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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!

Livedata observer are called forever even with removeObserver

I'm facing an issue which drives me crazy.
I have 4 fragments inside an activity.
The logic is: FragA -> FragB -> FragC -> FragD -> FragA -> ...
I'm connected to websockets which post livedata values.
To navigate from FragB to FragC, I'm waiting an event.
The first time, everything works fine, the websockets is recieved, the event is triggered and I'm going to FragC.
But, the second time (after Frag D -> Frag A), if I go back to fragB, the same event is triggered once again. The user doesn't see FragB, and arrives on FragC.
This is the actual behavior but this is not the one I'm expected.
I have do some research and I think it's because the livedata is trigger twice in is normal behavior. And, it can be only dispatch on main thread, so if my fragment goes in the back stack, it will wait for it to be active again.
I have try to removeObserver in the onDestroyView(), it works and the observer is removed, but once the fragment goes again inside onActivityCreated() and I observe the livedata, the observer is instantanetely triggered... I always use "viewLifecycleOwner" as owner.
Is there any way to cancel a liveData execution if I ever go back on an instanciated fragment?
All my frags extends ScopeFragment :
abstract class ScopedFragment : Fragment(), CoroutineScope {
private lateinit var job: Job
override val coroutineContext: CoroutineContext
get() = job + Dispatchers.Main
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
job = Job()
}
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
job.cancel()
}
}
My liveData:
class MyLiveDatas {
private val _myLiveData = MutableLiveData<CustomType>()
val myLiveData: LiveData<CustomType>
get() = _myLiveData
fun customTrigger(webSocketMessage: WebSocketMessage) {
val createdCustomType = CreatedCustomType(webSocketMessage)
_myLiveData.post(createdCustomType)
}
}
My Fragment:
class MyFragment: ScopedFragment(), KodeinAware {
override val kodein by closestKodein()
private val myLiveData: MyLiveDatas by instance()
private val myLiveDataObserver = Observer<CustomType> { customType ->
... my actions
}
override fun onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState)
myLiveDatas.myLiveData.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, myLiveDataObserver)
}
override fun onDestroyView() {
super.onDestroyView()
myLiveDatas.myLiveData.removeObserver(myLiveDataObserver)
// I've also try removeObservers with viewLifecycleOwner
}
}
Thanks a lot!

You need to use custom live data , in case you want single event
this is my custom mutable live data in one of my project and it is working
class SingleLiveEvent<T> : MediatorLiveData<T>() {
private val observers = ArraySet<ObserverWrapper<in T>>()
#MainThread
override fun observe(owner: LifecycleOwner, observer: Observer<in T>) {
val wrapper = ObserverWrapper(observer)
observers.add(wrapper)
super.observe(owner, wrapper)
}
#MainThread
override fun removeObserver(observer: Observer<in T>) {
if (observers.remove(observer)) {
super.removeObserver(observer)
return
}
val iterator = observers.iterator()
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
val wrapper = iterator.next()
if (wrapper.observer == observer) {
iterator.remove()
super.removeObserver(wrapper)
break
}
}
}
#MainThread
override fun setValue(t: T?) {
observers.forEach { it.newValue() }
super.setValue(t)
}
private class ObserverWrapper<T>(val observer: Observer<T>) : Observer<T> {
private var pending = false
override fun onChanged(t: T?) {
if (pending) {
pending = false
observer.onChanged(t)
}
}
fun newValue() {
pending = true
}
}
}

LiveData is analogous to a BehaviorRelay, and replays the last value it was told to hold.
LiveData is not LiveEvent, it's not designed for event dispatching.
A regular event bus, a PublishRelay, or something like EventEmitter are better suited for this problem.
Google has devised LiveData<Event<T>> and EventObserver, but if you ever use observe(lifecycleOwner, Observer { instead of observe(lifecycleOwner, EventObserver { it will misbehave, which shows that it's a code smell (LiveData<Event<T>> does not work with Observer, only EventObserver, but its observe method still accepts Observers.)
So personally I'd rather pull in that library EventEmitter I mentioned above, with the LiveEvent helper class.
// ViewModel
private val eventEmitter = EventEmitter<Events>()
val controllerEvents: EventSource<Events> = eventEmitter
// Fragment
viewModel.controllerEvents.observe(viewLifecycleOwner) { event: ControllerEvents ->
when (event) {
is ControllerEvents.NewWordAdded -> showToast("Added ${event.word}")
}.safe()
}

