Is there a way to do a launch in K/N yet without using runBlocking? I need to perform async tasks wi...

# kotlin-native

[Sam Schilling]

Is there a way to do a launch in K/N yet without using runBlocking? I need to perform async tasks without blocking the current thread, but just calling GlobalScope.launch for example throws an exception:

IllegalStateException: There is no event loop. Use runBlocking { ... } to start one.

The problem is if I surround my launch with runBlocking , I am no longer performing an async task as it will block the calling thread until the launched coroutine completes.

[basher]

This is basically what we made CoroutineWorker for. it'll be obsoleted by the native coroutines branch become part of the main releases. in the meantime you can use that or the native-mt (will have to search for the coroutines native PR to find the release tags I think) coroutines release

[Sam Schilling]

Do you know a rough expected timeline of when native coroutines will be merged in/officially supported?

[basher]

Nope. I don't think anyone does except for probably this year

[Sam Schilling]

what is native-mt?

[basher]

part of the branch name that has native support for multi-threaded coroutines

[Sam Schilling]

ah

[Sam Schilling]

great, thanks

[Sam Schilling]

looks like the branch is 1.3.3-native-mt