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hi guys I am new to kmp I am trying to work on a sample project, I was planning to use coroutines. I need to understand how can I implement `<http://dispatchers.io|dispatchers.io>` in iosMain. :pray:

<https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlinconf-app/blob/master/common/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinconf/DispatcherNative.kt>

<@U012C40FQQ6> so I see this one is for UI, this cannot be used for `io` ?

You can use the same for IO. Consider reading the official <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/multiplatform-coroutines-ios-threading/16280|post> or this <https://medium.com/@carlosdmp/android-ios-kotlin-multiplatform-api-and-threading-17b17e84992f|blog>.

_We are setting both Dispatchers with the iOS main queue, that’s because background threading is not ready yet, at least in a simple way._

_It’s not a problem since the HTTP call will be handled in background by *Ktor*. But in iOS, all the subsequent processing will take place on the Main thread meanwhile, in Android we can switch between Background and Main Dispatchers._

However, there are ways to do background work in native. You can check <https://github.com/touchlab/DroidconKotlin|DroidconKotlin>.