Notify Observer when item is added to List of LiveData

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Internally, LiveData keeps track of each change as a version number (simple counter stored as an int). Calling setValue() increments this version and updates any observers with the new data (only if the observer’s version number is less than the LiveData’s version).

It appears the only way to start this process is by calling setValue() or postValue(). The side-effect is if the LiveData’s underlying data structure has changed (such as adding an element to a Collection), nothing will happen to communicate this to the observers.

Thus, you will have to call setValue() after adding an item to your list. I have provided two ways you could approach this below.

Option 1

Keep the list outside of the LiveData and update with the reference any time the list contents change.

private val mIssuePosts = ArrayList<IssuePost>()
private val mIssuePostLiveData = MutableLiveData<List<IssuePost>>()

fun addIssuePost(issuePost: IssuePost) {
   mIssuePosts.add(issuePost)
   mIssuePostLiveData.value = mIssuePosts
}

Option 2

Keep track of the list via the LiveData and update the LiveData with its own value whenever the list contents change.

private val mIssuePostLiveData = MutableLiveData<MutableList<IssuePost>>()

init {
   mIssuePostLiveData.value = ArrayList()
}

fun addIssuePost(issuePost: IssuePost) {
    mIssuePostLiveData.value?.add(issuePost)
    mIssuePostLiveData.value = mIssuePostLiveData.value
}

Either of these solutions should help you from having to create a new list every time you modify the current list just to notify the observers.

UPDATE:

I’ve been using similar techniques for a while now as Gnzlt has mentioned in his answer to use a Kotlin extension function to assign the LiveData to itself to simplify the code. This is essentially Option 2 automated 🙂 I would recommend doing that.

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