Repeat a task with a time delay?

Question

I have a variable in my code say it is \"status\".

I want to display some text in the application depending on this variable value. This has to be done with a speci

Answer 1

Using kotlin and its Coroutine its quite easy, first declare a job in your class (better in your viewModel) like this:

private var repeatableJob: Job? = null

then when you want to create and start it do this:

repeatableJob = viewModelScope.launch {
    while (isActive) {
         delay(5_000)
         loadAlbums(iImageAPI, titleHeader, true)
    }
}
repeatableJob?.start()

and if you want to finish it:

repeatableJob?.cancel()

PS: viewModelScope is only available in view models, you can use other Coroutine scopes such as withContext(Dispatchers.IO)

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