realTime List using callbackFlow from firestore - kotlin

Question

i'm facing hard times updating list of Orders in real time from firestore using stateflow !!
class RepositoryImp : Repository {
private fun Query.snapshotFlow(): Flow<QuerySnapshot> = callbackFlow {
val snapshott = addSnapshotListener { value, error ->
if (error != null) {
close()
return#addSnapshotListener
}
if (value != null)
trySend(value)
}
awaitClose {
snapshott.remove()
}
}
override fun getAllOrders() = flow<State<List<OrderModel>>> {
emit(State.loading())
val snapshot = ORDER_COLLECTION_REF.snapshotFlow()
.mapNotNull { it.toObjects(OrderModel::class.java) }
emit(State.success(snapshot)) // **HERE** !!!!!!
}.catch {
emit(State.failed(it.message.toString()))
}.flowOn(Dispatchers.IO)
}
i'm receiving the error from // emit(State.success(snapshot)) that says :
Type mismatch: inferred type is Flow<(Mutable)List<OrderModel!>> but List< OrderModel> was expected
sealed class State <T> {
class Loading <T> : State<T>()
data class Success <T> (val data: T) : State <T>()
data class Failed <T> (val message: String) : State <T>()
companion object {
fun <T> loading() = Loading <T>()
fun <T> success(data: T) = Success(data)
fun <T> failed(message: String) = Failed<T>(message)
}
}
My fun to LoadOrders :
private suspend fun loadOrders() {
viewModel.getAllOrders().collect { state ->
when (state) {
is State.Loading -> {
showToast("Loading")
}
is State.Success -> {
adapter.submitList(state.data)
}
is State.Failed -> showToast("Failed! ${state.message}")
}
}
}

Answer 1

Your snapshot variable is a Flow of lists, not a single List. If you want to just fetch the current list, you shouldn't use a flow for that. Instead use get().await().
override fun getAllOrders() = flow<State<List<OrderModel>>> {
emit(State.loading())
val snapshot = ORDER_COLLECTION_REF.get().await()
.let { it.toObjects(OrderModel::class.java) }
emit(State.success(snapshot))
}.catch {
emit(State.failed(it.message.toString()))
}.flowOn(Dispatchers.IO)
The flowOn call is actually unnecessary because we aren't doing anything blocking. await() is a suspend function.
Based on comments discussion below, supposing we want to show a loading state only before the first item, then show a series of success states, and we want to show an error and stop emitting once there's an error, we could do:
override fun getAllOrders() = flow<State<List<OrderModel>>> {
emit(State.loading())
val snapshots = ORDER_COLLECTION_REF.snapshotFlow()
.mapNotNull { State.success(it.toObjects(OrderModel::class.java)) }
emitAll(snapshots)
}.catch {
emit(State.failed(it.message.toString()))
}