RxJava on Ash Davies

RxJava and Coroutines

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Kotlin has taken the Android world by storm, and is quickly becoming the most popular language of choice. With Coroutines now stable, does it make sense to replace your RxJava implementations for Coroutines?

Despite the hype, it may not make sense to jump on the bandwagon just yet. RxJava has already proven its stability and usefulness, and a comparison between the two frameworks shows that they are simply better suited for different purposes.

A Short History of Android and Reactive Programming: Coroutines Edition

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Preface

Last year, there was a hot topic on Twitter about how relevant RxJava was with modern Android development, which garnered a pretty interesting debate with some convincing arguments from both sides.

The claim was that given the popularity of modern frameworks, RxJava is too bloated and should be removed. The debate was even given a catchy title, which prompted a panel discussion at Droidcon Berlin last year, with Hasan, Ivan, x, and myself.

RxJava and Coroutines

Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Kotlin has taken the Android world by storm, and is quickly becoming the most popular language, with coroutines approaching stability, does it make sense to replace your RxJava implementations for Coroutines?

Despite the hype, it may not make sense to jump on the bandwagon just yet, with RxJava having already proven its stability and usefulness, and in many cases the comparison between the two frameworks showing that they simply fit different purposes.

RxJava and Coroutines

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

RxJava and Coroutines

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Rx Must Die

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is the learning curve of Rx too steep? Do we overuse Rx Java? Is LiveData an alternative? Do Coroutines and Kotlin build-in features make it obsolete?

The Context: Episode 21: Rx Must Die