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Rx by example – Volume 3 (the multicast edition)

Rx by example – Volume 3 (the multicast edition)

Given at 360|AnDev

Video: https://academy.realm.io/posts/360-andev-2017-kaushik-gopal-rxjava-by-example-multicasting/

As developer’s understanding of RxJava has matured, they’ve started to peel back the layers and unleash its true power and potential.

One such power is “Multicasting” where you get to share work across your app and reuse a whole bunch of stuff. This is really hard to do in general but Rx makes it really really easy.

Rx itself though has a steep learning curve. But the easiest way to grasp the concepts and features of Rx, is through examples. I’ve given talks in the past explaining Rx usage purely through examples and folks have found this to be the easiest way to warm up to Rx.

Kaushik Gopal

July 14, 2017
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  1. val source: Observable<Long> = Observable.interval(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS) source.subscribe { Log.v(TAG, "subscriber

    1 : received event $it") } subscriber 1 : received event 0 subscriber 2 : received event 0 subscriber 1 : received event 1 subscriber 2 : received event 1 subscriber 1 : received event 2 subscriber 2 : received event 2 subscriber 1 : received event 3 subscriber 2 : received event 3 subscriber 1 : received event 4 subscriber 2 : received event 4 source.subscribe { Log.v(TAG, "subscriber 2 : received event $it") }
  2. val source: Observable<Long> = Observable.interval(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS) Thread.sleep(1000) source.subscribe { Log.v(TAG,

    "subscriber 1 : received event $it") } source.subscribe { Log.v(TAG, "subscriber 2 : received event $it") } subscriber 1 : received event 0 Skipped 59 frames! app may be doing too much work on its main thread. subscriber 1 : received event 1 subscriber 2 : received event 0 subscriber 1 : received event 2 subscriber 2 : received event 1 subscriber 1 : received event 3 subscriber 2 : received event 2 subscriber 1 : received event 4 subscriber 2 : received event 3
  3. val source: Observable<Long> = Observable.interval(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS) Thread.sleep(1000) source.subscribe { Log.v(TAG,

    "subscriber 1 : received event $it") } source.subscribe { Log.v(TAG, "subscriber 2 : received event $it") } ConnectableObservable<Long> = .publish() source.connect() Skipped 59 frames! app may be doing too much work on its main thread. subscriber 1 : received event 0 subscriber 2 : received event 0 subscriber 1 : received event 1 subscriber 2 : received event 1 subscriber 1 : received event 2 subscriber 2 : received event 2 subscriber 1 : received event 3 subscriber 2 : received event 3
  4. .publish().refcou .replay().autoCo .share().cache( .replayingShar blish().refcoun eplay().autoConnect(n share().cache() .replayingShare() h().refcount() y().autoConnect(n)

    ).cache() are() .publish().refcount .replay().autoConn re().cache() ngShare( Multicasting operator permutations
  5. val sourceObservable = Observable.interval(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
 .doOnSubscribe{ log("observable (subscribed)") }
 .doOnDispose{

    log("observable (disposed)") }
 disposable1?.let {
 it.dispose()
 log("subscriber 1 disposed")
 disposable1 = null
 return
 } @OnClick(R.id.btn_1)
 fun onBtn1Click() { disposable1 = sharedObservable.subscribe({ long -> _log(“subscriber 1: onNext $long") }) } https://github.com/kaushikgopal/RxJava-Android-Samples/tree/kg/feat/connect_playground
  6. val sourceObservable = Observable.interval(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS) sourceObservable.connect() .doOnSubscribe{ log("observable (subscribed)") }


    .doOnDispose{ log("observable (disposed)") } .publish() https://github.com/kaushikgopal/RxJava-Android-Samples/tree/kg/feat/connect_playground
  7. val sourceObservable = Observable.interval(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS) .doOnSubscribe{ log("observable (subscribed)") }
 .doOnDispose{

    log("observable (disposed)") } sourceObservable .refCount() .publish() https://github.com/kaushikgopal/RxJava-Android-Samples/tree/kg/feat/connect_playground
  8. sourceObservable .publish().refCount() subscribe 1 subscriber so connect automatically 0 0

    onNext onNext 1 1 onNext onNext subscribe 2 subscribers 2 onNext onNext 2 onNext 2 3 onNext onNext 3 onNex 3 refcount()
  9. ribers 2 onNext onNext 2 onNext 2 3 onNext onNext

    3 onNext 3 refcount() unsubscribe X unsubscribe 1 subscriber left 4 4 onNext onNext unsubscribe X X 0 subscribers left
  10. ext refcount() unsubscribe X unsubscribe 1 subscriber left 4 4

    onNext onNext X X 0 subscribers left subscribe 0 0 onNext onNext YO LISTEN UP !! THIS IS IMPORTANT
  11. sourceObservable .publish().autoConnect(2) .autoConnect(2) subscribe 1 subscriber (waiting for 2) subscribe

    2 subscribers 0 onNext onNext 0 onNext 0 1 onNext onNext 1 onNext 1 unsubscribe X unsubscribe 1 subscriber left
  12. sourceObservable .publish().autoConnect(2) ext Next Next 1 onNext onNext 1 onNext

    1 X unsubscribe 1 subscriber left .autoConnect(2) 2 2 onNext onNext unsubscribe X 0 subscribers left 3 4 YO Me AGAIN !! THIS IS IMPORTANT
  13. sourceObservable .publish().autoConnect(2) be ber left 2 2 onNext onNext unsubscribe

