Hi all! I’m looking to call a REST API from an and...

# android

[Ryan Flynn]

Hi all! I’m looking to call a REST API from an android app with coroutines. I could use some pointers to the best practices for how to call and propagate a JSON response from the api elsewhere in the application (business logic) which in turn will update the UI? Also, my more specific question is can I (and how) block the IO thread waiting for a synchronous HTTP request to return? How would I set this up from the caller? Thanks

[Adam Powell]

Use Retrofit; there are many guides and tutorials out there for using it with suspend functions

[Jim]

Search YT for "Kotlin Coroutines in Practice" by Roman Elizarov from KotlinConf 2018.

He gives practical examples of using coroutines in similar fashion of what you're seeking.