Best approaches to refresh data periodically in Android
I have two cases in which I need to update data from webserver using API in background. To obtain data on request I use okHttp and Kotlin courtines. And now I am wondering which approaches are the best, when:
- I have listview with data from webserver, and I want to update it, let's say every 10 secs, when application is in that certain view. (I was thinking about using for ex. handler with runnable)
- I want to display notification when some data will change in some certain way. In that case I think that I should use background service?
With regards,
android kotlin asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:42
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I have two cases in which I need to update data from webserver using API in background. To obtain data on request I use okHttp and Kotlin courtines. And now I am wondering which approaches are the best, when:
- I have listview with data from webserver, and I want to update it, let's say every 10 secs, when application is in that certain view. (I was thinking about using for ex. handler with runnable)
- I want to display notification when some data will change in some certain way. In that case I think that I should use background service?
With regards,
android kotlin asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:42
voximdovoximdo
469
add a comment |
I have two cases in which I need to update data from webserver using API in background. To obtain data on request I use okHttp and Kotlin courtines. And now I am wondering which approaches are the best, when:
- I have listview with data from webserver, and I want to update it, let's say every 10 secs, when application is in that certain view. (I was thinking about using for ex. handler with runnable)
- I want to display notification when some data will change in some certain way. In that case I think that I should use background service?
With regards,
android kotlin asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:42
voximdovoximdo
469
I have two cases in which I need to update data from webserver using API in background. To obtain data on request I use okHttp and Kotlin courtines. And now I am wondering which approaches are the best, when:
- I have listview with data from webserver, and I want to update it, let's say every 10 secs, when application is in that certain view. (I was thinking about using for ex. handler with runnable)
- I want to display notification when some data will change in some certain way. In that case I think that I should use background service?
With regards,
android kotlin android kotlin asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:42
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asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:42
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asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:42
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asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:42
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You might be looking for services: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service
You can think of these like background processes (they're a bit different, though) These run in the background and interact with other Android components like notification manager (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/NotificationManager).
So, essentially, you'll want to create a service to check the API every minute or so, then add a notification to the manager.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 21:46
Dash2TheDotDash2TheDot
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IMHO the best approach is to build for offline: store your result in the persistent store (i.e. Room). Subscribe on the query result for your feature. Then you can use the new JetPack's WorkManager for the regular updates ( https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/ ). Here is the slightly modified code snippet from the documentation:
val dataCheckBuilder =
PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<DataCheckWorker>(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
// ...if you want, you can apply constraints to the builder here...
// Create the actual work object:
val dataCheckWork = dataCheckBuilder.build()
// Then enqueue the recurring task:
WorkManager.getInstance().enqueue(dataCheckWork)
answered Nov 22 '18 at 1:08
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You might be looking for services: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service
You can think of these like background processes (they're a bit different, though) These run in the background and interact with other Android components like notification manager (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/NotificationManager).
So, essentially, you'll want to create a service to check the API every minute or so, then add a notification to the manager.
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You might be looking for services: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service
You can think of these like background processes (they're a bit different, though) These run in the background and interact with other Android components like notification manager (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/NotificationManager).
So, essentially, you'll want to create a service to check the API every minute or so, then add a notification to the manager.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 21:46
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You might be looking for services: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service
You can think of these like background processes (they're a bit different, though) These run in the background and interact with other Android components like notification manager (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/NotificationManager).
So, essentially, you'll want to create a service to check the API every minute or so, then add a notification to the manager.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 21:46
Dash2TheDotDash2TheDot
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You might be looking for services: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service
You can think of these like background processes (they're a bit different, though) These run in the background and interact with other Android components like notification manager (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/NotificationManager).
So, essentially, you'll want to create a service to check the API every minute or so, then add a notification to the manager.
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 21:46
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IMHO the best approach is to build for offline: store your result in the persistent store (i.e. Room). Subscribe on the query result for your feature. Then you can use the new JetPack's WorkManager for the regular updates ( https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/ ). Here is the slightly modified code snippet from the documentation:
val dataCheckBuilder =
PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<DataCheckWorker>(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
// ...if you want, you can apply constraints to the builder here...
// Create the actual work object:
val dataCheckWork = dataCheckBuilder.build()
// Then enqueue the recurring task:
WorkManager.getInstance().enqueue(dataCheckWork)
answered Nov 22 '18 at 1:08
Vladimir GladunVladimir Gladun
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IMHO the best approach is to build for offline: store your result in the persistent store (i.e. Room). Subscribe on the query result for your feature. Then you can use the new JetPack's WorkManager for the regular updates ( https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/ ). Here is the slightly modified code snippet from the documentation:
val dataCheckBuilder =
PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<DataCheckWorker>(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
// ...if you want, you can apply constraints to the builder here...
// Create the actual work object:
val dataCheckWork = dataCheckBuilder.build()
// Then enqueue the recurring task:
WorkManager.getInstance().enqueue(dataCheckWork)
answered Nov 22 '18 at 1:08
Vladimir GladunVladimir Gladun
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IMHO the best approach is to build for offline: store your result in the persistent store (i.e. Room). Subscribe on the query result for your feature. Then you can use the new JetPack's WorkManager for the regular updates ( https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/ ). Here is the slightly modified code snippet from the documentation:
val dataCheckBuilder =
PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<DataCheckWorker>(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
// ...if you want, you can apply constraints to the builder here...
// Create the actual work object:
val dataCheckWork = dataCheckBuilder.build()
// Then enqueue the recurring task:
WorkManager.getInstance().enqueue(dataCheckWork)
answered Nov 22 '18 at 1:08
Vladimir GladunVladimir Gladun
1788
IMHO the best approach is to build for offline: store your result in the persistent store (i.e. Room). Subscribe on the query result for your feature. Then you can use the new JetPack's WorkManager for the regular updates ( https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/ ). Here is the slightly modified code snippet from the documentation:
val dataCheckBuilder =
PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<DataCheckWorker>(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
// ...if you want, you can apply constraints to the builder here...
// Create the actual work object:
val dataCheckWork = dataCheckBuilder.build()
// Then enqueue the recurring task:
WorkManager.getInstance().enqueue(dataCheckWork)
answered Nov 22 '18 at 1:08
Vladimir GladunVladimir Gladun
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answered Nov 22 '18 at 1:08
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