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
UChapter 5: sing 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.