public interface

ErrorHandler

 androidx.car.app.activity.ErrorHandler

Subclasses:

CarAppViewModel, ServiceConnectionManager.ServiceConnectionListener

Gradle dependencies

compile group: 'androidx.car.app', name: 'app-automotive', version: '1.7.0-beta01'

  • groupId: androidx.car.app
  • artifactId: app-automotive
  • version: 1.7.0-beta01

Artifact androidx.car.app:app-automotive:1.7.0-beta01 it located at Google repository (https://maven.google.com/)

Overview

Error handling abstraction

Summary

Methods
public voidonError(ErrorHandler.ErrorType errorType)

Notifies of an error condition to be displayed to the user.

Methods

public void onError(ErrorHandler.ErrorType errorType)

Notifies of an error condition to be displayed to the user. While the error is presented, the CarAppActivity will be disconnected from the host service.

Parameters:

errorType: type of error to display

Source

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package androidx.car.app.activity;

import static androidx.annotation.RestrictTo.Scope.LIBRARY;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.RestrictTo;
import androidx.annotation.StringRes;
import androidx.car.app.automotive.R;

/**
 * Error handling abstraction
 *
 */
@RestrictTo(LIBRARY)
public interface ErrorHandler {
    /**
     * Possible actions to take when the user clicks on the action button associated with an
     * error
     */
    enum ActionType {
        /** Redirect the user to the "vending application" (e.g.: Google Play Store) */
        UPDATE_HOST(R.string.error_action_update_host),
        /** Finish the application */
        FINISH(R.string.error_action_finish),
        /** Try to reconnect */
        RETRY(R.string.error_action_retry),
        ;

        private final @StringRes int mActionResId;

        ActionType(@StringRes int actionResId) {
            mActionResId = actionResId;
        }

        /** Returns the title of the action button for this type of error */
        public @StringRes int getActionResId() {
            return mActionResId;
        }
    }

    /**
     * All possible error conditions
     */
    enum ErrorType {
        CLIENT_SIDE_ERROR(R.string.error_message_client_side_error, ActionType.FINISH),
        HOST_ERROR(R.string.error_message_host_error, ActionType.FINISH),
        HOST_CONNECTION_LOST(R.string.error_message_host_connection_lost, ActionType.RETRY),
        HOST_NOT_FOUND(R.string.error_message_host_not_found, ActionType.UPDATE_HOST),
        HOST_INCOMPATIBLE(R.string.error_message_host_incompatible, ActionType.UPDATE_HOST),
        MULTIPLE_HOSTS(R.string.error_message_multiple_hosts, ActionType.FINISH),
        UNKNOWN_ERROR(R.string.error_message_unknown_error, ActionType.FINISH),
        ;

        private final @StringRes int mMessageResId;
        private final @NonNull ActionType mActionType;

        ErrorType(@StringRes int messageResId, @NonNull ActionType actionType) {
            mMessageResId = messageResId;
            mActionType = actionType;
        }

        /** Returns a human-readable message to show for this type of error */
        public @StringRes int getMessageResId() {
            return mMessageResId;
        }

        /** Returns the type of action to execute when the user clicks on the associated button */
        public @NonNull ActionType getActionType() {
            return mActionType;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Notifies of an error condition to be displayed to the user. While the error is presented,
     * the {@link CarAppActivity} will be disconnected from the host service.
     *
     * @param errorType type of error to display
     */
    void onError(@NonNull ErrorType errorType);
}