PreLoader: Make your activity launch faster

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Pre-load data before Activity opens, and display data on UI after UI initialization. Speedup Activity launch

You can start a PreLoader everywhere and start to listen data which loaded by the PreLoader with preLoaderId

• if DataLoader.loadData() is not completed, then DataListener.onDataArrived() will be called after the data load is completed

• if DataLoader.loadData() is completed, then DataListener.onDataArrived() called immediately

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demo

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Typically used for

1. Pre-load data in Application.onCreate for HomePageActivity to reduce the user waiting time in HomePageActivity initialization

2. Pre-load data before context.startActivity(), and display data after activity UI are initialized

3. Pre-load data for complex UI Activity (UI initialization cost too much time)

4. Pre-load data for next page of ListView/RecyclerView before pull to load more

Features

• support network data, network images, local images, database queries, and file I/O

• support for cross-activity pre-loading

• support pull-down refresh (DataLoader reloads once, after loading completes, callback for all DataListener)

• supports custom thread-pool

• support one loader (DataLoader) for multiple listeners (DataListener)

• support multiple preload tasks for an Activity

• support for add/remove listener dynamically

Usage

1. add dependencies in build.gradle

dependencies {
    compile 'com.billy.android:pre-loader:x.x.x'
}

2. start a pre-load

int preLoaderId = PreLoader.preLoad(new Loader());
Intent intent = new Intent(this, PreLoadBeforeLaunchActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("preLoaderId", preLoaderId);
startActivity(intent);

//DataLoader, mock as load data from network
class Loader implements DataLoader<String> {
    @Override
    public String loadData() {
        //this method runs in thread pool
        // load data in this method synchronously
        try {
            Thread.sleep(600);
        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
        }
        return "data from network server";
    }
}

3. Listen data after UI initialization in Activity/Fragment/View

PreLoader.listenData(preLoaderId, new Listener());

//after data load completed，DataListener.onDataArrived(...) will be called to process data
class Listener implements DataListener<String> {
    @Override
    public void onDataArrived(String data) {
        // this method runs on main thread, Handler is not required
        Toast.makeText(activity, data, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

4. Refresh data: DataLoader.loadData() will be called, and DataListener.onDataArrived() will be called for all listeners

PreLoader.refresh(preLoaderId);

5. Destroy the PreLoader object if you do not need it(eg. Activity is destroyed)

PreLoader.destroy(preLoaderId);

6. start a group of pre-load task with GroupedDataLoader and GroupedDataListener

//start pre-load task with a group of GroupedDataLoader(s)
int preLoaderId = PreLoader.preLoad(new Loader1(), new Loader2());
Intent intent = new Intent(this, PreLoadGroupBeforeLaunchActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("preLoaderId", preLoaderId);
startActivity(intent);

class Loader1 implements GroupedDataLoader<String> {
    @Override
    public String loadData() {
        TimeWatcher timeWatcher = TimeWatcher.obtainAndStart("GroupedDataLoader1 load data");
        try {
            Thread.sleep(600);
        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
        }
        return timeWatcher.stopAndPrint();
    }

    @Override
    public String keyInGroup() {
        return "loader1";
    }
}
class Loader2 implements GroupedDataLoader<String> {
    @Override
    public String loadData() {
        TimeWatcher timeWatcher = TimeWatcher.obtainAndStart("GroupedDataLoader2 load data");
        try {
            Thread.sleep(400);
        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
        }
        return timeWatcher.stopAndPrint();
    }

    @Override
    public String keyInGroup() {
        return "loader2";
    }
}

//listen data in Activity after UI initialization with GroupedDataListener(s) for each GroupedDataLoader(s)
//GroupedDataListener matched with GroupedDataLoader by key
PreLoader.listenData(preLoaderId
        , new DataHolder1()
        , new DataHolder2()
);

class DataHolder1 implements GroupedDataListener<String> {
    @Override
    public void onDataArrived(String data) {
        String s = allTime.stopAndPrint();
        logTextView.append(data + "\n" + s + "\n");
    }

    @Override
    public String keyInGroup() {
        return "loader1";
    }
}
class DataHolder2 implements GroupedDataListener<String> {
    @Override
    public void onDataArrived(String data) {
        String s = allTime.stopAndPrint();
        logTextView.append(data + "\n" + s + "\n");
    }

    @Override
    public String keyInGroup() {
        return "loader2";
    }
}

Better to use with the componentized architecture framework (CC)

CC framework comes with AOP at the component level: when component is calling for start an activity, you can start a pre-load for it. So, it is not need to do pre-load work in every place where you want to start the Activity.

1. define a component for open the activity

public class ComponentA implements IComponent {

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return "demo.ComponentA";
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCall(CC cc) {
        int preLoaderId = PreLoader.preLoad(new Loader());
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, PreLoadBeforeLaunchActivity.class);
        intent.putExtra("preLoaderId", preLoaderId);
        startActivity(intent);
        CC.sendCCResult(cc.getCallId(), CCResult.success());
        return false;
    }
}

call that component by CC to open activity

// pre-load is needless here, the logistic of component are all inside that component itself
CC.obtainBuilder("demo.ComponentA").build().call();