Try to observe the LiveData at onCreate() of the Fragment lifecycle with lifecycle owner as Activity and remove the observer at onDestroy() of the Fragment lifecycle.
Or if that doesn't workout use Event class.
open class Event<out T>(private val content: T) {
var hasBeenHandled = false
private set // Allow external read but not write
/**
* Returns the content and prevents its use again.
*/
fun getContentIfNotHandled(): T? {
return if (hasBeenHandled) {
null
} else {
hasBeenHandled = true
content
}
}
/**
* Returns the content, even if it's already been handled.
*/
fun peekContent(): T = content
}

This article describes two ways to achieve what you want.
Alternative 1: Wrap your live data in a class that makes sure the value is only observed once.
/**
* Used as a wrapper for data that is exposed via a LiveData that represents an event.
*/
open class Event<out T>(private val content: T) {
var hasBeenHandled = false
private set // Allow external read but not write
/**
* Returns the content and prevents its use again.
*/
fun getContentIfNotHandled(): T? {
return if (hasBeenHandled) {
null
} else {
hasBeenHandled = true
content
}
}
/**
* Returns the content, even if it's already been handled.
*/
fun peekContent(): T = content
}
Alternative 2: Use a custom live data class (SingleLiveEvent) that only emits the value once.

How implement a LiveData Singleton

I need to pass a Bitmap between activities without write the image in the internal/external memory.
An Intent can't carry that size so the best option that I found is to use a Singleton Bitmap or extend Livedata and use it as singleton.
(I'm not that good with architecture so if you have a better solution...)
I'm trying to implement the LiveData option since the livedata observer will be useful and I'm following the
official documentation:
class StockLiveData(symbol: String) : LiveData<BigDecimal>() {
private val stockManager: StockManager = StockManager(symbol)
private val listener = { price: BigDecimal ->
value = price
}
override fun onActive() {
stockManager.requestPriceUpdates(listener)
}
override fun onInactive() {
stockManager.removeUpdates(listener)
}
companion object {
private lateinit var sInstance: StockLiveData
#MainThread
fun get(symbol: String): StockLiveData {
sInstance = if (::sInstance.isInitialized) sInstance else StockLiveData(symbol)
return sInstance
}
}
}
But I really don't understand the logic:
What's the listener will be used for?
What's the class StockManager?
If I need it only for a Bitmap do I need to use onActive() and onInactive() too?
I couldn't find a different implementation example anywhere, how can I implement that only for a Bitmap?
------------ UPDATE for the Sanlok Lee answer ----------------
I tried to implement your class BitmapCache example:
In my first activity I attach the observer
companion object {
val myCache = BitmapCache()
}
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.mylayout)
myCache.getCachedBitmap().observe(this, Observer<Bitmap> { selfie: Bitmap? ->
Log.i(TAG, "TRIGGERED")
})
And in my second Activity I set the value like that:
companion object {
val myCache = BitmapCache()
}
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.mylayout)
val bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.android)
Handler().postDelayed({
myCache.cacheBitmap(bitmap)
}, 3000)
}
But the observer is never triggered, are you sure I can create a Live data singleton like that? Thank you!

