android - LiveData remove Observer after first callback

Question

How do I remove the observer after I receive the first result? Below are two code ways I've tried, but they both keep receiving updates even though I have removed the observer.

Observer observer = new Observer<DownloadItem>() {
        @Override
        public void onChanged(@Nullable DownloadItem downloadItem) {
            if(downloadItem!= null) {
                DownloadManager.this.downloadManagerListener.onDownloadManagerFailed(null, "this item already exists");
                return;
            }
            startDownload();
            model.getDownloadByContentId(contentId).removeObservers((AppCompatActivity)context);
        }
    };
    model.getDownloadByContentId(contentId).observeForever(observer);

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 model.getDownloadByContentId(contentId).observe((AppCompatActivity)context, downloadItem-> {
             if(downloadItem!= null) {
                this.downloadManagerListener.onDownloadManagerFailed(null, "this item already exists");
                return;
            }
            startDownload();
            model.getDownloadByContentId(contentId).removeObserver(downloadItem-> {});
        } );

Answer 1

There is a more convenient solution for Kotlin with extensions:

fun <T> LiveData<T>.observeOnce(lifecycleOwner: LifecycleOwner, observer: Observer<T>) {
    observe(lifecycleOwner, object : Observer<T> {
        override fun onChanged(t: T?) {
            observer.onChanged(t)
            removeObserver(this)
        }
    })
}

This extension permit us to do that:

liveData.observeOnce(this, Observer<Password> {
    if (it != null) {
        // do something
    }
})

So to answer your original question, we can do that:

val livedata = model.getDownloadByContentId(contentId)
livedata.observeOnce((AppCompatActivity) context, Observer<T> {
    if (it != null) {
        DownloadManager.this.downloadManagerListener.onDownloadManagerFailed(null, "this item already exists");
    }
    startDownload();
})

The original source is here: https://code.luasoftware.com/tutorials/android/android-livedata-observe-once-only-kotlin/

Update: @Hakem-Zaied is right, we need to use observe instead of observeForever.