Questions tagged [android-livedata]

LiveData is part of new Android Architecture Components

LiveData used as holder to put values and allow it to be observed. It also respects lifecycle of the app components viz. onCreate(), onDestroy() etc. It is part of Android Architecture Lifecycle library which comes with Lifecycles, LiveData, and ViewModel.

LiveData is usually used with ViewModel to bind it with view and observe the changes accordingly. It is active when one or more active Observers are subscribed and is in-active when they are no active observers.(Active Observers means observers [Activity, Fragment] which are in STARTED or RESUMED state. As it is Lifecycle aware we can share it among multiple activities and fragments etc.

Diagram explains its place in Android Architecture Components.

As shown in diagram, It gets data from repository and can be observed in Activity or Fragment via ViewModel

You can find more about it below

• Android Architecture Components - LiveData
• Guide to App Architecture
• LiveData Documentation
• Adding Components to your Project