hi. somewhere i heard about Flow.collectAsState wi...

# compose

[Moritz Post]

hi. somewhere i heard about Flow.collectAsState with an "InLifecycle" or "OnLifecycle" appended. It is preferred to the regular collectAsState. Anybody has more infos on it?

[Marko Novakovic]

https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/consuming-flows-safely-in-jetpack-compose-cde014d0d5a3

[Moritz Post]

That was the one. Thanks.

[Marko Novakovic]

Keeping resources active in the background section is what you are probably looking for

[Moritz Post]

indeed

[Marko Novakovic]

“It is preferred to the regular collectAsState” that will answer why