Can anytime AppDatabase in Android Room be null?











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While adding Room Database, it is suggested to use Singleton Design Pattern




Note: You should follow the singleton design pattern when instantiating an AppDatabase object, as each RoomDatabase instance is fairly expensive, and you rarely need access to multiple instances.




So, adding Room Database, following Google example which is written in Java, in will be as below



private var INSTANCE: AppDatabase? = null

fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase? {
if (INSTANCE == null){
synchronized(AppDatabase::class){
INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
AppDatabase::class.java, "app_database")
.build()
}
}
return INSTANCE
}


When I call getInstance, compiler suggests that getInstance can be null. So my question is there any case that getInstance be null and do I have to check if it's null. If not, then how should I instantiate AppDatabase so that getInstance return AppDatabase not AppDatabase? and it fits documentation recommendation?










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    While adding Room Database, it is suggested to use Singleton Design Pattern




    Note: You should follow the singleton design pattern when instantiating an AppDatabase object, as each RoomDatabase instance is fairly expensive, and you rarely need access to multiple instances.




    So, adding Room Database, following Google example which is written in Java, in will be as below



    private var INSTANCE: AppDatabase? = null

    fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase? {
    if (INSTANCE == null){
    synchronized(AppDatabase::class){
    INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
    AppDatabase::class.java, "app_database")
    .build()
    }
    }
    return INSTANCE
    }


    When I call getInstance, compiler suggests that getInstance can be null. So my question is there any case that getInstance be null and do I have to check if it's null. If not, then how should I instantiate AppDatabase so that getInstance return AppDatabase not AppDatabase? and it fits documentation recommendation?










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      While adding Room Database, it is suggested to use Singleton Design Pattern




      Note: You should follow the singleton design pattern when instantiating an AppDatabase object, as each RoomDatabase instance is fairly expensive, and you rarely need access to multiple instances.




      So, adding Room Database, following Google example which is written in Java, in will be as below



      private var INSTANCE: AppDatabase? = null

      fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase? {
      if (INSTANCE == null){
      synchronized(AppDatabase::class){
      INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
      AppDatabase::class.java, "app_database")
      .build()
      }
      }
      return INSTANCE
      }


      When I call getInstance, compiler suggests that getInstance can be null. So my question is there any case that getInstance be null and do I have to check if it's null. If not, then how should I instantiate AppDatabase so that getInstance return AppDatabase not AppDatabase? and it fits documentation recommendation?










      share|improve this question















      While adding Room Database, it is suggested to use Singleton Design Pattern




      Note: You should follow the singleton design pattern when instantiating an AppDatabase object, as each RoomDatabase instance is fairly expensive, and you rarely need access to multiple instances.




      So, adding Room Database, following Google example which is written in Java, in will be as below



      private var INSTANCE: AppDatabase? = null

      fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase? {
      if (INSTANCE == null){
      synchronized(AppDatabase::class){
      INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
      AppDatabase::class.java, "app_database")
      .build()
      }
      }
      return INSTANCE
      }


      When I call getInstance, compiler suggests that getInstance can be null. So my question is there any case that getInstance be null and do I have to check if it's null. If not, then how should I instantiate AppDatabase so that getInstance return AppDatabase not AppDatabase? and it fits documentation recommendation?







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          Use something like this to make sure it is not null



          object DatabaseSource {
          private lateinit var INSTANCE: AppDatabase

          fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          synchronized(AppDatabase::class) {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
          AppDatabase::class.java,
          "app_database").build()
          }
          }
          }
          return INSTANCE
          }
          }


          Call it with:



          val db = DatabaseSource.getInstance(context)


          And this will never be null so you no longer have that issue.



          I added double locking to be safer for thread safety on the getInstance() call.



          But really you should be using dependency injection with singletons to avoid this passed in dependency of context and this manual creation/locking. You'll have to have the context available everywhere which is a bad pattern.



