Saving Data on Android

Google's architecture components
 and it's 
specifically designed to manage data related to your user interface.
• A 
Repository
 helps you separate concerns to have a single entry point for your 
app's data.
• You can combine 
LiveData
s and add different 
source
s, to take action if 
something changes.
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Where to go from here?
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! If you had troubles following along, you can always 
download the final project attached to this chapter.
So far, you have only learned about three of the Google architecture components 
classes: 
LiveData
, 
ViewModel
 and 
Room
. However, there are many other classes 
that Google provides. If you want to learn about them, you can use the following 
resources:
• This tutorial about MVVM and Databinding with Android Design Patterns: 
https://
www.raywenderlich.com/636803-mvvm-and-databinding-android-design-
patterns
.
• This tutorial about the Paging Library which helps create Lists on Android: 
https://
www.raywenderlich.com/6948-paging-library-for-android-with-kotlin-creating-
infinite-lists
.
• This tutorial about the WorkManager architecture component in which you will 
learn how to create and manage background tasks: 
https://
www.raywenderlich.com/6040-workmanager-tutorial-for-android-getting-started
.
See you in the next chapter!
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