RxProperty Android

Bindable and observable property for Android Data Binding

This library is an Android port of ReactiveProperty.

Download

repositories {
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.k-kagurazaka.rx-property-android:rx-property:4.0.0'

    // If you want to use Kotlin syntax
    compile 'com.github.k-kagurazaka.rx-property-android:rx-property-kotlin:4.0.0'
}

Basics Usage

First, declare a view model class with RxProperty and RxCommand.

RxProperty represents a variable of a view state and RxCommand represents a command of "Command Pattern", which is abstraction of user manipulation.

public class ViewModel {
  public final RxProperty<String> input;
  public final ReadOnlyRxProperty<String> output;
  public final RxCommand<NoParameter> command;

  public JavaViewModel() {
    input = new RxProperty<>("")
        .setValidator(it -> TextUtils.isEmpty(it) ? "Text must not be empty!" : null);

    output = new ReadOnlyRxProperty<>(input.map(String::toUpperCase));

    command = new RxCommand<>(input.onHasErrorsChanged().map(it -> !it));
    command.subscribe(it -> { input.set("clicked!"); });
  }

Next, write a layout XML to bind the view model. Both one-way (by @{}) and two-way (by @={}) binding are supported.

<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <data>
        <variable name="viewModel" type="ViewModel" />
    </data>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <EditText
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:inputType="text"
            android:text="@={viewModel.input.value}" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@{viewModel.output.value}" />

        <Button
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Is not empty?"
            app:rxCommandOnClick="@{viewModel.command}" />
    </LinearLayout>
</layout>

Finally, execute data binding in your activity.

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    ActivityMainBinding binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this, R.layout.activity_main);
    binding.setViewModel(new ViewModel());
  }

You are done!

Important Note: These snippets skips resource management/error handling for simplicity.

Validation

RxProperty provides validation. To use this feature, simply call setValidator method after RxProperty created.

public final RxProperty<String> input = new RxProperty<>("")
        .setValidator(it -> TextUtils.isEmpty(it) ? "Text must not be empty!" : null);

RxProperty also supports error notification with TextInputLayout.

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:error="@{viewModel.input.error}"
    app:errorEnabled="@{viewModel.input.hasError}">

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:text="@={viewModel.input.value}"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

RxCommand with Trigger

By default, the library provides the only View#onClick binder for RxCommand. If you want to bind RxCommand to others view events, implement BindingAdapter for your desired events or use trigger binding.

RxCommand can be kicked by Observable by the bindTrigger method. RxBinding is match for the use.

// When the menu whose id is R.id.some_menu is selecetd, someMenuCommand executes
viewModel.someMenuCommand.bindTrigger(RxMenuItem.clicks(menu.findItem(R.id.some_menu)));

Create from android.databinding.Observable

If you already have a android.databinding.Observable based view model, you can use a converter from the view model into io.reactivex.Observable. The library provides a feature to convert from io.reactivex.Observable to RxProperty, so you easily create RxProperty from the view model.

class Person extends BaseObservable { ... }

Person person = new Person("John", "Smith");
Observable<String> firstNameChanged = Observe.propertyOf(person, BR.firstName, it -> it.getFirstName());
RxProperty<String> firstName = new RxProperty<>(firstNameChanged, person.getFirstName());

Kotlin Support

There are some useful extension methods in `rx-property-kotlin'.

class Person : BaseObservable { ... }

class ViewModel {
    val input = RxProperty("")
            .setValidator { if (TextUtils.isEmpty(it)) "Text must not be empty!" else null }

    val output = input.map(String::toUpperCase).toReadOnlyRxProperty()

    val command = input.onHasErrorsChanged()
            .map { !it }
            .toRxCommand<NoParameter>()

    val person = Person("John", "Smith")
    val firstName = person.observeProperty(BR.firstName) { it.firstName }
            .toRxProperty()

    init {
        command.subscribe { input.set("clicked!") }
    }
}

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Keita Kagurazaka

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