          This also acts as an answer to your other post which is apparently a duplicate of this one.






          share|improve this answer























          • That indeed was what I am looking for. But how would I pass the context here? Since I am creating INSTANCE in my companion object, it's not a good practice to have context inside static fields. Looking google sample, I see that they use also which works perfectly. What do you say?
            – musooff
            2 hours ago










          • Are you using dependency injection? because this seems like it should be injected as a singleton, and the context should be made available for injection as well.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            The comment about not using lateinit there is not universally a valid comment. It is fine in any context where you KNOW the lifecycle gaurantees it will be instantiated before use. Here the only way to access it is by a method that guarantees it is valid. So you are fine. The other comment is not relevant without this context.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            I saw your proposed edit of volatile, but since this is only modified under lock, and we are checking if assigned which is I believe a bit field that would not be partially set. You can add it if you want, but not sure it is really what you want and will just add more contention on accessing it.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            Let's not add things we see in other posts without reason.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago


















          up vote
          -1
          down vote













          In this code, you already check for the null situation of your AppDatabase instance:



          if (INSTANCE == null){...}


          Actually when you request an instance of your AppDatabase then this above part will check that is there any instance of that available or not. And if you don't have any instance it will create a new instance for you then.



          This class is a Singleton class.



          But before your first request to create an instance for AppDatabase it's null.



          Hope this helped you.






          share|improve this answer





















          • Yeah indeed if (INSTANCE == null){...} checks if not null then creates. My question was can it be still be null while creating (inside if). If it doesn't, then there is no need to have AppDatabase? as a return type of getInstance Who my question was, if it's never null then how can I instantiate AppDatabase and have fun getInstance(context: Context) : AppDatabase{...}
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:08












          • No, I mentioned that in my answer. When you try to get an instance of that you get an instance of that. But this class doesn't create an instance each time you want an instance for you and if there is an existing instance it will give it to you. otherwise, this class will create a new instance for you.
            – Ehsan
            Nov 5 at 7:13












          • Then how can I create getInstance method with AppDatabase return type instead of AppDatabse?
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:15











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          Use something like this to make sure it is not null



          object DatabaseSource {
          private lateinit var INSTANCE: AppDatabase

          fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          synchronized(AppDatabase::class) {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
          AppDatabase::class.java,
          "app_database").build()
          }
          }
          }
          return INSTANCE
          }
          }


          Call it with:



          val db = DatabaseSource.getInstance(context)


          And this will never be null so you no longer have that issue.



          I added double locking to be safer for thread safety on the getInstance() call.



          But really you should be using dependency injection with singletons to avoid this passed in dependency of context and this manual creation/locking. You'll have to have the context available everywhere which is a bad pattern.



          This also acts as an answer to your other post which is apparently a duplicate of this one.






          share|improve this answer























          • That indeed was what I am looking for. But how would I pass the context here? Since I am creating INSTANCE in my companion object, it's not a good practice to have context inside static fields. Looking google sample, I see that they use also which works perfectly. What do you say?
            – musooff
            2 hours ago










          • Are you using dependency injection? because this seems like it should be injected as a singleton, and the context should be made available for injection as well.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            The comment about not using lateinit there is not universally a valid comment. It is fine in any context where you KNOW the lifecycle gaurantees it will be instantiated before use. Here the only way to access it is by a method that guarantees it is valid. So you are fine. The other comment is not relevant without this context.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






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            I saw your proposed edit of volatile, but since this is only modified under lock, and we are checking if assigned which is I believe a bit field that would not be partially set. You can add it if you want, but not sure it is really what you want and will just add more contention on accessing it.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            Let's not add things we see in other posts without reason.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago















          up vote
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          accepted










          Use something like this to make sure it is not null



          object DatabaseSource {
          private lateinit var INSTANCE: AppDatabase

          fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          synchronized(AppDatabase::class) {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
          AppDatabase::class.java,
          "app_database").build()
          }
          }
          }
          return INSTANCE
          }
          }


          Call it with:



          val db = DatabaseSource.getInstance(context)


          And this will never be null so you no longer have that issue.



          I added double locking to be safer for thread safety on the getInstance() call.



          But really you should be using dependency injection with singletons to avoid this passed in dependency of context and this manual creation/locking. You'll have to have the context available everywhere which is a bad pattern.



