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How does the .asLiveData() operator work? Kotlin Flow for Android Development

This video explains the differences between the asLiveData operator compared to the collect and launchIn operator.

The terminal operator “asLiveData” converts a flow into a LiveData object.

This video also explains the parameters “context” and “timeoutInMs” that can be passed to asLiveData.

TimeStamps

  • 00:00 – Intro
  • 00:35 – Problem: Flow not canceled when the app is put into the background
  • 03:20 – Naive Solution: manually cancelling the job
  • 07:42 – Problems of the naive Solution
  • 10:17 – Using asLiveData
  • 14:15 – Recap of asLiveData operator
  • 15:55 – asLiveData vs collect vs launchIn
  • 20:00 – context parameter of asLiveData
  • 21:05 – timeoutInMs parameter of asLiveData

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