Workout your tasks with WorkManager — Advanced Topics

“WorkManager is a library for managing deferrable and guaranteed background work.”

In my previous two posts about WorkManage I covered topics like:
  • Android memory model
  • Android battery optimizations
  • Current background processing solutions
  • Where is WorkManager placed in the background work schema
  • WorkManager components: Worker, WorkRequest and WorkManager
  • Constraints
  • Input/Output Data

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Workout your tasks with WorkManager - Main Components

“WorkManager is a library for managing deferrable and guaranteed background work.”

In my previous post I covered details about the Android memory model, battery optimization features, current background processing solutions and what are the main advantages of WorkManager and where it should be used.

Workout your tasks with WorkManager — Intro

Until now, in order to perform background work in Android, developers had to choose between multiple execution options. At Google I/O 2018, the Android team launched WorkManager as part of the Android Jetpack.

This library provides a simple and clean interface to specify deferrable, asynchronous tasks and when they should run. This blog post is the first in a new series on WorkManager. The series will include an overview about the Android memory model, existing background solutions, what’s happening behind the scenes and why and when we should use WorkManager.

WorkoutYourTasksWithWorkManager-Intro

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