          This also acts as an answer to your other post which is apparently a duplicate of this one.






          share|improve this answer























          • That indeed was what I am looking for. But how would I pass the context here? Since I am creating INSTANCE in my companion object, it's not a good practice to have context inside static fields. Looking google sample, I see that they use also which works perfectly. What do you say?
            – musooff
            2 hours ago










          • Are you using dependency injection? because this seems like it should be injected as a singleton, and the context should be made available for injection as well.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            The comment about not using lateinit there is not universally a valid comment. It is fine in any context where you KNOW the lifecycle gaurantees it will be instantiated before use. Here the only way to access it is by a method that guarantees it is valid. So you are fine. The other comment is not relevant without this context.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            I saw your proposed edit of volatile, but since this is only modified under lock, and we are checking if assigned which is I believe a bit field that would not be partially set. You can add it if you want, but not sure it is really what you want and will just add more contention on accessing it.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            Let's not add things we see in other posts without reason.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago













          up vote
          1
          down vote



          accepted







          up vote
          1
          down vote



          accepted






          Use something like this to make sure it is not null



          object DatabaseSource {
          private lateinit var INSTANCE: AppDatabase

          fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          synchronized(AppDatabase::class) {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
          AppDatabase::class.java,
          "app_database").build()
          }
          }
          }
          return INSTANCE
          }
          }


          Call it with:



          val db = DatabaseSource.getInstance(context)


          And this will never be null so you no longer have that issue.



          I added double locking to be safer for thread safety on the getInstance() call.



          But really you should be using dependency injection with singletons to avoid this passed in dependency of context and this manual creation/locking. You'll have to have the context available everywhere which is a bad pattern.



          This also acts as an answer to your other post which is apparently a duplicate of this one.






          share|improve this answer














          Use something like this to make sure it is not null



          object DatabaseSource {
          private lateinit var INSTANCE: AppDatabase

          fun getInstance(context: Context): AppDatabase {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          synchronized(AppDatabase::class) {
          if (!::INSTANCE.isInitialized) {
          INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext,
          AppDatabase::class.java,
          "app_database").build()
          }
          }
          }
          return INSTANCE
          }
          }


          Call it with:



          val db = DatabaseSource.getInstance(context)


          And this will never be null so you no longer have that issue.



          I added double locking to be safer for thread safety on the getInstance() call.



          But really you should be using dependency injection with singletons to avoid this passed in dependency of context and this manual creation/locking. You'll have to have the context available everywhere which is a bad pattern.



          This also acts as an answer to your other post which is apparently a duplicate of this one.







          share|improve this answer














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          • That indeed was what I am looking for. But how would I pass the context here? Since I am creating INSTANCE in my companion object, it's not a good practice to have context inside static fields. Looking google sample, I see that they use also which works perfectly. What do you say?
            – musooff
            2 hours ago










          • Are you using dependency injection? because this seems like it should be injected as a singleton, and the context should be made available for injection as well.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            The comment about not using lateinit there is not universally a valid comment. It is fine in any context where you KNOW the lifecycle gaurantees it will be instantiated before use. Here the only way to access it is by a method that guarantees it is valid. So you are fine. The other comment is not relevant without this context.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            I saw your proposed edit of volatile, but since this is only modified under lock, and we are checking if assigned which is I believe a bit field that would not be partially set. You can add it if you want, but not sure it is really what you want and will just add more contention on accessing it.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            Let's not add things we see in other posts without reason.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago


















          • That indeed was what I am looking for. But how would I pass the context here? Since I am creating INSTANCE in my companion object, it's not a good practice to have context inside static fields. Looking google sample, I see that they use also which works perfectly. What do you say?
            – musooff
            2 hours ago










          • Are you using dependency injection? because this seems like it should be injected as a singleton, and the context should be made available for injection as well.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            The comment about not using lateinit there is not universally a valid comment. It is fine in any context where you KNOW the lifecycle gaurantees it will be instantiated before use. Here the only way to access it is by a method that guarantees it is valid. So you are fine. The other comment is not relevant without this context.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            I saw your proposed edit of volatile, but since this is only modified under lock, and we are checking if assigned which is I believe a bit field that would not be partially set. You can add it if you want, but not sure it is really what you want and will just add more contention on accessing it.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago






