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https://github.com/benoitletondor/Android-Studio-MVP-template

Android MVP template for Android Studio
https://github.com/benoitletondor/Android-Studio-MVP-template

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Android MVP template for Android Studio

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# Android Studio MVP Template

This is an Android Studio template for MVP.

It is inspired by [u2020-mvp-android-studio-template](https://github.com/LiveTyping/u2020-mvp-android-studio-template) and follows [Antonio Leiva's MVP implementation guide for Android](http://antonioleiva.com/mvp-android/). It also implements presenter surviving orientation changes following [Antonio Gutierrez's article](https://medium.com/@czyrux/presenter-surviving-orientation-changes-with-loaders-6da6d86ffbbf).

> If you are looking for the first version, without presenter survival, please download the [first release](https://github.com/benoitletondor/Android-Studio-MVP-template/tree/1.0). Note that version 2 (current one) is not compatible with version 1.

Here's the hierarchy it follows:

```
com.company.app
+-- injection
| - ActivityScope
| - AppComponent
| - AppModule
| - FragmentScope
| - MainViewComponent
| - MainViewModule
+-- interactor
| +-- impl
| - MainViewInteractorImpl
| - BaseInteractor
| - MainViewInteractor
+-- presenter
| +-- impl
| - BasePresenterImpl
| - MainViewPresenterImpl
| - BasePresenter
| - MainViewPresenter
+-- view
| +-- impl
| - BaseActivity
| - BaseFragment
| - MainActivity
| - MainView
| - YourApp
```

## Prerequisites

You must use [Dagger 2](http://google.github.io/dagger/) for dependency injection and `AppCompat` for annotations and base classes.

## Installation

#### For Mac:

- If you have a standard Android Studio installation:

Just run the install script at the root of this repository:

```
./install.sh
```

- Manual installation:

Just copy all 3 directories `MVPFragment`, `MVPActivity` and `MVPBoilerplate` to `$ANDROID_STUDIO_FOLDER$/Contents/plugins/android/lib/templates/activities/`

#### For Windows:

Just copy all 3 directories `MVPFragment`, `MVPActivity` and `MVPBoilerplate` to `$ANDROID_STUDIO_FOLDER$\plugins\android\lib\templates\activities\`

## How to use

#### 1. Generate base boilerplate

First of all, create the base hierarchy and classes using `MVP Boilerplate` from the **root package folder**. This needs to be done only once per project:

![Create MVP Boilerplate](static/createboilerplate.png "Create MVP Boilerplate")

It will generate an `App` class that you should use as your Application, an `ActivityScope`, `FragmentScope`, `AppModule` and `AppComponent` for injection, a `BaseActivity`, `BaseFragment`, `BasePresenter`, `BasePresenterImpl` and `BaseInteractor`. It also generates the common classes for presenter persistancy (`PresenterFactory` and `PresenterLoader`).

> Be sure to use the generated `App` as your Application into your manifest!

#### 2. Create your first activity

Then you can create a new `MVP Activity`. It will create:

- An `Activity`
- A layout for your Activity
- A `Component` and a `Module` for Dagger 2 injection
- A `View` interface for your Activity
- A `Presenter` interface and default implementation class
- An `Interactor` interface and default implementation class for your model

> It's important that you **create it from the root package**, otherwise it will re-create the whole MVP hierarchy under your subpackage which is not what you want.

## Presenter lifecycle (Important!)

Your presenter will be kept across activity re-creation on orientation changes using a [Loader](https://developer.android.com/guide/components/loaders.html). For more details about how its done, read [Antonio Gutierrez's article](https://medium.com/@czyrux/presenter-surviving-orientation-changes-with-loaders-6da6d86ffbbf).

It means that:

- You want to be sure to update your view state on each `onStart` call of your presenter since your view may have been destroyed and re-created since last `stop`.
- You should use the `viewCreated` parameter of the `onStart` method to know if the view has been created or re-created (e.g. following a screen rotation). This boolean will be true only if the view has just been created so **if it's `true` you should update your view according to the presenter's state**.
- You should *not* stop your background operations on the `onStop` method (things like HTTP calls or database connection) since your view may still be available (on the next `onStart` call).
- You **must** stop all background operation on the `onPresenterDestroyed` method. When this method is reached, it means that your view is completely destroyed and will not be re-created later.

You should also be **very** careful about:

- Since the presenter is loaded asynchronously by a `Loader`, it means that it's not available before the view actually started. So **the `mPresenter` variable can (and will probably) be null when your activity or fragment starts** (you should **not** call your presenter directly into `onCreate`, `onStart` or `onResume` methods).
- To avoid leaks, your presenter will not keep a reference on your view when this view is stopped. It means that **your view is guaranteed to be available from the `onStart` method to the `onStop`**. It also means it will be `null` outside of this scope.

> To ensure those last 2 points, `mView` and `mPresenter` are annotated with `@Nullable`, to enforce the check by the linter. It's a good idea to surround all calls with `!=null`.

## Contributors

- [Martyn Haigh](https://github.com/martynhaigh): MacOS installation script
- [Boris Strandjev](https://github.com/bstrandjev): Minor tweaks and enhancements
- [Brian Hoang](https://github.com/namhvcntt): AndroidX migration

## License

Copyright 2019 Benoit LETONDOR

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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