# Using Android Architecture Components with Firebase Realtime Database (Part 3)

DevFeed: [Using Android Architecture Components with Firebase Realtime Database (Part 3)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-android-architecture-components-with-firebase-realtime-database-part-3-16248.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2017/12/using-android-architecture-components_22>)

Author: Doug Stevenson

Published: 2017-12-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Realtime Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/realtime-database.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-architecture.md>), [architecture-components](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture-components.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [net-conf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/net-conf.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [realtime-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime-database.md>), [threading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threading.md>), [viewmodel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/viewmodel.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how lifecycle-aware Android Architecture Components work with Firebase Realtime Database. It focuses on LiveData and ViewModel, threading for expensive data manipulation, and the performance cost of removing and re-adding database listeners during Activity configuration changes.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.