is it possible to post values to a mutable livedat...

# android

[matt tighe]

is it possible to post values to a mutable livedata from a coroutine? i’m trying to emit state updates from a long-running background process. something like this: (apologies for using experimental still)

fun doLongProcess() = runBlocking {
    async {
        state.postValue("starting process")
        startLongProcess()
    }
}

[rkeazor]

You should use the 1.0 version. Time to upgrade, the IDE will help you migrate once you update. I would think so, just remember to use CoroutineScope, and Dispatchers.MAIN

[Mark Buikema]

withContext(Dispatchers.MAIN) {
liveData.postValue(xxx)
}