Work grouping/chaining for WorkManager similar to android-priority-jobqueue

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We are migrating to WorkManager, the successor of android-priority-jobqueue library. How can we implement work grouping with WorkManager. We could achieve similar structure by using WorkContinuation but it required a reference to WorkRequest instead of synchronizing on the same string.

How can we implement work grouping/chaining using WorkManager?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '18 at 08:14

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Just found out that we can achieve this by using WorkManager.beginUniqueWork() method.

answered Jun 28 '18 at 08:14

user802421

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 09 '19 at 12:18

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You can follow this sample provided by Google. It contains a chain of image processing. All related Worker is working under ImageOperations.java as a chain of work.

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture-components/blob/master/WorkManagerSample/app/src/main/java/com/example/background/ImageOperations.kt

edited Jul 09 '19 at 12:18

Gauthier

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answered Jun 28 '18 at 08:34

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Work grouping/chaining for WorkManager similar to android-priority-jobqueue

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