          • 1




            Let's not add things we see in other posts without reason.
            – Jayson Minard
            1 hour ago
















          That indeed was what I am looking for. But how would I pass the context here? Since I am creating INSTANCE in my companion object, it's not a good practice to have context inside static fields. Looking google sample, I see that they use also which works perfectly. What do you say?
          – musooff
          2 hours ago




          That indeed was what I am looking for. But how would I pass the context here? Since I am creating INSTANCE in my companion object, it's not a good practice to have context inside static fields. Looking google sample, I see that they use also which works perfectly. What do you say?
          – musooff
          2 hours ago












          Are you using dependency injection? because this seems like it should be injected as a singleton, and the context should be made available for injection as well.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago




          Are you using dependency injection? because this seems like it should be injected as a singleton, and the context should be made available for injection as well.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago




          1




          1




          The comment about not using lateinit there is not universally a valid comment. It is fine in any context where you KNOW the lifecycle gaurantees it will be instantiated before use. Here the only way to access it is by a method that guarantees it is valid. So you are fine. The other comment is not relevant without this context.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago




          The comment about not using lateinit there is not universally a valid comment. It is fine in any context where you KNOW the lifecycle gaurantees it will be instantiated before use. Here the only way to access it is by a method that guarantees it is valid. So you are fine. The other comment is not relevant without this context.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago




          1




          1




          I saw your proposed edit of volatile, but since this is only modified under lock, and we are checking if assigned which is I believe a bit field that would not be partially set. You can add it if you want, but not sure it is really what you want and will just add more contention on accessing it.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago




          I saw your proposed edit of volatile, but since this is only modified under lock, and we are checking if assigned which is I believe a bit field that would not be partially set. You can add it if you want, but not sure it is really what you want and will just add more contention on accessing it.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago




          1




          1




          Let's not add things we see in other posts without reason.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago




          Let's not add things we see in other posts without reason.
          – Jayson Minard
          1 hour ago












          up vote
          -1
          down vote













          In this code, you already check for the null situation of your AppDatabase instance:



          if (INSTANCE == null){...}


          Actually when you request an instance of your AppDatabase then this above part will check that is there any instance of that available or not. And if you don't have any instance it will create a new instance for you then.



          This class is a Singleton class.



          But before your first request to create an instance for AppDatabase it's null.



          Hope this helped you.






          share|improve this answer





















          • Yeah indeed if (INSTANCE == null){...} checks if not null then creates. My question was can it be still be null while creating (inside if). If it doesn't, then there is no need to have AppDatabase? as a return type of getInstance Who my question was, if it's never null then how can I instantiate AppDatabase and have fun getInstance(context: Context) : AppDatabase{...}
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:08












          • No, I mentioned that in my answer. When you try to get an instance of that you get an instance of that. But this class doesn't create an instance each time you want an instance for you and if there is an existing instance it will give it to you. otherwise, this class will create a new instance for you.
            – Ehsan
            Nov 5 at 7:13












          • Then how can I create getInstance method with AppDatabase return type instead of AppDatabse?
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:15















          up vote
          -1
          down vote













          In this code, you already check for the null situation of your AppDatabase instance:



          if (INSTANCE == null){...}


          Actually when you request an instance of your AppDatabase then this above part will check that is there any instance of that available or not. And if you don't have any instance it will create a new instance for you then.



          This class is a Singleton class.



          But before your first request to create an instance for AppDatabase it's null.



