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lateinit var for LiveData

In my ViewModel I have a lateinit var to hold some LiveData. The way this variable is initialized depends on the data and the current date. Can't do it in SQL. This is the ViewModel:
class MainViewModel {
lateinit var timeStamps: LiveData<List<TimeStamp>>
init {
viewModelScope.launch {
val db = RoomDB.getInstance(application).timeStampDao()
val lastTimeStamp = db.getLast()
if (lastTimeStamp == null
|| (lastTimeStamp.instant < setToStartOfDay(Calendar.getInstance()).timeInMillis)
&& lastTimeStamp.action == ACTION.END_WORK) {
timeStamps = db.getAllAfterLive(Calendar.getInstance().timeInMillis)
} else {
db.getLastAction(ACTION.START_WORK)?.let { lastStartWork ->
val startOfDay = setToStartOfDay(initCalendar(lastStartWork.instant)).timeInMillis
db.getFirstActionAfter(ACTION.START_WORK, startOfDay)?.let {
timeStamps = db.getAllAfterLive(it.instant)
}
}
}
Here I access timeStamps in my Activity:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
viewModel.timeStamps.observe(this) { list -> recordsAdapter.submitList(list) }
This leads to a UninitializedPropertyAccessException: onCreate runs faster than the timeStamps initialization launched in parallel.
I fixed this by introducing another lateinit var for a callback:
class MainViewModel {
lateinit var timeStamps: LiveData<List<TimeStamp>>
lateinit var timeStampsInitializedCallback: () -> Unit
init {
viewModelScope.launch {
// inspect the data and initialize timeStamps
timeStampsInitializedCallback()
}
which I initialize in onCreate:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
viewModel.timeStampsInitializedCallback = {
viewModel.timeStamps.observe(this) { list -> recordsAdapter.submitList(list) }
}
This works, but it introduces a race condition. Should the initialization for timeStamps unexpectedly finish before the callback is initialized, I'd get another UninitializedPropertyAccessException and be back where I started.
How can I improve this code?

You can also use liveData builder function:
class MainViewModel {
val timeStamps: LiveData<List<TimeStamp>> = liveData {
// inspect the data and initialize timeStamps
emit(timeStamps) // emit list of TimeStamps
emitSource(liveData) // emit another LiveData
}
}
// in Activity
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
viewModel.timeStamps.observe(this) { list -> recordsAdapter.submitList(list) }
}
The liveData code block starts executing when LiveData becomes active and is automatically canceled after a configurable timeout when the LiveData becomes inactive.

The simplest option seems like MutableLiveData:
class MainViewModel {
private val _timeStamps = MutableLiveData<List<TimeStamp>>()
val timeStamps: LiveData<List<TimeStamp>> = _timeStamps
init {
viewModelScope.launch {
// inspect the data and set a value on _timeStamps
}
Depending on what the coroutine is doing, there may be other options (e.g., asLiveData() on a Flow, MediatorLiveData).

Android UI testing: Why LiveData's observers are not being called?

