Is there a way to share emitted value between consumers of the flow that's backed by the channel? Ca...

# coroutines

[Maciek]

Is there a way to share emitted value between consumers of the flow that's backed by the channel? Can't figure out a way for both consumers to get the same value. In attached test producer is playing ping pong between them. I hope SharedFlow will be released soon, but until it is, is there any other way? 😅

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[Desmond Teo]

I think BroadcastChannel is what you’re looking for

[Maciek]

it's working, thanks!

[Maciek]

If I'm using openSubscription like that, should I somehow close it after flow is closed?

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[molikuner]

I think you should be able to use asFlow instead of this function. Then you don’t have the problem of closing.

[Maciek]

but now BroadcastChannel broke that producer produces only when there're subscribers, this is another requirement. Is there a way to have both, so shared value and a lazy producer?

[molikuner]

I’m not sure whether that fixes your problem, but you could try to use send instead of offer.

[Maciek]

unfortunetly it doesn't because BroadcastChannel is buffered or confloated so it won't suspend the call straight away