Realm libraries

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title: Realm Libraries and Extensions tags: - RealmDB chapter: Realm post_status: publish date: 2022-05-22 summary: In this piece we look at some awesome Realm Libraries and extensions for android. custom_fields: chapter: Best Realm Libaries chapter_description: A look at some of the most awesome Realm database libraries. You can use these to enhance or expand the functionalities offered by Realm.

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In this piece we look at some awesome Realm database Libraries and extensions. These are libraries we can use to either simplify the usage of Realm or enhance its capabilities.

Flipper-Realm

Android Realm database driver for Facebook Flipper.

Because of breaking changes between Realm versions driver is split into two versions:

• 2.+ for Realm 7.+ and Realm 10.+ (from 2.1.0 available on mavenCentral)
• 1.+ for Realm 5.+ and Realm 6.+ (legacy version still available on jcenter)

Features

• Displaying data from Realm database
• Displaying database structure

Step 1: Installation

• Configure Flipper
• Top level gradle:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ...
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

• Dependency:

implementation "com.kgurgul.flipper:flipper-realm-android:2.1.0"

• Instantiate and add plugin to the FlipperClient. All your RealmConfigurations should be passed to RealmDatabaseProvider:

client.addPlugin(
    DatabasesFlipperPlugin(
        RealmDatabaseDriver(
            this,
            object : RealmDatabaseProvider {
                override fun getRealmConfigurations(): List<RealmConfiguration> {
                    return listOf(yourRealmConfiguration)
            }
        })
    )
)

Step 2: Usage

Open Flipper app and enable Database plugin

Full Example

Here is a full example:

Layout

(a). activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Models

Model classes:

(a). Test1.kt

package com.kgurgul.flipper.realm.model

import io.realm.RealmObject
import io.realm.annotations.PrimaryKey

open class Test1(
    @PrimaryKey
    var id: Long = 0
) : RealmObject() {
    var nameTest: String? = null
    var intTest: Int? = null
    var booleanTest: Boolean? = null
    var floatTest: Float? = null
    var doubleTest: Double? = null
}

(b). Test2.kt

package com.kgurgul.flipper.realm.model

import io.realm.RealmList
import io.realm.RealmObject

open class Test2 : RealmObject() {
    var colorName: String? = null
    var colorValue: Int? = null
    var test1: Test1? = null
    var listTest: RealmList<Test1>? = null
    var listStringTest: RealmList<String>? = null
}

Application and Activity

Model classes:

(a). MainActivity.kt

package com.kgurgul.flipper.realm

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import com.kgurgul.flipper.realm.model.Test1
import com.kgurgul.flipper.realm.model.Test2
import io.realm.Realm
import io.realm.RealmList
import io.realm.kotlin.createObject

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    private lateinit var realm: Realm

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance()
        realm.executeTransaction { realm ->
            realm.deleteAll()
        }

        realm.executeTransaction { realm ->
            for (i in 0 until 200) {
                val test1 = realm.createObject<Test1>(i)
                test1.nameTest = "Name test"
                test1.intTest = 10 + i
                test1.booleanTest = i % 2 == 0
                test1.floatTest = 11.11f + i
                test1.doubleTest = 12.12 + i
            }

            val test2 = realm.createObject<Test2>()
            test2.colorName = "Color name"
            test2.colorValue = 20

            val test3 = realm.createObject<Test2>()
            test3.colorName = "Color name 2"
            test3.colorValue = 30
            test3.listTest = RealmList(realm.createObject(1000))
            test3.listStringTest = RealmList("Abc", "Cdf")
        }
    }


    override fun onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy()
        realm.close()
    }
}

(b). App.kt

package com.kgurgul.flipper.realm

import android.app.Application
import com.facebook.flipper.android.AndroidFlipperClient
import com.facebook.flipper.android.utils.FlipperUtils
import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.databases.DatabasesFlipperPlugin
import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.inspector.DescriptorMapping
import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.inspector.InspectorFlipperPlugin
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
import com.kgurgul.flipper.RealmDatabaseDriver
import com.kgurgul.flipper.RealmDatabaseProvider
import io.realm.Realm
import io.realm.RealmConfiguration

class App : Application() {

    override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()

        SoLoader.init(this, false)

        Realm.init(this)
        val realmConfiguration = RealmConfiguration.Builder()
            .name("testRealm")
            .schemaVersion(1)
            .deleteRealmIfMigrationNeeded()
            .allowWritesOnUiThread(true)
            .build()
        Realm.setDefaultConfiguration(realmConfiguration)

        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG && FlipperUtils.shouldEnableFlipper(this)) {
            val client = AndroidFlipperClient.getInstance(this)
            client.addPlugin(InspectorFlipperPlugin(this, DescriptorMapping.withDefaults()))
            client.addPlugin(
                DatabasesFlipperPlugin(
                    RealmDatabaseDriver(
                        this,
                        object : RealmDatabaseProvider {
                            override fun getRealmConfigurations(): List<RealmConfiguration> {
                                return listOf(realmConfiguration)
                            }
                        })
                )
            )
            client.start()
        }
    }
}

Reference

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