Simplifying Android Development with Coroutines and Flows: Learn how to use Kotlin coroutines and the flow API to handle data streams asynchronously in your Android app

Cover
Title
Copyright and Credits
Foreword
Table of Contents
Part 1 – Kotlin Coroutines on Android
Chapter 1: Introduction to Asynchronous Programming in Android
	Technical requirements
	Understanding asynchronous programming
	Exploring threads, AsyncTasks, and Executors
		Threads
		Callbacks
		AsyncTask
		Executors
	The new way to do it – coroutines and flows
		Kotlin coroutines
		Kotlin flows
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Understanding Kotlin Coroutines
	Technical requirements
	Creating coroutines in Android
	Exploring coroutine builders, scopes, and dispatchers
		Coroutine builders
		Coroutine scopes
		Coroutine dispatchers
	Understanding coroutine contexts and jobs
		Coroutine contexts
		Coroutine jobs
	Exercise – using coroutines in an Android app
	Summary
Chapter 3: Handling Coroutine Cancellations and Exceptions
	Technical requirements
	Canceling coroutines
		Exercise 3.01 – canceling coroutines in an Android app
	Managing coroutine timeouts
	Catching exceptions in coroutines
		Exercise 3.02 – catching exceptions in your coroutines
	Summary
Chapter 4: Testing Kotlin Coroutines
	Technical requirements
	Setting up an Android project for testing coroutines
	Unit testing suspending functions
	Testing coroutines
	Exercise 4.01 – adding tests to coroutines in an Android app
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 2 – Kotlin Flows on Android
Chapter 5: Using Kotlin Flows
	Technical requirements
	Using Flows in Android
	Creating Flows with Flow builders
	Using operators with Flows
		Collecting Flows with terminal operators
		Transforming Flows with Intermediate operators
	Buffering and combining flows
		Buffering Kotlin Flows
		Combining Flows
	Exploring StateFlow and SharedFlow
	Exercise 5.01 – Using Kotlin Flow in an Android app
	Summary
Chapter 6: Handling Flow Cancellations and Exceptions
	Technical requirements
	Canceling Kotlin Flows
	Retrying tasks with Flow
	Catching exceptions in Flows
	Handling Flow completion
	Exercise 6.01 – Handling Flow exception in an Android app
	Summary
Chapter 7: Testing Kotlin Flows
	Technical requirements
	Setting up an Android project for testing Flows
	Testing Kotlin Flows
	Testing Flows with Turbine
	Exercise 7.01 – Adding tests to Flows in an Android app
	Summary
Index