I have been trying, without success, to do some UI tests on Android.
My app follows the MVVM architecture and uses Koin for DI.
I followed this tutorial to properly set up a UI test for a Fragment with Koin, MockK and Kakao.
I created the custom rule for injecting mocks, setup the ViewModel, and on the #Before call, run the expected answers and returns with MockK. The problem is that, even when the fragment's viewmodel's LiveData object is the same as the testing class's LiveData object, the Observer's onChange is never triggered on the Fragment.
I run the test with the debugger and it seems the LiveData functions and MockK's answers are properly called. The logs show that the value hold by the LiveData objects is the same. The lifecycle of the Fragment when the test is running is Lifecycle.RESUMED. So why is the Observer's onChange(T) not being triggered?
The custom rule:
#VisibleForTesting(otherwise = VisibleForTesting.NONE)
abstract class FragmentTestRule<F : Fragment> :
ActivityTestRule<FragmentActivity>(FragmentActivity::class.java, true, true) {
override fun afterActivityLaunched() {
super.afterActivityLaunched()
activity.runOnUiThread {
val fm = activity.supportFragmentManager
val transaction = fm.beginTransaction()
transaction.replace(
android.R.id.content,
createFragment()
).commit()
}
}
override fun beforeActivityLaunched() {
super.beforeActivityLaunched()
val app = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation()
.targetContext.applicationContext as VideoWorldTestApp
app.injectModules(getModules())
}
protected abstract fun createFragment(): F
protected abstract fun getModules(): List<Module>
fun launch() {
launchActivity(Intent())
}
}
#VisibleForTesting(otherwise = VisibleForTesting.NONE)
fun <F : Fragment> createRule(fragment: F, vararg module: Module): FragmentTestRule<F> =
object : FragmentTestRule<F>() {
override fun createFragment(): F = fragment
override fun getModules(): List<Module> = module.toList()
}
My test App:
#VisibleForTesting(otherwise = VisibleForTesting.NONE)
class VideoWorldTestApp: Application(){
companion object {
lateinit var instance: VideoWorldTestApp
}
override fun onCreate() {
super.onCreate()
instance = this
startKoin {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) androidLogger(Level.DEBUG) else EmptyLogger()
androidContext(this#VideoWorldTestApp)
modules(emptyList())
}
Timber.plant(Timber.DebugTree())
}
internal fun injectModules(modules: List<Module>) {
loadKoinModules(modules)
}
}
The custom test runner:
class CustomTestRunner: AndroidJUnitRunner() {
override fun newApplication(
cl: ClassLoader?,
className: String?,
context: Context?
): Application {
return super.newApplication(cl, VideoWorldTestApp::class.java.name, context)
}
}
The test:
#RunWith(AndroidJUnit4ClassRunner::class)
class HomeFragmentTest {
private val twitchViewModel: TwitchViewModel = mockk(relaxed = true)
private val userData = MutableLiveData<UserDataResponse>()
private val fragment = HomeFragment()
#get:Rule
var fragmentRule = createRule(fragment, module {
single(override = true) {
twitchViewModel
}
})
#get:Rule
var countingTaskExecutorRule = CountingTaskExecutorRule()
#Before
fun setup() {
val userResponse: UserResponse = mockk()
every { userResponse.displayName } returns "Rubius"
every { userResponse.profileImageUrl } returns ""
every { userResponse.description } returns "Soy streamer"
every { userResponse.viewCount } returns 5000
every { twitchViewModel.userData } returns userData as LiveData<UserDataResponse>
every { twitchViewModel.getUserByInput(any()) }.answers {
userData.value = UserDataResponse(listOf(userResponse))
}
}
#Test //This one is passing
fun testInitialViewState() {
onScreen<HomeScreen> {
streamerNameTv.containsText("")
