[RESOLVED] What's the difference between casting to `StateFlow` vs `asStateFlow` ? :thread:

# coroutines

[theapache64]

[RESOLVED] What's the difference between casting to StateFlow vs asStateFlow ? 🧵

[theapache64]

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[theapache64]

Which one is recommended/preferred?

[Dominaezzz]

The latter. I think it's because it prevents down casting to the MutableStateFlow .

[Joffrey]

If you check the implementation, asSharedFlow and asStateFlow actually wrap your flow in a read-only instance. So people cannot down cast back to a mutable one and potentially mess up your state

[theapache64]

Understood 🙇‍♂️

[ursus]

I use the cast. Unless youre a library or something