diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/core/LiveDataController.java b/src/com/android/settings/core/LiveDataController.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.core;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
+import androidx.annotation.WorkerThread;
+import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
+import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData;
+import androidx.preference.Preference;
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
+
+import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settingslib.utils.ThreadUtils;
+
+/**
+ * This controller is targeted at the time consuming-bound controller.
+ */
+public abstract class LiveDataController extends BasePreferenceController {
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    protected CharSequence mSummary;
+
+    private Preference mPreference;
+    private MutableLiveData<CharSequence> mData;
+
+
+    public LiveDataController(Context context, String preferenceKey) {
+        super(context, preferenceKey);
+        mData = new MutableLiveData<>();
+        mSummary = context.getText(R.string.summary_placeholder);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize controller as live data controller and
+     * execute the background task for retrieving the summary text right away.
+     * @param fragment the owner of the live data observer.
+     */
+    public void initLifeCycleOwner(@NonNull Fragment fragment) {
+        mData.observe(fragment, str -> {
+            mSummary = str;
+            refreshSummary(mPreference);
+        });
+        ThreadUtils.postOnBackgroundThread(() -> {
+            mData.postValue(getSummaryTextInBackground());
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void displayPreference(PreferenceScreen screen) {
+        super.displayPreference(screen);
+        mPreference = screen.findPreference(getPreferenceKey());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CharSequence getSummary() {
+        return mSummary;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the time consuming work.
+     */
+    @WorkerThread
+    protected abstract CharSequence getSummaryTextInBackground();
+}
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/core/LiveDataControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/core/LiveDataControllerTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.android.settings.core;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
+
+import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settings.SettingsPreferenceFragment;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Implementation;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Implements;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.RealObject;
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class LiveDataControllerTest {
+    private static final String KEY = "test_key";
+    private static final CharSequence TEST_DATA = "test_data";
+
+    private Context mContext;
+    private TestPreferenceController mTestController;
+    private TestFragment mFragment;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        mContext = RuntimeEnvironment.application;
+        mFragment = new TestFragment();
+        mTestController = new TestPreferenceController(mContext, KEY);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void newController_returnPlaceHolderSummary() {
+        assertThat(mTestController.getSummary()).isEqualTo(
+                mContext.getText(R.string.summary_placeholder));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Config(shadows = ShadowLiveDataController.class)
+    public void initLifeCycleOwner_returnTestData() {
+        mTestController.initLifeCycleOwner(mFragment);
+        assertThat(mTestController.getSummary()).isEqualTo(TEST_DATA);
+    }
+
+    static class TestPreferenceController extends LiveDataController {
+        TestPreferenceController(Context context, String preferenceKey) {
+            super(context, preferenceKey);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public CharSequence getSummaryTextInBackground() {
+            return TEST_DATA;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getAvailabilityStatus() {
+            return AVAILABLE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestFragment extends SettingsPreferenceFragment {
+        @Override
+        public int getMetricsCategory() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Implements(LiveDataController.class)
+    public static class ShadowLiveDataController {
+        @RealObject LiveDataController mRealController;
+
+        @Implementation
+        protected void initLifeCycleOwner(@NonNull Fragment fragment) {
+            mRealController.mSummary = TEST_DATA;
+        }
+    }
+}