StockManager in the example is just a random custom class they made just for example purpose.
Just to give you a simpler example that uses a more familiar component, let's imagine that you need to create a custom LiveData that count (and emit the count) the number of user button press while the LiveData is active. It can look like this:
class ButtonClickLiveData(val button: Button) : LiveData<Int>() {
var clickCount = 0
private val listener = { v: View ->
clickCount++
value = clickCount
}
override fun onActive() {
// Set the click listener when LiveData is not active.
button.setOnClickListener(listener)
}
override fun onInactive() {
// Remove the click listener when LiveData is not active.
button.setOnClickListener(null)
}
}
And to explain your question
What's the listener will be used for?
That listener will be attached to the StockManager. When there is any change in StockManager, StockManager class is responsible for invoking this listener, and when the listener is invoked, it will update LiveData value.
What's the class StockManager?
Just an example class.
If I need it only for a Bitmap do I need to use onActive() and onInactive() too?
No. In fact I am guessing you would not need LiveData for transporting large object. Just as you pointed out, a simple singleton cache class is all you need. LiveData would make sense if you have a stream of Bitmap and you want the activities to automatically react to the stream. For example:
class BitmapCache { // This can be a singleton class.
private val bitmapLiveData = MutableLiveData<Bitmap>()
fun cacheBitmap(bmp: Bitmap) {
bitmapLiveData.value = bmp
}
fun getCachedBitmap(): LiveData<Bitmap> = bitmapLiveData as LiveData<Bitmap>
}
Edit:
Here's the singleton version of the class:
object BitmapCache {
private val bitmapLiveData = MutableLiveData<Bitmap>()
fun cacheBitmap(bmp: Bitmap) {
bitmapLiveData.value = bmp
}
fun getCachedBitmap(): LiveData<Bitmap> = bitmapLiveData as LiveData<Bitmap>
}
and it can be used like this:
// Activity A
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.mylayout)
BitmapCache.getCachedBitmap().observe(this, Observer<Bitmap> { selfie: Bitmap? ->
Log.i(TAG, "TRIGGERED")
})
// Activity B
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.mylayout)
val bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.android)
Handler().postDelayed({
BitmapCache.cacheBitmap(bitmap)
}, 3000)
}

Good way to pass a reference to a ViewModel in an activity android

I have a ViewModel that inherits from a base class and I would like to have a corresponding Activity also inherit from a base class. The activity would call the same method of the derived ViewModel each time. So it would be something like this:
BaseViewModel:
abstract class BaseViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application) {
protected val context = getApplication<Application>().applicationContext
protected var speechManager: SpeechRecognizerManager? = null
var _actionToTake : MutableLiveData<AnalyseVoiceResults.Actions> = MutableLiveData()
var actionToTake : LiveData<AnalyseVoiceResults.Actions> = _actionToTake
open fun stopListening() {
if (speechManager != null) {
speechManager?.destroy()
speechManager = null
}
open fun startListening() {
val isListening = speechManager?.ismIsListening() ?: false
if (speechManager == null) {
SetSpeechListener()
} else if (!isListening) {
speechManager?.destroy()
SetSpeechListener()
}
}
}
BaseActivity
class BaseActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var baseViewModel: BaseViewModel
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
}
fun goback() {
super.onBackPressed()
baseViewModel.stopListening()
finish()
}
fun startListening() {
baseViewModel.startListening()
}
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
baseViewModel.stopListening()
}
}
Derived Activity:
class DerivedActivity : BaseActivity() {
private val nextActivityViewModel: NextActivityViewModel by inject()
///^^inherits from BaseViewModel
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
/*** pass reference ***/
baseViewModel = nexActivityViewModel
nextActivityViewModel.actionToTake.observe(this, object : Observer<AnalyseVoiceResults.Actions?> {
override fun onChanged(t: AnalyseVoiceResults.Actions?) {
if (t?.equals(AnalyseVoiceResults.Actions.GO_BACK) ?: false) {
goback()
}
}
})
startListening()
}
}
Will this cause memory leaks to have two instances of a view model for this activity? Is there a better way to do this? I don't want to keep repeating the same code for all my activities. (I would also have the same question if I was doing this with one base fragment).

