Apollo-android: Documentation for Normalized Cache and Optimistic responses

[moritzmorgenroth]

Hi,

I was just reading around normalized cache and optimistic responses.
After some digging, I saw that @sav007 created/merged a few features concerning this (last one being, #618).

Is there some documentation or best practice example on how to use these features? Im a little lost and all the apollo android docs seem broken atm.

Generally, I would like to be able to put my mutation results in the cache and reload dependent queries. How can this be implemented?

Any tips?

Thanks!

[digitalbuddha]

As this project is run by volunteers, we do not have proper documentation. We do have fantastic test coverage! Take a look at the tests to see if you CA find a good example.

[digitalbuddha]

This might be what you're looking for https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-android/blob/25fe56574d9eb6581ed248476ffaf5bbded658d9/apollo-integration/src/test/java/com/apollographql/apollo/OptimisticCacheTestCase.java

[moritzmorgenroth]

@digitalbuddha Thanks, that actually helps a lot! Im assuming the tests can be used as guidance for the beste practices? One more thing I did not discover in the tests: What is the recommended way to refetch the dependent queries? Should I use a watcher or the refetch mechanism? Thanks a lot!

[digitalbuddha]

I would use the refetchQueries mechanism which will allow you to say which queries to refetch when the mutation happens. Enjoy!