How to set default value in BehaviourSubject

Question

Probably a noob question. How do I set a default value to a BehaviourSubject.

I have an enum with 2 different values

enum class WidgetState {
    HIDDEN,
    VISIBLE
}

And a behaviour subject which emits the states

val widgetStateEmitter: BehaviorSubject<WidgetState> = BehaviorSubject.create()

My emitter starts emitting when the view logic is written. However it's HIDDEN by default. How do I set the default value as WidgetState.HIDDEN to my emitter widgetStateEmitter?

Answer 1

There's a static BehaviorSubject.createDefault(T defaultValue) factory method that allows to set the initial value.

The Javadoc for the defaultValue parameter says:

defaultValue - the item that will be emitted first to any Observer as long as the BehaviorSubject has not yet observed any items from its source Observable

So you just have to create your BehaviorSubject as follows:

val widgetStateEmitter: BehaviorSubject<WidgetState> = 
        BehaviorSubject.createDefault(HIDDEN)