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Hi guys! :slightly_smiling_face: I’m looking to rewrite some of our old Rx code with flow but I just can’t get my head around this one...
What I’m looking to do is : collect a flow with a timeout, everytime I collect a value, check if it satisfies a certain condition else keep collecting
And I need a way to know if, at the end of the timeout, nothing was collected.
I feel like I’m somewhat close with this but it just doesn’t seem to be working like I want :confused:
```val result = withTimeoutOrNull(10000L) {
    flowProvider.getFlow().collect {
        if (it.condition) // ALL GOOD, can exit collect and keep going
        else // Not good enough, collect some more and see if I can get a match
    }
}
if (result) == null // Assume nothing was collected?```
Is it even feasible this way?

perhaps `.first { it.condition }` instead of `collect` here?

Gave it a try but withTimeoutOrNull then seem to exist right away without doing anything :thinking_face:
Also, not sure if relevant but could be. The stream behind the flow is a hot one. Right now, it’s a StateFlow (considering moving it to a SharedFlow but I don’t believe it matters for that specific use case)