make this var baseViewModel: BaseViewModel an abstract variable where all the children class must override it. So, when you call the startListening and stopListening, these methods will be called from children implementation.
Edit:
Make the BaseActivity an abstract class and the baseViewModel as an abstract variable
abstract class BaseActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private abstract var baseViewModel: BaseViewModel
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
}
fun goback() {
super.onBackPressed()
baseViewModel.stopListening()
finish()
}
fun startListening() {
baseViewModel.startListening()
}
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
baseViewModel.stopListening()
}
}
So, your DerivedActivity must override the baseViewModel, and every call on father's class will trigger the child
class DerivedActivity : BaseActivity() {
override val baseViewModel: NextActivityViewModel by inject()
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

Will this cause memory leaks to have two instances of a view model for
this activity?
No, there are no memory leaks with this approach. Nor do you have 2 instances of the ViewModel for the same activity. It's a single instance of ViewModel which is being referenced with different variables in BaseActivity and BaseViewModel.
Is there a better way to do this?
The first issue I see is that you have Android specific code in the ViewModels, which is not considered a good practice. You should move the speech manager code to the base activity itself, and ViewModel should only hold the "state" data that you want to retain on orientation changes. This will ensure all the Speech Management methods (create, resume, destroy) will be in the base activity. Concrete activity will only have observers if the state changes.
If you are following any architecture pattern (like MVP), once you move the Speech Manager code out to activity, it would become obvious to move this further out to the Presenter.
EDIT: I have not used the MVVM pattern in production, but this is a light variant of what you may want:
The basic idea is to move Speech management code in a lifecycle-aware component. All UI code in view/activity and business logic / non-android state in viewmodel. I don't see a point in having base activity or viewmodel based on the requirements you have shared so far.
/**
* All the speech related code is encapsulated here, so any new activity/fragment can use it by registering it's lifecycle
*/
class SpeechManager(private val context: Context): LifecycleObserver {
val TAG = "SpeechManager"
private var speechRecognizer: SpeechRecognizer? = null
fun registerWithLifecycle(lifecycle: Lifecycle) {
Log.e(TAG, "registerWithLifecycle")
lifecycle.addObserver(this)
}
#OnLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_START)
fun start() {
Log.e(TAG, "start")
speechRecognizer = (speechRecognizer ?: SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(context)).apply {
// setRecognitionListener(object : RecognitionListener {
// //implement methods
// })
}
}
#OnLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_STOP)
fun stop() {
Log.e(TAG, "stop")
speechRecognizer?.run {
stopListening()
destroy()
}
}
}
ViewModel:
class SpeechViewModel: ViewModel() {
val TAG = "SpeechViewModel"
//List all your "data/state" that needs to be restores across activity restarts
private val actions: MutableLiveData<Actions> = MutableLiveData<Actions>().apply { value = Actions.ActionA }
//Public API for getting observables and all use-cases
fun getActions() = actions
fun doActionA(){
//validations, biz logic
Log.e(TAG, "doActionA")
actions.value = Actions.ActionA
}
fun doActionB(){
Log.e(TAG, "doActionB")
actions.value = Actions.ActionB
}
}
sealed class Actions{
object ActionA: Actions()
object ActionB: Actions()
}
Activity/View:
class SpeechActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_speech)
setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
initSpeechManager()
}
private lateinit var speechManager: SpeechManager
private lateinit var speechViewModel: SpeechViewModel
/**
* Register lifecycle aware components and start observing state changes from ViewModel.
* All UI related code should ideally be here (or your view equivalent in MVVM)
*/
private fun initSpeechManager() {
speechManager = SpeechManager(this).apply {registerWithLifecycle(lifecycle)}
speechViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(SpeechViewModel::class.java).apply {
getActions().observe(this#SpeechActivity, Observer<Actions>{
when(it){
is Actions.ActionA -> {
Log.e(TAG, "Perform ActionA")
speechManager.start()
}
is Actions.ActionB -> {
Log.e(TAG, "Perform ActionB")
speechManager.stop()
super.onBackPressed()
}
}
})
}
}
}

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)
}
}