Simplifying Android Development with Coroutines and Flows: Learn how to use Kotlin coroutines and the flow API to handle data streams asynchronously in your Android app

Simplifying Android Development with Coroutines and Flows
Foreword
Contributors
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Preface
    Who this book is for
    What this book covers
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Part 1 – Kotlin Coroutines on Android
Chapter 1: Introduction to Asynchronous Programming in Android
    Technical requirements
    Understanding asynchronous programming
    Exploring threads, AsyncTasks, and Executors
        Threads
        Callbacks
        AsyncTask
        Executors
    The new way to do it – coroutines and flows
        Kotlin coroutines
        Kotlin Flows
    Summary
    Further reading
Chapter 2: Understanding Kotlin Coroutines
    Technical requirements
    Creating coroutines in Android
    Exploring coroutine builders, scopes, and dispatchers
        Coroutine builders
        Coroutine scopes
        Coroutine dispatchers
    Understanding coroutine contexts and jobs
        Coroutine contexts
        Coroutine jobs
    Exercise – using coroutines in an Android app
    Summary
Chapter 3: Handling Coroutine Cancelations and Exceptions
    Technical requirements
    Canceling coroutines
        Exercise 3.01 – canceling coroutines in an Android app
    Managing coroutine timeouts
    Catching exceptions in coroutines
        Exercise 3.02 – catching exceptions in your coroutines
    Summary
Chapter 4: Testing Kotlin Coroutines
    Technical requirements
    Setting up an Android project for testing coroutines
    Unit testing suspending functions
    Testing coroutines
    Exercise 4.01 – adding tests to coroutines in an Android app
    Summary
    Further reading
Part 2 – Kotlin Flows on Android
Chapter 5: Using Kotlin Flows
    Technical requirements
    Using Flows in Android
    Creating Flows with Flow builders
    Using operators with Flows 
        Collecting Flows with terminal operators
        Transforming Flows with Intermediate operators
    Buffering and combining flows
        Buffering Kotlin Flows
        Combining Flows
    Exploring StateFlow and SharedFlow
    Exercise 5.01 – Using Kotlin Flow in an Android app
    Summary
Chapter 6: Handling Flow Cancelations and Exceptions
    Technical requirements
    Canceling Kotlin Flows
    Retrying tasks with Flow
    Catching exceptions in Flows
    Handling Flow completion
    Exercise 6.01 – Handling Flow exception in an Android app
    Summary
Chapter 7: Testing Kotlin Flows
    Technical requirements
    Setting up an Android project for testing Flows
    Testing Kotlin Flows
    Testing Flows with Turbine
    Exercise 7.01 – Adding tests to Flows in an Android app
    Summary
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