streamerCardContainer.isVisible()
nameInput.hasEmptyText()
progressBar.isGone()
}
}
#Test //This one is failing
fun whenWritingAName_AndPressingTheImeAction_AssertTextChanges() {
onScreen<HomeScreen> {
nameInput.typeText("Rubius")
//nameInput.pressImeAction()
searchBtn.click()
verify { twitchViewModel.getUserByInput(any()) } //This passes
countingTaskExecutorRule.drainTasks(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
streamerNameTv.hasText("Rubius") //Throws exception
streamerDescp.hasText("Soy streamer")
streamerCount.hasText("Views: ${5000.formatInt()}}")
}
}
}
The fragment being tested:
class HomeFragment : BaseFragment<FragmentHomeBinding>(R.layout.fragment_home) {
override val bindingFunction: (view: View) -> FragmentHomeBinding
get() = FragmentHomeBinding::bind
val twitchViewModel: TwitchViewModel by sharedViewModel()
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
twitchViewModel.getUserClips("")
binding.nameInput.setOnEditorActionListener { _, actionId, _ ->
if(actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH) {
twitchViewModel.getUserByInput(binding.nameInput.text.toString())
hideKeyboard()
return#setOnEditorActionListener true
}
return#setOnEditorActionListener false
}
binding.searchBtn.setOnClickListener {
twitchViewModel.getUserByInput(binding.nameInput.text.toString() ?: "")
hideKeyboard()
}
twitchViewModel.userData.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, Observer { data ->
if (data != null && data.dataList.isNotEmpty()){
binding.streamerCard.setOnClickListener {
findNavController().navigate(R.id.action_homeFragment_to_clipsFragment)
}
val streamer = data.dataList[0]
Picasso.get()
.load(streamer.profileImageUrl)
.into(binding.profileIv)
binding.streamerLoginTv.text = streamer.displayName
binding.streamerDescpTv.text = streamer.description
binding.streamerViewCountTv.text = "Views: ${streamer.viewCount.formatInt()}"
}
else {
binding.streamerCard.setOnClickListener { }
}
})
twitchViewModel.errorMessage.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, Observer { msg ->
showSnackbar(msg)
})
twitchViewModel.progressVisibility.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, Observer { visibility ->
binding.progressBar.visibility = visibility
binding.cardContent.visibility =
if(visibility == View.VISIBLE)
View.GONE
else
View.VISIBLE
})
}
}
The ViewModel:
class TwitchViewModel(private val repository: TwitchRepository): BaseViewModel() {
private val _userData = MutableLiveData<UserDataResponse>()
val userData = _userData as LiveData<UserDataResponse>
private val _userClips = MutableLiveData<UserClipsResponse?>()
val userClips = _userClips as LiveData<UserClipsResponse?>
init {
viewModelScope.launch {
repository.authUser(this#TwitchViewModel)
}
}
fun currentUserId() = userData.value?.dataList?.get(0)?.id ?: ""
fun clipsListExists() = userClips.value != null
fun getUserByInput(input: String){
viewModelScope.launch {
_progressVisibility.value = View.VISIBLE
_userData.value = repository.getUserByName(input, this#TwitchViewModel)
_progressVisibility.value = View.GONE
}
}
/**
* #param userId The ID of the Streamer whose clips are gonna fetch. If null, resets
* If empty, sets the [userClips] value to null.
*/
fun getUserClips(userId: String){
if(userId.isEmpty()) {
_userClips.postValue(null)
return
}
if(userId == currentUserId() && _userClips.value != null) {
_userClips.postValue(_userClips.value)
return
}
viewModelScope.launch {
_userClips.value = repository.getUserClips(userId, this#TwitchViewModel)
}
}
}
When running the test with the normal ActivityRule and launching the Activity as it were a normal launch, the observers are triggering successfully.
I'm using a relaxed mock to avoid having to mock all functions and variables.