    X 0 subscribers left 3 4 .autoConnect(2) subscribe 5 5 onNext onNext first event seen is 5
  14. Recap .publish() .autoConnect(n) .refcount() Creates ConnectableObservable Requires .connect() or something

    else to kickstart Source subscription started right away Source is “restarted” when all subscribers leave and 
 new subscribers come in Source subscription started
 only after n subscribers start Source never stops once started (even if all subscribers leave)
  15. .publish() Creates ConnectableObservable .replay(n) Creates ConnectableObservable Another way to create

    ConnectableObservables Start with last “n” events “n” defaults to all events
  16. sourceObservable .replay(1).refCount() .replay(1) .refCount() subscribe 1 subscriber so connect automatically

    0 0 onNext onNext subscribe 2 subscribers onNext 0 unsubscribe X unsubscribe X X subscribe No replay!
  17. sourceObservable .replay(1).refCount() .replay(1) .autoConnect() subscribe 1 subscriber so connect automatically

    0 0 onNext onNext subscribe 2 subscribers onNext 0 unsubscribe X unsubscribe X subscribe onNext 0
  18. Location provider Use case 1 return RxLocation(context) .updates(locationRequest) // multicast?

    .publish() .autoConnect(n) .replay(1) .refcount() .replayingShare() .replay(1) .refcount()
  19. Persist a network call beyond activity rotation class RotationPersistActivity :

    MyBaseActivity() { lateinit var sharedViewModel: SharedViewModel override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
 sharedViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(activity) .get(SharedViewModel::class.java) 
 }
 
 @OnClick(R.id.btn_rotate_persist)
 fun displayEventsOnBtnClick() {
 // … compositeDisposables += sharedViewModel
 .networkRequest()
 .subscribe({ l ->
 Use case 2
  20. class RotationPersistActivity : MyBaseActivity() { lateinit var sharedViewModel: SharedViewModel override

    fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
 sharedViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(activity) .get(SharedViewModel::class.java) 
 }
 
 @OnClick(R.id.btn_rotate_persist)
 fun displayEventsOnBtnClick() {
 // … compositeDisposables += sharedViewModel
 .networkRequest()
 .subscribe({ l ->
 log("Received element $l")
 }) } } Persist a network call beyond activity rotation Use case 2
  21. Persist a network call beyond activity rotation override fun onCleared()

    {
 super.onCleared()
 // cleanup } Use case 2 
 fun networkRequest(): Observable<Data> {
 
 // We’ll fill this later } 
 class SharedViewModel : ViewModel() {

  22. Use case 2 Persist a network call beyond activity rotation

    
 fun networkRequest(): Observable<Data> {
 
 // We’ll fill this later } override fun onCleared() {
 super.onCleared()
 // cleanup } var sharedStream: Observable<Data> = someApi.makeRequest() //.map(…) .replay(1) .autoConnect() 
 class SharedViewModel : ViewModel() {
 return sharedStream
  23. Persist a network call beyond activity rotation Use case 2

    
 fun networkRequest(): Observable<Data> {
 
 } override fun onCleared() {
 super.onCleared()
 // cleanup } var sharedStream: Observable<Data> = someApi.makeRequest() //.map(…) .replay(1) .autoConnect() 
 class SharedViewModel : ViewModel() {
 return sharedStream
  24. Persist a network call beyond activity rotation .replay(1) .autoConnect(1, disposable

    -> { myDisposable = disposable }) var myDisposable: Disposable? = null myDisposable?.dispose 
 class SharedViewModel : ViewModel() {
 var sharedStream: Observable<Data> = someApi.makeRequest() //.map(…) override fun onCleared() {
 super.onCleared()
 // cleanup } fun networkRequest(): Observable<Data> {
 return sharedStream } Use case 2
  25. _paginator .map(items ->{ //do something }) .onBackPressureDrop() .doOnNext(
 i ->

    {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 }) .concatMap(this::itemsFromNetworkCall) .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()) .map(items -> {
 _adapter.addItems(items);
 _adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
 return items;
 })
 .subscribe(strings -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
 });
 Use case 3 Reduce side effects
  26. .concatMap(this::itemsFromNetworkCall) .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()) .map(items -> {
 _adapter.addItems(items);
 _adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
 return items;
 })


    .subscribe(strings -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
 });
 Use case 3 Reduce side effects .doOnNext(
 i -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 }) _paginator .map(items ->{ //do something }) .onBackPressureDrop()
  27. .doOnNext(
 i -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIB }) Use case 3 Reduce

    side effects _paginator .map(items ->{ //do something }) .onBackPressureDrop() .publish() ConnectableObservable<Int> shared = shared shared .subscribe(
 i -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIB }) .concatMap(this::itemsFromNetworkCall) .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()) .map(items -> {
 _adapter.addItems(items);
 _adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
 return items;
 })
 .subscribe(strings -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
 });

  28. .concatMap(this::itemsFromNetworkCall) .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()) .map(items -> {
 _adapter.addItems(items);
 _adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
 return items;
 })


    .subscribe(strings -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
 });
 Use case 3 Reduce side effects _paginator .map(items ->{ //do something }) .onBackPressureDrop() .publish() ConnectableObservable<Int> shared = shared.connect(); .subscribe(
 i -> {
 _progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 }) shared shared
  29. I'm worried about Multicasting leaking things around? Should I be?

    If multi-casted stream "errors"/"terminates" What happens to subscribers? How do I dispose of ConnectableObs. when using autoConnect? Where Multicasting begins (at which point of the Observable) before/after publish ? When should I use ConnectableObsv. vs Subjects ? 1 2 3 4 5