So I have a two mutable shared flows, Flow A and F...

# coroutines

[Justin Salér]

So I have a two mutable shared flows, Flow A and Flow B. When Flow A triggers I want to use the latest value of Flow B, without having to react to when Flow B updates . I am also using the flow at other places so I don't want to cancel it. I tried combine but then I react to Flow B's updates. I then tried zip , but it cancels Flow B. I can get it to work with replayCache()?.latestOrNull() but that doesn't look good at all...

[streetsofboston]

Then you should not combine them.

Just let Flow B update a (state) variable/property when it emits a value.

Use map on Flow A that uses it's emitted value and the variable/property mentioned above.

[streetsofboston]

Or instead of the variable/property, use flowB.value inside flowA.map { ... }.

flowA.map { calcValue(it, flowB.value) }

[Justin Salér]

They are shared flows though... Not State Flows

[Justin Salér]

But thanks. I think I managed to achieve something similar.

[streetsofboston]

Ah, yes... shared, not state flows...
Still you can create a state-flow out of the shared flow flowB and go from there... 🙂

[Joffrey]

@streetsofboston yeah I kinda suggested the same thing when answering this SO question a few weeks back:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68831421/kotlin-flow-how-to-combine-two-flows-and-only-emit-the-result-when-the-first-flo/68832423#68832423