Finally found the problem and the solution with the debugger. Apparently, the #Before function call runs after the ViewModel is injected into the fragment, so even if the variables pointed to the same reference, mocked answer where executing only in the test context, not in the android context.
I changed the ViewModel initialization to the module scope like this:
#get:Rule
val fragmentRule = createRule(fragment, module {
single(override = true) {
makeMocks()
val twitchViewModel = mockViewModel()
twitchViewModel
}
})
private fun makeMocks() {
mockkStatic(Picasso::class)
}
private fun mockViewModel(): TwitchViewModel {
val userData = MutableLiveData<UserDataResponse>()
val twitchViewModel = mockk<TwitchViewModel>(relaxed = true)
every { twitchViewModel.userData } returns userData
every { twitchViewModel.getUserByInput("Rubius") }.answers {
updateUserDataLiveData(userData)
}
return twitchViewModel
}
And the Observer inside the Fragment got called!
Maybe it's not related, but I could not rebuild the gradle project if I have mockk(v1.10.0) as a testImplementation and as a debugImplementation.

Android fragment onCreate called twice

In my app I have two activities. The main activity that only has a search button in the Appbar and a second, searchable, activity. The second activity hold a fragment that fetches the data searched in it's onCreate call. My problem is that the fragment fetches the data twice. Inspecting the lifecycle of my activities, I concluded that the searchable activity gets paused at some point, which obviously determines the fragment to be recreated. But I have no idea what causes the activity to be paused.
Here are my activities
MainActivity.kt
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var binding: ActivityMainBinding
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
val root = binding.root
setContentView(root)
//Setup the app bar
setSupportActionBar(binding.toolbar);
}
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
return initOptionMenu(menu, this)
}
}
fun initOptionMenu(menu: Menu?, context: AppCompatActivity): Boolean {
val inflater = context.menuInflater;
inflater.inflate(R.menu.app_bar_menu, menu)
// Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
val searchManager = context.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE) as SearchManager
(menu?.findItem(R.id.app_bar_search)?.actionView as SearchView).apply {
// Assumes current activity is the searchable activity
setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(context.componentName))
setIconifiedByDefault(false) // Do not iconify the widget; expand it by default
}
return true;
}
SearchActivity.kt
class SearchActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var viewBinding: SearchActivityBinding
private var query: String? = ""
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
viewBinding = SearchActivityBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
val root = viewBinding.root
setContentView(root)
// Setup app bar
supportActionBar?.displayOptions = ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM
supportActionBar?.setCustomView(R.layout.search_app_bar)
supportActionBar?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)
//Get the query string
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH == intent.action) {
intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY).also {
//Add the query to the appbar
query = it
updateAppBarQuery(it)
}
}
//Instantiate the fragment
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
val fragment = SearchFragment.newInstance();
val bundle = Bundle();
bundle.putString(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH, query)
fragment.arguments = bundle;
supportFragmentManager.beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.container, fragment)
.commitNow()
}
}
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
return initOptionMenu(menu, this)
}
private fun updateAppBarQuery(q: String?) {
supportActionBar?.customView?.findViewById<TextView>(R.id.query)?.apply {
text = q
}
}
}
As you can see, I am using the built in SearchManger to handle my search action and switching between activities. I haven't seen anywhere in the docs that during search, my searchable activity might get paused or anything like that. Does anyone have any idea why this happens? Thanks in advance!
edit: Here is my onCreate method for the SearchFragment:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
val query = arguments?.getString(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH);
//Create observers
val searchResultObserver = Observer<Array<GoodreadsBook>> {
searchResultListViewAdapter.setData(it)
}
viewModel.getSearchResults().observe(this, searchResultObserver)
GlobalScope.launch { //Perform the search
viewModel.search(query)
}
lifecycle.addObserver(SearchFragmentLifecycleObserver())
}
Here, searchResultListViewAdapter is the adapter for a RecyclerViewand searchResult is a livedata in the view-model holding the search result
Here is the stack trace for the first call of onCreate() on SearchFragment:
And here is for the second call:
Here is the ViewModel for the SearchFragment:
class SearchViewModel() : ViewModel() {
private val searchResults: MutableLiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>> by lazy {
MutableLiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>>();
}
fun getSearchResults(): LiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>> {
return searchResults;
}
// TODO: Add pagination
suspend fun search(query: String?) = withContext(Dispatchers.Default) {
val callback: Callback = object : Callback {
override fun onFailure(call: Call, e: IOException) {
// TODO: Display error message
}
override fun onResponse(call: Call, response: Response) {
// TODO: Check res status
val gson = Gson();
val parsedRes = gson.fromJson(
response.body?.charStream(),
Array<GoodreadsBook>::class.java
);
// Create the bitmap from the imageUrl
searchResults.postValue(parsedRes)
}
}
launch { searchBook(query, callback) }
}
}
I made some changes to the app since posted this and right now the search doesn't work for some reason in the main branch. This ViewModel it's from a branch closer to the time I posted this. Here is the current ViewModel, although the problem is present in this variant as well:
class SearchViewModel(private val savedStateHandle: SavedStateHandle) : ViewModel() {
// private val searchResults: MutableLiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>> by lazy {
//// MutableLiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>>();
//// }
companion object {
private const val SEARCH_RESULTS = "searchResults"
}
fun getSearchResults(): LiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>> =
savedStateHandle.getLiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>>(SEARCH_RESULTS)
// TODO: Add pagination
fun search(query: String?) {
val searchResults = savedStateHandle.getLiveData<Array<GoodreadsBook>>(SEARCH_RESULTS)
if (searchResults.value == null)
viewModelScope.launch {
withContext(Dispatchers.Default) {
//Handle the API response
val callback: Callback = object : Callback {
override fun onFailure(call: Call, e: IOException) {
// TODO: Display error message
}
override fun onResponse(call: Call, response: Response) {
// TODO: Check res status
val gson = Gson();
val parsedRes = gson.fromJson(
response.body?.charStream(),
Array<GoodreadsBook>::class.java
);
searchResults.postValue(parsedRes)
}
}
launch { searchBook(query, callback) }
}
}
}
}
The searchBook function just performs the HTTP request to the API, all the data manipulation is handled in the viewModel

try this way
Fragment sf = SearchFragment.newInstance();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putString(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH, query);
sf.setArguments(args);
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.fragmentContainer, sf).addToBackStack(null).commit();

