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Drim
Drim

Reputation: 524

Difference between RxJava and RxAndroid?

Why do we need to use RxAndroid with RxJava? What is the functional difference between them and actual use of RxAndroid and RxJava? I can't find proper answer for this.

Upvotes: 31

Views: 9141

Answers (3)

idattatrey
idattatrey

Reputation: 51

The major difference between RxAndroid and RxJava is Schedulers. Schedulers are specifically available in RxAndroid not in RxJava which helps in efficient threading.

https://www.androidhive.info/RxJava/android-getting-started-with-reactive-programming/

Upvotes: 2

Micer
Micer

Reputation: 8969

RxAndroid can be understood as an extension to RxJava, that helps you to use it on Android platform easily. See the description on RxAndroid Github repository:

Android specific bindings for RxJava 2.

This module adds the minimum classes to RxJava that make writing reactive components in Android applications easy and hassle-free. More specifically, it provides a Scheduler that schedules on the main thread or any given Looper.

Note that when you're using RxAndroid, you should also use the latest RxJava version as a dependency:

Because RxAndroid releases are few and far between, it is recommended you also explicitly depend on RxJava's latest version for bug fixes and new features.

Upvotes: 32

Joni
Joni

Reputation: 111219

RxAndroid does not replace rxjava. It is a small library of Android specific rxjava utilities. For example it makes the Android application main thread available as an rxjava scheduler.

Upvotes: 12

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