In the MainActivity in have a companion object function which consumes the variable outside the function. In the function I would like to return the data as string inside the CoroutineScope. Here is the code:-
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private var data = “myName”
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
val data = getMyOuterValue()
Toast.makeText(this#MainActivity, data, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
init {
instance = this
}
companion object {
private var instance: MainActivity? = null
fun getMyOuterValue() : String = CoroutineScope(Main).launch {
instance?.data.toString()
}.toString()
}
}
Note inside the function “getMyOuterValue” i would like to return the string but it returns the CoroutineScope object. Kindly assist
fun getMyOuterValue() : String = CoroutineScope(Main).launch
Here you try to force the function to return a String while it's expected to return a Coroutine Job
And you force that with .toString() to avoid type mismatch.
Regardless the purpose of this setup, if you want to return a value from inside a coroutine; you can use async builder instead; and this requires to use a suspend function to utilize the await() method.
Your function should be:
suspend fun getMyOuterValue() = CoroutineScope(Main).async {
return#async instance?.data
}.await()
And as a suspend fun, the call to it must be from a coroutine:
CoroutineScope(Main).launch {
val data = getMyOuterValue()
Toast.makeText(this#MainActivity, data, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
The problem is you are not returning it correctly and not waiting for the Coroutine to complete. try this
fun getMyOuterValue() = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).async {
return#async instance?.data.toString()
}
in oncreate()
CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
val data = getMyOuterValue()
data.await()
}
I am trying to make API call from doWork() method of WorkManager. I receive MutableLiveData with list from response. How to set this complex object as output from WorkManager.
Please find below implementation for the same :
class FetchWorkManager(context: Context, params: WorkerParameters): Worker(context,params) {
var postInfoLiveData: LiveData<List<PostInfo>> = MutableLiveData()
#SuppressLint("RestrictedApi")
override fun doWork(): Result {
fetchInfoFromRepository()
//setting output data
val data = Data.Builder()
.putAll(postInfoLiveData)
//.put("liveData",postInfoLiveData)
.build()
return Result.success(data)
}
fun fetchInfoFromRepository(){
val retrofitRepository = RetrofitRepository()
postInfoLiveData = retrofitRepository.fetchPostInfoList()
}
}
Can anyone help me in resolving this issue.
i am not sure but it should be like this :)
workManager?.getWorkInfoByIdLiveData(oneTimeWorkRequest.id)
?.observe(this, Observer {
if (it?.state == null)
return#Observer
when (it.state) {
State.SUCCEEDED -> {
val successOutputData = it.outputData
}
State.FAILED -> {
val failureOutputData = it.outputData
}
}
})
It is not intended behaviour to return result from Worker with LiveData member. The result from the Worker should be returned as a return value of startWork method. To construct Result object with some data ListenableWorker.Result.success method can be used.
const val WORKER_RESULT_INT = "WORKER_RESULT_INT"
class WorkerWithOutput(context: Context, params: WorkerParameters) : Worker(context, params) {
override fun doWork(): Result {
// do some work
return Result.success(Data.Builder().putInt(WORKER_RESULT_INT, 123).build())
}
}
And to get this data from outside one of getWorkInfoXXX methods should be used.
fun getResult(context: Context, owner: LifecycleOwner, id: UUID) {
WorkManager.getInstance(context)
.getWorkInfoByIdLiveData(id)
.observe(owner, Observer {
if (it.state == WorkInfo.State.SUCCEEDED) {
val result = it.outputData.getInt(WORKER_RESULT_INT, 0)
// do something with result
}
})
}
Activity or fragment can be passed as LifecycleOwner (depending on your case). WorkRequest.getId is used to get id of the work.
It is worth noting that there is ListenableWorker.setProgressAsync which also can be useful in such circumstances.
