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Getting_the_response.kt

I am getting the response when I try to access result, from outside. But since I am new to OOP and Kotlin and Android, I would really appreciate it if someone could criticize what I did, because I am not sure I chose the right implementation

I can't get the response otherwise in Main Activity. Do you know a way I can avoid the result variable ? If yes, I would love to delete it

This is what I do in MainActivity :

        var inst = ForecastService("...")
        var s: Result&lt;ForecastResponse&gt; = runBlocking {
            inst.getResponse(37.8267, -122.4233)
        }

then, the only way I found to actually get the forecastResponse is to call inst.result.[GSON object] after these lines. But I doubt this is the way it should be done

Aaah! now i get it!
You should be able to do:
```
fun getResponse(lat: Double, long: Double): Deferred&lt;Result&lt;ForecastResponse&gt;&gt;{
    return async (<http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>) {
        requestForecast(lat, long)
    }
}
```

and then
```
launch (Dispatchers.Main) { 
    val response = inst.getResponse(37.8267, -122.4233).await()
}
```

But like many others said, If you want to use the value diesctly in the activity probably something like LiveData is a better option. The solution I provided above will just provide you with a one off value where as LiveData and ViewModel will update you on the value over time and keep it during configuration changes

It should be `withContext(<http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>) { }` if you await at the same time as calling. It comes out to the same and is more efficient. <@U5DDNSMDH> 

<@U6P03BM0W>Cool have completely missed `withContext`

thank you very very much <@U5DDNSMDH> <@U6P03BM0W>, I got exactly what I was looking for