<@U86J330VD> I can't delay inside the main thread ...

# coroutines

[otakusenpai]

@SUPERCILEX I can't delay inside the main thread because it should wait for 1 minute, which is a long time for the app(its networked)

[oday]

like this here

override fun fetchAndSaveFavorites(): Observable<List<WishResponse>> =
        carsService.getFavorites().map { favorites ->
            database.favoritesDao().wipeTable()
            database.favoritesDao().insert(favorites)
            favorites
        }

insert now accepts List<FavoriteCars> not List<WishResponse> anymore, but the data required to make a FavoriteCar is inside each WishResponse

[elizarov]

launch { 
    delay(60000)
    // do something after 1 minute
}

[otakusenpai]

but then i could launch a new coroutine in each loop of the while loop

[otakusenpai]

which could result in a cascading effect

[elizarov]

launch {
    while(true) {
        delay(60000)
        // do something _every_ minute
    }
}

[SUPERCILEX]

@elizarov nooooooo while(true) is bad. Should be while(isActive) so you don't shoot yourself in the foot later cancelling stuff

[SUPERCILEX]

Or does delay actually handle that for you?

[elizarov]

No bad. delay is cancellable. You can do while(isActive) but you don’t have to.

[SUPERCILEX]

Damn, that's sweet! TIL 😁