I am not sure if this would work since I have not tried it yet. and I know it is a late answer but I would encourage you to try to use CoroutineWorker as below:
class MyWorker(context: Context, params: WorkerParameters):
CoroutineWorker(context, params){
override suspend fun doWork(): Result {
val data = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
// you can make network request here (best practice?)
return#withContext fetchInfoFromRepository()
// make sure that fetchInfoFromRepository() returns LiveData<List<PostInfo>>
}
/* Then return it as result with a KEY (DATA_KEY) to use in UI. */
val result = workDataOf(DATA_KEY to data)
return Result.success(result)
}
}
ref: https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/advanced/coroutineworker
I can't get one solution for this. I have searched many things and I can't get an answer. Please help me. This is my code
class NewTask : AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>() {
public override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void?): String? {
val arr = ArrayList<String>()
val url = URL("http://boogle.org")
with(url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection) {
requestMethod = "GET" // optional default is GET
//arr.add(responseCode)
inputStream.bufferedReader().use {
it.lines().forEach { line ->
//println(line)
arr.add(line as String)
}
}
}
return arr.get(0)
}
public override fun onPostExecute(result: String?) {
//super.onPostExecute(result)
}
}
You can call the get() method of AsyncTask (or the overloaded get(long, TimeUnit)). This method will block until the AsyncTask has completed its work, at which point it will return you the Result.
It would be wise to be doing other work between the creation/start of your async task and calling the get method, otherwise, you aren't utilizing the async task very efficiently.
I had the same problem, but I settled on coroutines. Here is the code I used:
class CoRoutine{
suspend fun httpGet(url: String = "https://boogle.org): String {
val arr = ArrayList<String>()
withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
val url = URL(url)
with(url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection) {
requestMethod = "GET" // optional default is GET
//arr.add(responseCode)
inputStream.bufferedReader().use {
it.lines().forEach { line ->
//println(line)
arr.add(line as String)
}
}
}
}
return arr.get(0)
}
}
Answer taken from my other answer.
I am creating a social media app and I am following MVVM Pattern
I am stuck at observing data from DB . As far I know is the Dao methods have to be executed on the background thread. But I am not able to implement viewmodel from Repository Class.I will paste the code ,Can anyone give me some help?
Dao
#Dao
interface FeedDao{
//Post feed item
#Insert(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.IGNORE)
fun insert(feed:Feed):Long
//Update feed item
#Update(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.IGNORE)
fun update(feed: Feed):Int
//Get feed from user friend's
#Query("SELECT * from feed")
fun getAllFeed():LiveData<List<Feed>>
}
Repository
class FeedRepository private constructor(private val feedDao: FeedDao) {
companion object {
#Volatile private var instance:FeedRepository? = null
private val apiClient = ApiClient.getApiClient().create(UserClient::class.java)
fun getInstance(feedDao: FeedDao)= instance?: synchronized(this){
instance ?: FeedRepository(feedDao).also { instance=it }
}
}
private fun getFeedResponse() {
//TODO:Check to change parameter values after adding Paging Functionality
val call: Call<List<Feed>> = apiClient.getFeed(20, 0)
call.enqueue(object :Callback<List<Feed>>{
override fun onFailure(call: Call<List<Feed>>?, t: Throwable?) {
Log.e("FeedRepository","Feed Callback Failure")
Timber.d(t?.message)
}
override fun onResponse(call: Call<List<Feed>>?, response: Response<List<Feed>>?) {
if(response!!.isSuccessful){
Timber.i("Successful Response -> Adding to DB")
addResponseTODB(response.body()!!)
