Work version 1.0.0-alpha12 onwards - the doWork() function now returns Result instead of Payload.

Author: SudKul

app/build.gradle

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ dependencies {
     kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$version_room"
 
     // Kotlin Extensions and Coroutines support for Room
-    implementation "androidx.room:room-ktx:$room_version"
+    implementation "androidx.room:room-ktx:$version_room"
 
     // WorkManager
     implementation "android.arch.work:work-runtime-ktx:$version_work"

app/src/main/java/com/example/android/devbyteviewer/work/RefreshDataWork.kt

@@ -33,15 +33,18 @@ class RefreshDataWorker(appContext: Context, params: WorkerParameters):
 
     /**
      * A coroutine-friendly method to do your work.
+     * Note: In recent work version upgrade, 1.0.0-alpha12 and onwards have a breaking change.
+     * The doWork() function now returns Result instead of Payload because they have combined Payload into Result.
+     * Read more here - https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/work#1.0.0-alpha12
      */
-    override suspend fun doWork(): Payload {
+    override suspend fun doWork(): Result {
         val database = getDatabase(applicationContext)
         val repository = VideosRepository(database)
         return try {
             repository.refreshVideos()
-            Payload(Result.SUCCESS)
+            Result.success()
         } catch (e: HttpException) {
-            Payload(Result.RETRY)
+            Result.retry()
         }
     }
 }

build.gradle

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ buildscript {
         version_moshi = "1.8.0"
         version_glide = "4.8.0"
         version_joda = "2.10"
-        version_work = "1.0.0-alpha11"
+        version_work = "1.0.1"
         version_timber = "4.7.1"
     }