June 2017
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
8h 44m
English
It is critical to know when to use Flowable versus Observable. Overall, the benefits offered from the Flowable are leaner usage of memory (preventing OutOfMemoryError exceptions) as well as prevention of MissingBackpressureException. The latter can occur if operations backpressure against a source but the source has no backpressure protocol in its implementation. However, the disadvantage of Flowable is that it adds overhead and may not perform as quickly as an Observable.
Here are a few guidelines to help you choose between an Observable versus a Flowable.
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