}else{
when(response.code()){
400 -> Timber.d("Not Found 400")
500 -> Timber.d("Not logged in or Server broken")
}
}
}
})
}
private fun addResponseTODB(items:List<Feed>){
Timber.d("Response --> DB Started")
object : AsyncTask<List<Feed>,Void,Boolean>(){
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: List<Feed>?): Boolean {
var needsUpdate:Boolean = false
for(item in params[0]!!.iterator()){
var inserted = feedDao.insert(item)
if(inserted.equals(-1)){
var updated = feedDao.update(item)
if(updated > 0){
needsUpdate = true
}
}else{
needsUpdate = true
}
}
return needsUpdate
}
override fun onPostExecute(result: Boolean?) {
if (result!!){
loadFromDB()
}
}
}.execute(items)
}
private fun loadFromDB(){
Timber.d("loadFromDB")
object :AsyncTask<Void,Void,LiveData<List<Feed>>>(){
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void?): LiveData<List<Feed>>? {
return feedDao.getAllFeed()
}
override fun onPostExecute(result: LiveData<List<Feed>>?) {
}
}.execute()
}
public fun fetchFeed(){
Timber.d("fetchFeed")
loadFromDB()
getFeedResponse()
}
}
ViewModel
class FeedViewModel private constructor(private val
feedDao:FeedDao):ViewModel(){
// TODO: Implement the ViewModel
private val feedRepository= FeedRepository.getInstance(feedDao)
public val feed = MediatorLiveData<List<Feed>>()
val value = MutableLiveData<Int>()
init {
feed.addSource(feed,feed::setValue)
}
companion object {
private const val NO_FEED = -1
}
fun getFeedLD() = feed
}
First, you don't need to insert all Feed objects one by one in the Database. You can create a method inside FeedDao which to insert List<Feed>
#Insert(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.IGNORE)
fun insert(feed: List<Feed>):Long
Than, it is not necessary to call loadFromDB() inside the onPostExecute() method, because your fun getAllFeed(): LiveData<List<Feed>>() method from #FeedDao returns LiveData and you can add Observer to it and every time when the data inside the Database is changes the Observer will be triggered.
And for your Network/Database requests you always can use NetworkBoundResource https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture-components/blob/master/GithubBrowserSample/app/src/main/java/com/android/example/github/repository/NetworkBoundResource.kt
Hope I helped somehow :)
How to make an API call in Android with Kotlin?
I have heard of Anko . But I want to use methods provided by Kotlin like in Android we have Asynctask for background operations.
AsyncTask is an Android API, not a language feature that is provided by Java nor Kotlin. You can just use them like this if you want:
class someTask() : AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>() {
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void?): String? {
// ...
}
override fun onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute()
// ...
}
override fun onPostExecute(result: String?) {
super.onPostExecute(result)
// ...
}
}
Anko's doAsync is not really 'provided' by Kotlin, since Anko is a library that uses language features from Kotlin to simplify long codes. Check here:
https://github.com/Kotlin/anko/blob/d5a526512b48c5cd2e3b8f6ff14b153c2337aa22/anko/library/static/commons/src/Async.kt
If you use Anko your code will be similar to this:
doAsync {
// ...
}
You can get a similar syntax to Anko's fairly easy. If you just wan't the background task you can do something like
class doAsync(val handler: () -> Unit) : AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>() {
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void?): Void? {
handler()
return null
}
}
And use it like
doAsync {
yourTask()
}.execute()
Here is an example that will also allow you to update any UI or progress displayed to the user.
Async Class
class doAsync(val handler: () -> Unit) : AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>() {
init {
execute()
}
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void?): Void? {
handler()
return null
}
}
Simple Usage
doAsync {
// do work here ...
myView.post({
// update UI of myView ...
})
}
AsyncTask was deprecated in API level 30. To implement similar behavior we can use Kotlin concurrency utilities (coroutines).
Create extension function on CoroutineScope:
fun <R> CoroutineScope.executeAsyncTask(
onPreExecute: () -> Unit,
doInBackground: () -> R,
onPostExecute: (R) -> Unit
) = launch {
onPreExecute()
val result = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { // runs in background thread without blocking the Main Thread
doInBackground()
}
onPostExecute(result)
}
Now it can be used on any CoroutineScope instance, for example, in ViewModel:
class MyViewModel : ViewModel() {
fun someFun() {
viewModelScope.executeAsyncTask(onPreExecute = {
// ...
}, doInBackground = {
// ...
