can someone please explain the difference between ```Flow<T>.debounce and Flow<T>.sample...

# coroutines

[Luis Munoz]

can someone please explain the difference between

Flow<T>.debounce and Flow<T>.sample

I read the documentation and don't really understand when i would use one or the other. I have the following code:

informService.informCount.debounce(250.milliseconds)

informCount is a StateFlow that gets updated super fast it doesn't seem to work (not emitting anything). Should I use sample instead of debounce or no?

[octylFractal]

sample continuously emits every period of time, debounce only emits after no events occur for period of time

[octylFractal]

for your use case, you probably want to sample so that you get something even if it keeps updating

[julian]

Just to clarify @octylFractal's explanation slightly, debounce emits the latest event after no events occur for a period of time.

[Luis Munoz]

thanks