Could use a Flow<T> to replace a LiveData?

# coroutines

[dewildte]

Could use a Flow<T> to replace a LiveData?

[dewildte]

Or maybe I should wire the LiveData's active status to the Flow<T>.

[elizarov]

ConflatedBroadcastChannel is a better replacement for LiveData. Maybe we should give it a short and more catchy name?

[elizarov]

https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/1082

[dewildte]

@elizarov You sir are a genius and have given me an idea! I can open a subscription to the BroadcastChannel when the `LiveData`'s status changes to active and close the subscription when the status is not active!

[dewildte]

This is just amazing!

[Fatih]

Are there any limitations on number of channels created at a time (regarding system performance) ? How expensive is channel creation compared to LiveData ?

[dewildte]

I would have a only a single LiveData to hold the entire state of the view, so only 1 channel is needed for that.

[dewildte]

It would not be very costly.