Folks, is there any specific reason for LiveData to exist

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Siddarth R Iyer

Folks, is there any specific reason for LiveData to exist

when flows are a thing in Kotlin?

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03.08.2021

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Siddarth R Iyer Автор вопроса

Roman Chumachenko
Because they existed even before kotlin

Understandable. So it's basically just because these APIs are already written that now we need to translate between flows and LiveData wherever we interface with the Android UI?

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Roman Chumachenko

Siddarth R Iyer
Understandable. So it's basically just because the...

It depends on your project. If it already utilises livedata - yes you need. If you create new project you may design it fully on cotoutines if you so wish

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Siddarth R Iyer Автор вопроса

Roman Chumachenko
It depends on your project. If it already utilises...

Oh, interesting. Mine is a new project but pretty much all of the examples translate the flows to LiveData so I assumed there wasn't a way to work without doing that. How do you attach Android lifecycles to Kotlin flows?

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Roman Chumachenko

Siddarth R Iyer
Oh, interesting. Mine is a new project but pretty ...

I can't answer this question because I simply haven't worked with coroutines. All my projects was in rx-livedata. Google about "shared flow instead livedata" or smth like that

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Roman Chumachenko · Accepted Answer

Roman Chumachenko

Because they existed even before kotlin

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03.08.2021

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