"Result" // send data to "onPostExecute"
}, onPostExecute = {
// ... here "it" is a data returned from "doInBackground"
})
}
}
or in Activity/Fragment:
lifecycleScope.executeAsyncTask(onPreExecute = {
// ...
}, doInBackground = {
// ...
"Result" // send data to "onPostExecute"
}, onPostExecute = {
// ... here "it" is a data returned from "doInBackground"
})
To use viewModelScope or lifecycleScope add next line(s) to dependencies of the app's build.gradle file:
implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$LIFECYCLE_VERSION" // for viewModelScope
implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:$LIFECYCLE_VERSION" // for lifecycleScope
package com.irontec.kotlintest
import android.os.AsyncTask
import android.os.Bundle
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.view.Menu
import android.view.MenuItem
import android.widget.TextView
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
import org.json.JSONObject
import java.io.BufferedInputStream
import java.io.BufferedReader
import java.io.InputStreamReader
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
GetWeatherTask(this.text).execute()
}
class GetWeatherTask(textView: TextView) : AsyncTask<Unit, Unit, String>() {
val innerTextView: TextView? = textView
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Unit?): String? {
val url = URL("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/irontec/android-kotlin-samples/master/common-data/bilbao.json")
val httpClient = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
if (httpClient.responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
try {
val stream = BufferedInputStream(httpClient.inputStream)
val data: String = readStream(inputStream = stream)
return data
} catch (e: Exception) {
e.printStackTrace()
} finally {
httpClient.disconnect()
}
} else {
println("ERROR ${httpClient.responseCode}")
}
return null
}
fun readStream(inputStream: BufferedInputStream): String {
val bufferedReader = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(inputStream))
val stringBuilder = StringBuilder()
bufferedReader.forEachLine { stringBuilder.append(it) }
return stringBuilder.toString()
}
override fun onPostExecute(result: String?) {
super.onPostExecute(result)
innerTextView?.text = JSONObject(result).toString()
/**
* ... Work with the weather data
*/
}
}
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu): Boolean {
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu)
return true
}
override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem): Boolean {
val id = item.itemId
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)
}
}
link - Github Irontec
This is how I do in my projects to avoid memory leaks:
I created an abstract base Async Task class for Async loading
import android.os.AsyncTask
abstract class BaseAsyncTask(private val listener: ProgressListener) : AsyncTask<Void, Void, String?>() {
interface ProgressListener {
// callback for start
fun onStarted()
// callback on success
fun onCompleted()
// callback on error
fun onError(errorMessage: String?)
}
override fun onPreExecute() {
listener.onStarted()
}
override fun onPostExecute(errorMessage: String?) {
super.onPostExecute(errorMessage)
if (null != errorMessage) {
listener.onError(errorMessage)
} else {
listener.onCompleted()
}
}
}
USAGE:
Now every time I have to perform some task in background, I create a new LoaderClass and extend it with my BaseAsyncTask class like this:
class LoadMediaTask(listener: ProgressListener) : BaseAsyncTask(listener) {
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void?): String? {
return VideoMediaProvider().allVideos
}
}
Now you can use your new AsyncLoader class any where in your app.
Below is an example to Show/Hide progress bar & handle Error/ Success scenario:
LoadMediaTask(object : BaseAsyncTask.ProgressListener {
override fun onStarted() {
//Show Progrss Bar
loadingBar.visibility = View.VISIBLE
}
override fun onCompleted() {
// hide progress bar
loadingBar.visibility = View.GONE
// update UI on SUCCESS
setUpUI()
}
override fun onError(errorMessage: String?) {
// hide progress bar
loadingBar.visibility = View.GONE
// Update UI on ERROR
Toast.makeText(context, "No Videos Found", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
}).executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR)
I always use this form:
open class LoadingProducts : AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>() {
private var name = ""
override fun doInBackground(vararg p0: Void?): String {
for (i in 1..100000000) {
if (i == 100000000) {
name = "Hello World"
}
}
return name
}
}
You invoke it in the following way:
loadingProducts = object : LoadingProducts() {
override fun onPostExecute(result: String?) {
super.onPostExecute(result)
Log.e("Result", result)
}
}
loadingProducts.execute()
I use the open so that I can call the onPostExecute method for the result.
