Is there an equivalent to `LiveData builder` in fl...

# coroutines

[AmrJyniat]

Is there an equivalent to LiveData builder in flow?

[Joffrey]

I'm not very familiar with LiveData (I haven't done Android development in years), but there is a builder for flows as well, such as:

flow {
    // suspend calls are OK here
    delay(100)
    emit(42)
}

Now LiveData seems to be more an equivalent for a StateFlow than a regular cold Flow that this builder would create. But you can always use stateIn() to convert your cold flow into a state flow (that will require an initial value though).

[Adam Powell]

the liveData {} builder was modeled after kotlinx.coroutines' flow {} and channelFlow {} builders, so yes. 🙂