Can anyone elaborate why I should use MediatorLiveData instead of just having simple check?










share|improve this question






















  • proandroiddev.com/mediatorlivedata-to-the-rescue-5d27645b9bc3

    – Roar Grønmo
    Jan 10 at 22:08













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I am not able to get the idea of MediatorLiveData while working with LiveData. In documentation it is mentioned that MediatorLiveData is a subclass of LiveData that will observe LiveData and react on onChanged method. My question is what's it's difference from having a function in observe of LiveData and do something with data if the new data is different?



For example, let's say I have query from Room Database that returns LiveData as below



@Query(“SELECT * FROM Users WHERE userid = :id”)
fun getUserById(id: String): LiveData<User>


If I want to use MediatorLiveData, I can have an extension as below



fun <T> LiveData<T>.distinctUntilChanged(): LiveData<T>
var lastValue: Any? = Any()
return MediatorLiveData<T>().apply
addSource(this@distinctUntilChanged)
if (it != lastValue)
lastValue = it
postValue(it)






And then use it in my Activity as



userDao.getUserById("someId").distinctUntilChanged()
.observe(this, user -> /*Do something with user*/)


Contrary to above scenario, I can just have a wrapper function inside observe method as below



var lastUser = null
userDao.getUserById("someId")
.observe(this, user ->
if (lastUser != user)
lastUser = user
/*Do something with user*/

)


Can anyone elaborate why I should use MediatorLiveData instead of just having simple check?










share|improve this question














I am not able to get the idea of MediatorLiveData while working with LiveData. In documentation it is mentioned that MediatorLiveData is a subclass of LiveData that will observe LiveData and react on onChanged method. My question is what's it's difference from having a function in observe of LiveData and do something with data if the new data is different?



For example, let's say I have query from Room Database that returns LiveData as below



@Query(“SELECT * FROM Users WHERE userid = :id”)
fun getUserById(id: String): LiveData<User>


If I want to use MediatorLiveData, I can have an extension as below



fun <T> LiveData<T>.distinctUntilChanged(): LiveData<T>
var lastValue: Any? = Any()
return MediatorLiveData<T>().apply
addSource(this@distinctUntilChanged)
if (it != lastValue)
lastValue = it
postValue(it)






And then use it in my Activity as



userDao.getUserById("someId").distinctUntilChanged()
.observe(this, user -> /*Do something with user*/)


Contrary to above scenario, I can just have a wrapper function inside observe method as below



var lastUser = null
userDao.getUserById("someId")
.observe(this, user ->
if (lastUser != user)
lastUser = user
/*Do something with user*/

)


Can anyone elaborate why I should use MediatorLiveData instead of just having simple check?







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  • proandroiddev.com/mediatorlivedata-to-the-rescue-5d27645b9bc3

    – Roar Grønmo
    Jan 10 at 22:08

















  • proandroiddev.com/mediatorlivedata-to-the-rescue-5d27645b9bc3

    – Roar Grønmo
    Jan 10 at 22:08
















proandroiddev.com/mediatorlivedata-to-the-rescue-5d27645b9bc3

– Roar Grønmo
Jan 10 at 22:08





proandroiddev.com/mediatorlivedata-to-the-rescue-5d27645b9bc3

– Roar Grønmo
Jan 10 at 22:08












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