I spent a full day trying to figure how to get back the result produced by an Async Task : co-routines was my solution !!!
First, create your AsyncTask Object ... Do not forget to use corrects parameter type instead all Any
#SuppressLint("StaticFieldLeak")
class AsyncTaskExample(private var activity: MainActivity?) : AsyncTask<Any, Int, Any?>() {
override fun onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute()
// do pre stuff such show progress bar
}
override fun doInBackground(vararg req: Any?): Any? {
// here comes your code that will produce the desired result
return result
}
// it will update your progressbar
override fun onProgressUpdate(vararg values: Int?) {
super.onProgressUpdate(*values)
}
override fun onPostExecute(result: Any?) {
super.onPostExecute(result)
// do what needed on pos execute, like to hide progress bar
return
}
}
and Then, call it ( in this case, from main activity )
var task = AsyncTaskExample(this)
var req = { "some data object or whatever" }
GlobalScope.launch( context = Dispatchers.Main){
task?.execute(req)
}
GlobalScope.launch( context = Dispatchers.Main){
println( "Thats the result produced by doInBackgorund: " + task?.get().toString() )
}
if in the case you want to do it without using Anko and the correct way is to use the following way
open class PromotionAsyncTask : AsyncTask<JsonArray, Void, MutableList<String>>() {
private lateinit var out: FileOutputStream
private lateinit var bitmap: Bitmap
private lateinit var directory: File
private var listPromotion: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf()
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: JsonArray?): MutableList<String> {
directory = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory("Tambo")
if (!directory.exists()) {
directory.mkdirs()
}
for (x in listFilesPromotion(params[0]!!)) {
bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(URL(x.url).content as InputStream)
out = FileOutputStream(File(directory, "${x.name}"))
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, out)
out.flush()
out.close()
listPromotion.add(File(directory, "${x.name}").toString())
}
return listPromotion
}
private fun listFilesPromotion(jsonArray: JsonArray): MutableList<Promotion> {
var listString = mutableListOf<Promotion>()
for (x in jsonArray) {
listString.add(Promotion(x.asJsonObject.get("photo")
.asString.replace("files/promos/", "")
, "https://tambomas.pe/${x.asJsonObject.get("photo").asString}"))
}
return listString}
}
and the way to execute it is as follows
promotionAsyncTask = object : PromotionAsyncTask() {
override fun onPostExecute(result: MutableList<String>?) {
super.onPostExecute(result)
listFile = result!!
contentLayout.visibility = View.VISIBLE
progressLottie.visibility = View.GONE
}
}
promotionAsyncTask.execute(response!!.body()!!.asJsonObject.get("promos").asJsonArray)
I use LaunchedEffect in a composable
LaunchedEffect ("http_get") {
withContext (Dispatchers.IO) {
http_get() }}
and rememberCoroutineScope in a callback
val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
Button (
onClick = {
scope.launch {
withContext (Dispatchers.IO) {
http_get() }}})
It seems to work, but I don't know why.
private fun updateUI(account: GoogleSignInAccount?) {
if (account != null) {
try {
AsyncTaskExample().execute()
} catch (e: Exception) {
}
}
}
inner class AsyncTaskExample : AsyncTask<String, String, String>() {
override fun onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute()
}
override fun doInBackground(vararg p0: String?): String {
var Result: String = "";
try {
googleToken = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(activity, accountVal, "oauth2:https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile")
signOut()
} catch (e: Exception) {
signOut()
}
signOut()
return Result
}
override fun onPostExecute(result: String?) {
super.onPostExecute(result)
socialPrsenter.setDataToHitApiGoogleLogin(googleToken ?: "")
}
}