how do I switch between dispatchers using

async

and

await

?

You can pass a dispatcher to

async

, that dispatcher will be used to run the block.

await

uses the dispatcher in the current context, which you can change with

withContext

.

nice thank u

To clarify,

await

doesn't really "use" a dispatcher, it just suspends the current coroutine.

Yeah, as he's describing

await

will receive the value in the current context, so there MAY be benefits if you have to utilize that value inside that context as well.