If your activity is getting paused in between then also onCreate of your activity should not be called and that's where you are instantiating the fragment.i.e Fragment is not created again(view might be created again).
As as you have subscribed live data in onCreate of Fragment it should also not trigger an update(onChanged() won't be called for liveData) again.
Just to be sure about live data is not calling onChanged() again try below (i feel that's the culprit here as i can't see any other update happening)
As you will not want to send the same result to your search page again so distinctUntilChanged is a good check for your case.
viewModel.getSearchResults().distinctUntilChanged().observe(viewLifecycleOwner,
searchResultObserver)
Do subscription of live data in onActivityCreated of
fragment.(reference)
Instead of using globalScope you can use viewModelScope and launch from inside your ViewModel.(just a suggestion for clean code)
And what's SearchFragmentLifecycleObserver?
P.S - If you can share the ViewModel code and how the search callback's are triggering data it will be great.But Current lifecycle should not effect the creation of new fragment.

Use SaveStateHandle in your ViewModel to persist the loaded data, and don't use GlobalContext to do the fetching, encapsulate the fetching in VieModel. GlobalContext should only be used for fire and forget actions, which are not bound the any views or lifecycle.
How your SearchViewModel could look like:
#Parcelize
class SearchResult(
//fields ...
) : Parcelable
class SearchViewModel(private val savedStateHandle: SavedStateHandle) : ViewModel() {
private var isLoading : Boolean = false
fun searchLiveData() : LiveData<SearchResult> = savedStateHandle.getLiveData<SearchResult>(EXTRA_SEARCH)
fun fetchSearchResultIfNotLoaded() { //do this in onCreate
val liveData = savedStateHandle.getLiveData<SearchResult>(EXTRA_SEARCH)
if(liveData.value == null) {
if(isLoading)
return
isLoading = true
viewModelScope.launch {
try {
val result = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
//fetching task
SearchResult()
}
liveData.value = result
isLoading = false
}catch (e : Exception) {
//log
isLoading = false
}
}
}
}
companion object {
private const val EXTRA_SEARCH = "EXTRA_SEARCH"
}
}
And in your Search Fragment onCreate
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
val searchResultObserver = Observer<Array<GoodreadsBook>> {
searchResultListViewAdapter.setData(it)
}
viewModel.searchLiveData().observe(viewLifeCycleScope, searchResultObserver)
viewModel.fetchSearchResultIfNotLoaded()
}

I think the Android team in charge of the documentation should really do a better job. I went ahead and just removed the SearchManager from the SearchViewand use the onQueryTextListener directly, only to see that with this approach I also get my listener called twice. But thanks to this post, I saw that apparently it's a bug with the emulator (or with the way SearchView handles the submit event). So if I press the OSK enter button everything works as expected.
Thanks everyone for their help!

Android ViewModel in PreferenceFragmentCompat

This is my first jetpack app with android and kotlin, so I'm fairly unexperienced.
Following the Google's guideline on how to manage data, I created a viewmodel which downloads from my api some data.
Now I need to show that data inside a ListPreference inside a PreferenceFragmentCompat class:
override fun onCreatePreferences(savedInstanceState: Bundle?, rootKey: String?) {
setPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.texts, rootKey)
this.language = findPreference("language")
homeViewModel.languagesAndPropers.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, this.observer)
}
the method observe(...) is not firing, so its callback (this.observer in my case) never run.
Edit:
this is the observer detail
private val observer = Observer<Result<Item>> {
when (it.status) {
Status.LOADING -> > Toast.makeText(context, "loading", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
Status.ERROR -> Toast.makeText(context, it.error!!.message, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
Status.SUCCESS -> {
// do something with the data
}
}
}
Edit 2: here's the definition for languageandpropers
class HomeViewModel(private val repo: LanguagesAndPropersRepository) : ViewModel() {
private val _lp = MediatorLiveData<Resource<LanguagesAndPropers>>()
private var lpSource: LiveData<Resource<LanguagesAndPropers>> = MutableLiveData()
val languagesAndPropers: LiveData<Resource<LanguagesAndPropers>> get() = _lp
init {
getLP(false)
}
fun refresh() {
getLP(true)
}
private fun getLP(forceRefresh: Boolean) = viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.Main) {
_lp.removeSource(lpSource) // We make sure there is only one source of live data (allowing us properly refresh)
withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { lpSource = repo.getLanguagesAndPropers(forceRefresh) }
_lp.addSource(lpSource) {
_lp.value = it
}
}
}
I dunno what's missing in my code.

