How to use LocalBroadcastManager?

Question

How to use/locate LocalBroadcastManager as described in google docs and Service broadcast doc?

I tried to google it, but there is no code available to s

Answer 1

I am an iOS dev, so I made a solution similar to NotificationCenter:

object NotificationCenter {
    var observers: MutableMap> = mutableMapOf()

    fun addObserver(observer: NotificationObserver, notificationName: NotificationName) {
        var os = observers[notificationName.value]
        if (os == null) {
            os = mutableListOf()
            observers[notificationName.value] = os
        }
        os.add(observer)
    }

    fun removeObserver(observer: NotificationObserver, notificationName: NotificationName) {
        val os = observers[notificationName.value]
        if (os != null) {
            os.remove(observer)
        }
    }

    fun removeObserver(observer:NotificationObserver) {
        observers.forEach { name, mutableList ->
            if (mutableList.contains(observer)) {
                mutableList.remove(observer)
            }
        }
    }

    fun postNotification(notificationName: NotificationName, obj: Any?) {
        val os = observers[notificationName.value]
        if (os != null) {
            os.forEach {observer ->
                observer.onNotification(notificationName,obj)
            }
        }
    }
}

interface NotificationObserver {
    fun onNotification(name: NotificationName,obj:Any?)
}

enum class NotificationName(val value: String) {
    onPlayerStatReceived("on player stat received"),
    ...
}

Some class that want to observe notification must conform to observer protocol:

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), NotificationObserver {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        ...
        NotificationCenter.addObserver(this,NotificationName.onPlayerStatReceived)
    }
    override fun onDestroy() {
        ...
        super.onDestroy()
        NotificationCenter.removeObserver(this)
    }

    ...
    override fun onNotification(name: NotificationName, obj: Any?) {
        when (name) {
            NotificationName.onPlayerStatReceived -> {
                Log.d(tag, "onPlayerStatReceived")
            }
            else -> Log.e(tag, "Notification not handled")
        }
    }

Finally, post some notification to observers:

NotificationCenter.postNotification(NotificationName.onPlayerStatReceived,null)