Is it possible to make one LiveData of two LiveDatas?
I assume you want to combine them, yes? You'll need a MediatorLiveData, but the guy saying you now need Object is wrong. What you need is a MediatorLiveData<Pair<List<Expense>, List<Income>>>
.
public class CombinedLiveData extends MediatorLiveData<Pair<List<Expense>, List<Income>>> {
private List<Expense> expenses = Collections.emptyList();
private List<Income> incomes = Collections.emptyList();
public CombinedLiveData(LiveData<List<Expense>> ld1, LiveData<List<Income>> ld2) {
setValue(Pair.create(expenses, incomes));
addSource(ld1, expenses -> {
if(expenses != null) {
this.expenses = expenses;
}
setValue(Pair.create(expenses, incomes));
});
addSource(ld2, incomes -> {
if(incomes != null) {
this.incomes = incomes;
}
setValue(Pair.create(expenses, incomes));
});
}
}
You could potentially make this generic and it'd be the implementation of combineLatest
for two LiveData using tuples of 2-arity (Pair).
EDIT: like this:
public class CombinedLiveData2<A, B> extends MediatorLiveData<Pair<A, B>> {
private A a;
private B b;
public CombinedLiveData2(LiveData<A> ld1, LiveData<B> ld2) {
setValue(Pair.create(a, b));
addSource(ld1, a -> {
if(a != null) {
this.a = a;
}
setValue(Pair.create(a, b));
});
addSource(ld2, b -> {
if(b != null) {
this.b = b;
}
setValue(Pair.create(a, b));
});
}
}
Beware that I lost the ability to set Collections.emptyList()
as initial values of A
and B
with this scenario, and you WILL need to check for null
s when you access the data inside the pair.
EDIT: You can use the library https://github.com/Zhuinden/livedata-combinetuple-kt (Kotlin) or https://github.com/Zhuinden/livedata-combineutil-java/ (Java) which does the same thing.
Created this extension function in kotlin
fun <A, B> LiveData<A>.zipWith(stream: LiveData<B>): LiveData<Pair<A, B>> {
val result = MediatorLiveData<Pair<A, B>>()
result.addSource(this) { a ->
if (a != null && stream.value != null) {
result.value = Pair(a, stream.value!!)
}
}
result.addSource(stream) { b ->
if (b != null && this.value != null) {
result.value = Pair(this.value!!, b)
}
}
return result
}