This project aims to demonstrate the usage of Android Architecture Components and how this components can be used in an application with a MVVM architecture in Kotlin
According to Android Documentation, Architecture Components are a set of Android libraries for structuring your app in a way that is robust, testable, and maintainable
- ViewModel has Built in LifeCycleOwerness.
- ViewModel doesn't have a reference for View.
- ViewModel survive configuration changes (Saving and restoring the UI state).
- Avoid references to Views in ViewModels.
- Instead of pushing data to the UI, let the UI observe changes to it.
- Distribute responsibilities, add a domain layer if needed.
- Add a data repository as the single-point entry to your data.
- Expose information about the state of your data using a wrapper or another LiveData.
- Consider edge cases, leaks and how long-running operations can affect the instances in your architecture.
- Don’t put logic in the ViewModel that is critical to saving clean state or related to data. Any call you make from a ViewModel can be the last one.
- Yes , liveData is easy , powerful , but you should know how to use.
- For livedate which will emit data stream , it has to be in your data layer , and don't inform those observables any thing else like in which thread those will consume , cause it is another
- For livedata which will emit UI binding events, it has to be in your ViewModel Layer.
It is light wight threads for asynchronous programming, Coroutines not only open the doors to asynchronous programming, but also provide a wealth of other possibilities such as concurrency, actors, etc.
- Writing an asynchronous code is sequential manner.
- Costing of create coroutines are much cheaper to crate threads.
- Don't be over engineered to use observable pattern, when no need to use it.
- Parent coroutine can automatically manage the life cycle of its child coroutines for you.