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How to repeat a task within a duration of delay using coroutines in Android?

while(!canceled) {
   delay(duration)
   doStuff()
}


?

This keeps running until scope is cancelled

```launch {
        while (isActive) {
            delay(INTERVAL)
            doStuff()
        }
    }```

<@UHM5QMQ81> is canceled or is not canceled? I am a little bit confused. I am not sure how to manage this method in the android UI thread.

it will keep running until scope is canceled, or while scope is not canceled (i hope that helps)

there are other ways of canceling the task if needed

about the UI thread, it's safe to run this on it, it will not block the UI (unless `doStuff()` takes a long time)

I want to do stuff repeatedly in an interval then Is it okay?
I am working on it, Thanks for your input.

```
    withTimeoutOrNull(timeMillis){
        while(isActive){
            doThing()
        }
    }
```
or
```
    withTimeoutOrNull(timeMillis){
        while(true){
            doThing()
            yield()
        }
    }
```

That looks like it's gonna do the thing repeatedly for given time, not do it at an interval

isn't that what he is asking about? From his latest message:
&gt;I want to do stuff repeatedly in an interval

The wording of the question is a bit confusing

Yeah, it's not that clear. <@ULJJX0EHG> Do you need task executed repeatedly for some time or once per time intrerval, repeatedly?

No need to check for cancellation or isActive if you have suspend function such as delay(), any suspend already checks cancellation on call and return