Difference between LiveData, MutableLiveData

android android-studio android-livedata mutablelivedata
Haitham Haitham picture Haitham Haitham · Oct 12, 2018 · Viewed 11.7k times · Source

I know that the MutableLiveData extends LiveData, but what is the difference between them (in usage). What are appropriate use cases, means when to use the correct one from the two?

Answer

theanilpaudel picture theanilpaudel · Oct 12, 2018

LiveData is immutable while MutableLiveData is mutable. MutableLiveData extends LiveData and provides methods like setValue() and postValue().

Related questions

Error:Program type already present: android.arch.lifecycle.LiveData

When I press the run button in Android Studio, my app compiles but shows this error (redacted): Error:Program type already present: android.arch.lifecycle.LiveData (Full log) I've tried deleting the .gradle folder, then going to Build > Clean …

Read More
"cannot resolve symbol R" in Android Studio

In every instance in all of my classes where I reference R.id.something, the R is in red and it says "cannot resolve symbol R". Also every time there is R.layout.something it is underlined in red and …

Read More
Android Studio doesn't see device

The AVD Manager in Android Studio doesn't show my device but adb devices does show it. Am I missing something obvious here?

Read More