Is there a library or a sample app that shows how ...
# multiplatformm
Marwan Ehab
10/31/2023, 10:44 AMIs there a library or a sample app that shows how to handle background processing in Kotlin multiplatform?
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Dmytro Boiko
10/31/2023, 10:45 AMi guess u should implement kotlin coroutines
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Marwan Ehab
10/31/2023, 10:46 AMI mean while the app is in the background
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Dmytro Boiko
10/31/2023, 10:47 AMthen i think u should make implementation for each platform unique one.
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Casey Brooks
10/31/2023, 1:51 PMI don’t think anything exists quite yet. You can use WorkManager for Android and BGTaskScheduler for iOS, but you’d have to implement each one individually. Coroutines only work for apps in the foreground, and they cannot start an app that’s not already running.
I’ve recently started playing around with a library that wraps those and provides a KMP API on top, but it’s still in the very early stages of development. If you’re interested in following the progress or would like to help contribute to this feature, you can see the preview announcement here https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C03GTEJ9Y3E/p1697648634102369
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