          Hope this helped you.






          share|improve this answer





















          • Yeah indeed if (INSTANCE == null){...} checks if not null then creates. My question was can it be still be null while creating (inside if). If it doesn't, then there is no need to have AppDatabase? as a return type of getInstance Who my question was, if it's never null then how can I instantiate AppDatabase and have fun getInstance(context: Context) : AppDatabase{...}
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:08












          • No, I mentioned that in my answer. When you try to get an instance of that you get an instance of that. But this class doesn't create an instance each time you want an instance for you and if there is an existing instance it will give it to you. otherwise, this class will create a new instance for you.
            – Ehsan
            Nov 5 at 7:13












          • Then how can I create getInstance method with AppDatabase return type instead of AppDatabse?
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:15













          up vote
          -1
          down vote










          up vote
          -1
          down vote









          In this code, you already check for the null situation of your AppDatabase instance:



          if (INSTANCE == null){...}


          Actually when you request an instance of your AppDatabase then this above part will check that is there any instance of that available or not. And if you don't have any instance it will create a new instance for you then.



          This class is a Singleton class.



          But before your first request to create an instance for AppDatabase it's null.



          Hope this helped you.






          share|improve this answer












          In this code, you already check for the null situation of your AppDatabase instance:



          if (INSTANCE == null){...}


          Actually when you request an instance of your AppDatabase then this above part will check that is there any instance of that available or not. And if you don't have any instance it will create a new instance for you then.



          This class is a Singleton class.



          But before your first request to create an instance for AppDatabase it's null.



          Hope this helped you.







          share|improve this answer












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          Ehsan

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          • Yeah indeed if (INSTANCE == null){...} checks if not null then creates. My question was can it be still be null while creating (inside if). If it doesn't, then there is no need to have AppDatabase? as a return type of getInstance Who my question was, if it's never null then how can I instantiate AppDatabase and have fun getInstance(context: Context) : AppDatabase{...}
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:08












          • No, I mentioned that in my answer. When you try to get an instance of that you get an instance of that. But this class doesn't create an instance each time you want an instance for you and if there is an existing instance it will give it to you. otherwise, this class will create a new instance for you.
            – Ehsan
            Nov 5 at 7:13












          • Then how can I create getInstance method with AppDatabase return type instead of AppDatabse?
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:15


















          • Yeah indeed if (INSTANCE == null){...} checks if not null then creates. My question was can it be still be null while creating (inside if). If it doesn't, then there is no need to have AppDatabase? as a return type of getInstance Who my question was, if it's never null then how can I instantiate AppDatabase and have fun getInstance(context: Context) : AppDatabase{...}
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:08












          • No, I mentioned that in my answer. When you try to get an instance of that you get an instance of that. But this class doesn't create an instance each time you want an instance for you and if there is an existing instance it will give it to you. otherwise, this class will create a new instance for you.
            – Ehsan
            Nov 5 at 7:13












          • Then how can I create getInstance method with AppDatabase return type instead of AppDatabse?
            – musooff
            Nov 5 at 7:15
















          Yeah indeed if (INSTANCE == null){...} checks if not null then creates. My question was can it be still be null while creating (inside if). If it doesn't, then there is no need to have AppDatabase? as a return type of getInstance Who my question was, if it's never null then how can I instantiate AppDatabase and have fun getInstance(context: Context) : AppDatabase{...}
          – musooff
          Nov 5 at 7:08






          Yeah indeed if (INSTANCE == null){...} checks if not null then creates. My question was can it be still be null while creating (inside if). If it doesn't, then there is no need to have AppDatabase? as a return type of getInstance Who my question was, if it's never null then how can I instantiate AppDatabase and have fun getInstance(context: Context) : AppDatabase{...}
          – musooff
          Nov 5 at 7:08














          No, I mentioned that in my answer. When you try to get an instance of that you get an instance of that. But this class doesn't create an instance each time you want an instance for you and if there is an existing instance it will give it to you. otherwise, this class will create a new instance for you.
          – Ehsan
          Nov 5 at 7:13






          No, I mentioned that in my answer. When you try to get an instance of that you get an instance of that. But this class doesn't create an instance each time you want an instance for you and if there is an existing instance it will give it to you. otherwise, this class will create a new instance for you.
          – Ehsan
          Nov 5 at 7:13














          Then how can I create getInstance method with AppDatabase return type instead of AppDatabse?
          – musooff
          Nov 5 at 7:15




          Then how can I create getInstance method with AppDatabase return type instead of AppDatabse?
          – musooff
          Nov 5 at 7:15


















           

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