MediatorLiveData or switchMap transformation with multiple parameters

Question

I am using Transformations.switchMap in my ViewModel so my LiveData collection, observed in my fragment, reacts on changes of code parameter.

Answer 1

Custom MediatorLiveData as proposed by @jL4 works great and is probably the solution.

I just wanted to share the simplest solution that I think is to use an inner class to represent the composed filter values :

public class MyViewModel extends AndroidViewModel {

    private final LiveData dayPrices;
    private final DBManager dbManager;
    private final MutableLiveData dayPriceFilter;

    public MyViewModel(Application application) {
        super(application);
        dbManager = new DBManager(application.getApplicationContext());
        dayPriceFilter = new MutableLiveData<>();
        dayPrices = Transformations.switchMap(dayPriceFilter, input -> dbManager.getDayPriceData(input.code, input.nbDays));
    }

    public LiveData getDayPrices() {
        return dayPrices;
    }

    public void setDayPriceFilter(String code, int nbDays) {
        DayPriceFilter update = new DayPriceFilter(code, nbDays);
        if (Objects.equals(dayPriceFilter.getValue(), update)) {
            return;
        }
        dayPriceFilter.setValue(update);
    }

    static class DayPriceFilter {
        final String code;
        final int nbDays;

        DayPriceFilter(String code, int nbDays) {
            this.code = code == null ? null : code.trim();
            this.nbDays = nbDays;
        }
    }

}

Then in the activity/fragment :

public class MyFragment extends Fragment {

    private MyViewModel myViewModel;

    myViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(MyViewModel.class);
    myViewModel.setDayPriceFilter("SO", 365);
    myViewModel.getDayPrices().observe(MyFragment.this, dataList -> {
        // update UI with data from dataList
    });
}