I have this function in my repository of my android application

override suspend fun displayItem(contentId: Long): DisplayItemState =
        withContext(<http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>) {
            val encodedUrl = encode("${BuildConfig.MY_CONTENT_C_URL}$contentId", StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name())
            DisplayItemState(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("${BuildConfig.MY_MOBILE_CLICK}${loginToken()!!}?url=$encodedUrl")))
        }

which is called in this

init{}

of my viewModel private lateinit var notificationDisplayItem: DisplayItemState init { if (isNotification) viewModelScope.launch { when (notificationAction) { VALUE_ARG_SPECIALTY_NOTIFICATION_ACTION_VIEW -> notificationDisplayItem = repository.displayItem(contentId!!) VALUE_ARG_SPECIALTY_NOTIFICATION_ACTION_SAVE -> TODO("Should never occur as save broadcast receiver") VALUE_ARG_SPECIALTY_NOTIFICATION_ACTION_DISCARD -> TODO("Should never occur as discard broadcast receiver") else -> TODO("Unexpected notification action $notificationAction") } } }

the issue is the

lateinit

variable

notificationDisplayItem

is not being initialized how can i get my code to "wait" for the call to

repository.displayItem(contentId!!)

to respond

Why does

displayItem

need to suspend, though?

how i got to this "position" is that android studio flags the

encode

call with "P_*ossibly blocking call in non-blocking context could lead to thread starvation*_"

and i was investigating how i could resolve this i have a feeling

encode

is not that big an issue

Your feeling is correct, you can safely suppress that warning

thanks for your time 😄