How to notify UI updates using Loader
without ContentProvider
?
I am using a% custom% to show a list using CursorAdapter
through RecyclerView
(Storing data in pure SQLite, without being Room). But I do not know how to notify an UI update.
In the introductory course I did, I learned using Loader
. But I do not see a real need to implement ContentResolver
if you do not share this data with any other application.
Should I then implement a ContentResolver
just to be able to notify updates? Would there be no other way to accomplish this?
Here is the ContentResolver
I'm using:
public abstract class CursorRecyclerViewAdapter<VH extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder> extends RecyclerView.Adapter<VH> {
private Context mContext;
private Cursor mCursor;
private boolean mDataValid;
private int mRowIdColumn;
private DataSetObserver mDataSetObserver;
public CursorRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, Cursor cursor) {
mContext = context;
mCursor = cursor;
mDataValid = cursor != null;
mRowIdColumn = mDataValid ? mCursor.getColumnIndex("_id") : -1;
mDataSetObserver = new NotifyingDataSetObserver();
if (mCursor != null) {
mCursor.registerDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);
}
}
public Cursor getCursor() {
return mCursor;
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
if (mDataValid && mCursor != null) {
return mCursor.getCount();
}
return 0;
}
@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
if (mDataValid && mCursor != null && mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) {
return mCursor.getLong(mRowIdColumn);
}
return 0;
}
@Override
public void setHasStableIds(boolean hasStableIds) {
super.setHasStableIds(true);
}
public abstract void onBindViewHolder(VH viewHolder, Cursor cursor);
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(VH viewHolder, int position) {
if (!mDataValid) {
throw new IllegalStateException("this should only be called when the cursor is valid");
}
if (!mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) {
throw new IllegalStateException("couldn't move cursor to position " + position);
}
onBindViewHolder(viewHolder, mCursor);
}
/**
* Change the underlying cursor to a new cursor. If there is an existing cursor it will be
* closed.
*/
public void changeCursor(Cursor cursor) {
Cursor old = swapCursor(cursor);
if (old != null) {
old.close();
}
}
/**
* Swap in a new Cursor, returning the old Cursor. Unlike
* {@link #changeCursor(Cursor)}, the returned old Cursor is <em>not</em>
* closed.
*/
public Cursor swapCursor(Cursor newCursor) {
if (newCursor == mCursor) {
return null;
}
final Cursor oldCursor = mCursor;
if (oldCursor != null && mDataSetObserver != null) {
oldCursor.unregisterDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);
}
mCursor = newCursor;
if (mCursor != null) {
if (mDataSetObserver != null) {
mCursor.registerDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);
}
mRowIdColumn = newCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_id");
mDataValid = true;
notifyDataSetChanged();
} else {
mRowIdColumn = -1;
mDataValid = false;
notifyDataSetChanged();
//There is no notifyDataSetInvalidated() method in RecyclerView.Adapter
}
return oldCursor;
}
private class NotifyingDataSetObserver extends DataSetObserver {
@Override
public void onChanged() {
super.onChanged();
mDataValid = true;
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
@Override
public void onInvalidated() {
super.onInvalidated();
mDataValid = false;
notifyDataSetChanged();
//There is no notifyDataSetInvalidated() method in RecyclerView.Adapter
}
}
}