Is it true that a call only takes effect if the Flow is being collected?

# compose-android

[Alexandru Gheorghe]

Is it true that a call only takes effect if the Flow is being collected?

[Chrimaeon]

Thats a question for #coroutines

[Chrimaeon]

TLDR; There is a difference between hot and cold flows
https://kotlinlang.org/api/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.flow/-flow/