i know its late but maybe useful for others
use your
viewModel inside onViewCreated
override fun onCreatePreferences(savedInstanceState: Bundle?, rootKey: String?) {
setPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.texts, rootKey)
}
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val language : Preference? = findPreference("language")
homeViewModel.languagesAndPropers.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, {
// do something with languagesAndPropers value
})
}

update() not being called inside Activity which is Observer

My MainActivity implements the Observer class. I also have a class called ObservedObject that extends the Observable class.
Here is my custom Observable , called ObservedObject:
class ObservedObject(var value: Boolean) : Observable() {
init {
value = false
}
fun setVal(vals: Boolean) {
value = vals
setChanged()
notifyObservers()
}
fun printVal() {
Log.i("Value" , "" + value)
}
}
Here is my Application called SpeechApp which contains my ObservedObject (an Observable actually):
class SpeechApp: Application() {
var isDictionaryRead = ObservedObject(false)
override fun onCreate() {
super.onCreate()
wordslist = ArrayList()
Thread {
execute()
}.start()
}
fun execute() {
while (/* Condition */) {
//Log.i("Read" , line)
/*Does Something Here*/
}
isDictionaryRead.setVal(true)
}
}
In my MainActivity, I mainly have a dialog, that should be displayed after I have got the output after Speech Recognition. It will display as long as the value of isDictionaryRead doesn't change to true:
class MainActivity(private val REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT: Int = 100) : AppCompatActivity() , Observer{
override fun update(o: Observable?, arg: Any?) {
(o as ObservedObject).printVal()
dialog.hide()
}
private lateinit var app : SpeechApp
private lateinit var dialog: MaterialDialog
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
dialog = MaterialDialog.Builder(this)
.title("Please Wait")
.content("Loading from the Dictionary")
.progress(true , 0)
.build()
app = application as SpeechApp
app.isDictionaryRead.addObserver(this)
}
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_speech, menu)
return true
}
override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem?): Boolean {
val id = item?.itemId
when(id) {
R.id.menu_option_speech -> {
invokeSpeech()
}
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)
}
private fun invokeSpeech() {
/* Does Something, Works Fine */
try {
startActivityForResult(intent , REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT)
}
catch (ex: ActivityNotFoundException) {
/* Does Something */
}
}
override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
when (requestCode) {
REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT -> {
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && null != data) {
dialog.show()
}
}
}
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
}
}
Now the problem is, when the SpeechApp sets the value of isDictionaryRead to true, I expect it to call the MainActivity update() method, wherein I have given the code to hide the dialog. That particular code is not working, and my dialog box doesn't go away. Where am I going wrong?
PS. I've pushed my code to Github now, just in case anyone could help me where I am going wrong.

The only thing I can think of that would cause this problem is that the execute() thread that was started in SpeechApp.onCreate finished execution and called isDictionaryRead.setVal(true) before the activity could call app.isDictionaryRead.addObserver(this). As a result, notifyObservers is called before the activity even starts observing, and as a result it is not notified. Here's my proposed solution: Start the execute thread in the activity's onCreate method after adding it as an observer.
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
dialog = MaterialDialog.Builder(this)
.title("Please Wait")
.content("Loading from the Dictionary")
.progress(true , 0)
.build()
app = application as SpeechApp
app.isDictionaryRead.addObserver(this)
app.asyncReadDictionary()
}
Then remove the thread call from SpeechApp.onCreate and use this instead
// in SpeechApp
fun asyncReadDictionary() {
if (!isDictionaryRead.value) {
Thread { execute() }.start()
}
}
private fun execute() {
while (/* Condition */) {
//Log.i("Read" , line)
/*Does Something Here*/
}
isDictionaryRead.value = true
}
Also, reimplement ObservableObject as follows
class ObservedObject : Observable() {
var value: Boolean = false
set(newValue) {
field = newValue
setChanged()
notifyObservers()
}
fun printVal() {
Log.i("Value" , "" + value)
}
}