Custom event listener on Android app

Question

I need to set up a simple event listener to refresh a ListView once in a while. The problem is I don\'t know how could I generate an event.

I know that

Answer 1

1. Define a callback interface

           public interface NewsUpdateListener 
           {
               void onNewsUpdate(<News data to be passed>);
           }
   

2. Provide a registration facility on the background thread which gets the RSS feed

       class <Background processing class name> 
       {
       ....
           ArrayList<NewsUpdateListener> listeners = new ArrayList<NewsUpdateListener> ();
       .... 
           public void setOnNewsUpdateListener (NewsUpdateListener listener) 
           {
               // Store the listener object
               this.listeners.add(listener);
           }
       ....
       }
   

3. Fire the callback when news is available

   ....
   for (listener : listeners) 
   {
       listener.onNewsUpdate(<News data to be passed>);
   }
   ....
   

4. Register listener somewhere during initialization

   ....
       <class <Background processing class object>.registerListener
   (
       new OnNewsUpdateListener() {
           onNewsUpdate(<News Data>) {
               // process news data
               runOnUIThread(new Runnable() {
                   public void run() {
                       // refresh list view
                   }
               }
           }
   }
   ....
   

Answer 2

try this:

interface MyHandlerInterface
{
   void onHandle(Object obj)
}
class myListClass
{
   MyHandlerInterface myHandler;
   public void setHandlerListener(MyHandlerInterface listener)
   {
      myHandler=listener;
   }
   protected void myEventFired(myObj)
   {
      if(myHandler!=null)
         myHandler.onHandle(myObj);
   }
}

Answer 3

It sounds like you need a Handler - (look-up android.os.Handler for details).

The sendMessageDelayed method will allow you to schedule when the message is sent to your handler.

A quick search pulled up a full example that should get you started: http://www.tutorialforandroid.com/2009/01/using-handler-in-android.html

Answer 4

You can use android life cycle for that.

Create a signal interface, aka your event

interface NewsUpdateSignal{
    void newsUpdateHandler(Mydata data);
}

Than register to it inside your activity or anywhere else you want, there could be many listeners to same Signal.

class MyActivity extends Activity implements NewsUpdateSignal{
    Signal<NewsUpateSignal> newsUpdateSignal = SignalsBag.inject(NewsUpateSignal.class);

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        newsUpdateSignal.addListener(this);        
    }

    @Override
    public void newsUpdateHandler(final Mydata data){
           //Do something here 
    }
}

And dispatch the signal when you need, from where ever you need.

Class A{
    Signal<NewsUpateSignal> newsUpdateSignal = SignalsBag.inject(NewsUpateSignal.class);

    void execute(){
        // obtain the data somehow, and dispatch it, the callback will be invoked on the same thread
        newsUpdateSignal.dispatcher.newsUpdateHandler(data);
    }        
}

Disclaimer: I am the author of android life cycle.