Hello everyone! Would : ``` private val _event = MutableSharedFlow<S>(extraBufferCapacity = 1...

# coroutines

[Marco Pierucci]

Hello everyone!
Would :

private val _event = MutableSharedFlow<S>(extraBufferCapacity = 1)
    val event: SharedFlow<S> get() = _event.asSharedFlow()

be a correct alternative to Channels for single shots events? Or would events would still be dropped if there are no subscribers

[streetsofboston]

In my experience, without subscribers, calling emit will cause the event to be dropped.

[streetsofboston]

This would make it wait for at least n subscribers:

subscriptionCount.first { it >= n }
emit(value)

[Javier]

https://proandroiddev.com/android-singleliveevent-redux-with-kotlin-flow-b755c70bb055

[Marco Pierucci]

This suggest of using Channels, which I know is a valid alternative, my question was if the snippet I shared could work as a replacement for Channels

[Javier]

In that post you can see a section about SharedFlow

[Marco Pierucci]

What about the use of SharedFlow? Can that help? Unfortunately, no. SharedFlow is hot. This means that during periods where the is no observer, say during a configuration change, events emitted on to the flow are simply dropped. Regrettably, this also makes SharedFlow inappropriate to emit events on.

[Marco Pierucci]

You mean this?