Why `RoomDatabase.withTransaction` is defined in `RoomDatabase.android.kt` and not available commonl...

# room

[Olivier Patry]

Why RoomDatabase.withTransaction is defined in RoomDatabase.android.kt and not available commonly?

Is the db.useWriterConnection { it.immediateTransaction } the way to go in shared code? It feels like a workaround, right?

[Olivier Patry]

@Transaction in Dao isn't suitable in my case

[Phuc YNWA]

Late but I think it is useful. Room Multiplatform has function Transactor.withTransaction (https://android.googlesource.com/platform//frameworks/support/+/refs/heads/androidx-main/[…]roidx/room/Transactor.kt?autodive=0%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F), you can get it as a receive parameter in useWriterConnection block.

suspend fun <R> RoomDatabase.useWriterConnection(block: suspend (Transactor) -> R): R =
    withContext(getCoroutineScope().coroutineContext) { useConnection(isReadOnly = false, block) }
        .also { invalidationTracker.refreshAsync() }

For example:

database.useWriterConnection {
    it.withTransaction(Transactor.SQLiteTransactionType.IMMEDIATE) {
         userDao.insertAll(entities)
    }
}

[Olivier Patry]

Thanks, I'll try to take a look at it when I'm working again on this topic

[Olivier Patry]

Late on my side too 😅
Didn't had the time to recheck since your answer.

So, it seems to execute properly.

I still do not understand why don't we have the same API on desktop.

Is it the exact same behavior?