Does ViewModel survive Activity save and restore?

user_2463035 0
Viewed 11504

Instances of the new ViewModel class can survive configuration changes if used in the following fashion:

mViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(MyViewModel.class);

However, in addition to configuration changes, there is also a save-restore scenario when the entire application's process is being killed.

Will fields' values inside ViewModel be preserved during save-restore scenario?

Edit: based on the answer to this question, I wrote this article: Android ViewModel Architecture Component is Dangerous

view-model-pattern android-architecture-components android-viewmodel viewmodel android
2 Answers

It seems Google offers a solution for this now

Saved State module for ViewModel

UI State is usually stored or referenced in ViewModel objects, not activities; so using onSaveInstanceState() requires some boilerplate that this module can handle for you.

When the module is set up, ViewModel objects receive a SavedStateHandle object via its constructor. This is a key-value map that will let you write and retrieve objects to and from the saved state. These values will persist after the process is killed by the system and remain available via the same object.

Setup

implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate:1.0.0-rc02' (November 7, 2019)

Usage

In order to set up a ViewModel to receive a SavedStateHandle you need to create them using a Factory that extends AbstractSavedStateVMFactory.

SavedStateViewModel vm = new ViewModelProvider(this, new SavedStateVMFactory(this))
        .get(SavedStateViewModel.class);

After that your ViewModel can have a constructor that receives a SavedStateHandle:


public class SavedStateViewModel extends ViewModel {
    private SavedStateHandle mState;

    public SavedStateViewModel(SavedStateHandle savedStateHandle) {
        mState = savedStateHandle;
    }
    ...
}

Storing and retrieving values

The SavedStateHandle class has the methods you expect for a key-value map:

  • get(String key)
  • contains(String key)
  • remove(String key)
  • set(String key, T value)
  • keys()
user_94008360
Related