StateBinder

StateBinder is a tiny library for view state management.

If you use the MVI pattern or any other pattern using the concept of states to develop your applications, you may have encountered the problem of frequently updating widgets, which leads to poor performance especially when you perform frequent screen state updates. StateBinder eliminates redundant view rendering when the state changes.

Download

dependencies {
  impelentation 'com.olegsheliakin:statebinder:latest'
}

How to use?

1. Create State class for View:

data class MainState(
    val label: String,
    val errorText: String?
) : State

2. Create StateBinder:

private val stateBinder: StateBinder<MainState> = StateBinder.create()

3. Bind state's properties to actions:

stateBinder.apply {
            bind(MainState::label) {
                tvLabel.text = it
            }
            bindNullable(MainState::errorText) {
                etText.error = it
            }
        }

Actions will be called only when properties change.

4. Create ViewModel/Presenter or any other class that is responsible for changing and emitting State:

   class MainViewModel : ViewModel() {
   
       private val internalState = MutableLiveData<MainState>()
   
       val state: LiveData<MainState> = internalState
   
       init {
           internalState.value = MainState("", null)
       }
   
       fun loadText() {
           internalState.value = MainState("Text", null)
       }
   
       fun initError() {
           internalState.value = MainState("", "Error")
       }
   
   }
   

5. Update state by calling:

stateBinder.newState(newState)

Full code:

class MainFragment : Fragment() {

    private val viewModel: MainViewModel by lazy {
        return@lazy ViewModelProviders.of(this@MainFragment)[MainViewModel::class.java]
    }

    //creates StateBinder
    private val stateBinder: StateBinder<MainState> = StateBinder.create()

    override fun onCreateView(
        inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?,
        savedInstanceState: Bundle?
    ): View? {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false)
    }

    override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
        //refreshes the current state when view is created
        stateBinder.applyCurrentState() 
      
        //binds properties to actions
        stateBinder.apply {
            bind(MainState::label) {
                tvLabel.text = it
            }
            bindNullable(MainState::errorText) {
                etText.error = it
            }
        }
        
        //observes MainState
        viewModel.state.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, Observer {
            it?.let(stateBinder::newState)
        })

    }
}

License

The MIT License (MIT)
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