Hey, I want to replace Android’s `Timer.schedule` ...

# coroutines

[maxmello]

Hey, I want to replace Android’s Timer.schedule (one time delayed execution) with coroutines, is there a better way than just launching a coroutine and calling delay() at the beginning? With structured concurrency, it would be able to get cancelled the same way than with cancelling the Timer, right?

[altavir]

Why do you need to use it with coroutines? Timer and coroutines are two differenc concepts and it is better not to mix them

[maxmello]

I don’t want to use it with coroutines, I want to replace my Timer code with coroutine code but get the same behavior

[streetsofboston]

@maxmello in short, the answer to your question is "yes" :)

[vishna]

it should be fine. also never used Timer.schedule on Android but rather Handler.postDelayed

[maxmello]

Ok, thank you 🙂