Kotlin Coroutines the right way in Android

Question

I\'m trying to update a list inside the adapter using async, I can see there is too much boilerplate.

Is it the right way to use Kotlin Coroutines?

can this

Answer 1

Please find attached the implementation for a remote API call with Kotlin Coroutines & Retrofit library.

import android.view.View
import android.util.Log
import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
import com.test.nyt_most_viewed.NYTApp
import com.test.nyt_most_viewed.data.local.PreferenceHelper
import com.test.nyt_most_viewed.data.model.NytAPI
import com.test.nyt_most_viewed.data.model.response.reviews.ResultsItem
import kotlinx.coroutines.*
import javax.inject.Inject

class MoviesReviewViewModel @Inject constructor(
private val nytAPI: NytAPI,
private val nytApp: NYTApp,
appPreference: PreferenceHelper
) : ViewModel() {

val moviesReviewsResponse: MutableLiveData> = MutableLiveData()

val message: MutableLiveData = MutableLiveData()
val loaderProgressVisibility: MutableLiveData = MutableLiveData()

val coroutineJobs = mutableListOf()

override fun onCleared() {
    super.onCleared()
    coroutineJobs.forEach {
        it.cancel()
    }
}

// You will call this method from your activity/Fragment
fun getMoviesReviewWithCoroutine() {

    viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.Main + handler) {

        // Update your UI
        showLoadingUI()

        val deferredResult = async(Dispatchers.IO) {
            return@async nytAPI.getMoviesReviewWithCoroutine("full-time")
        }

        val moviesReviewsResponse = deferredResult.await()
        this@MoviesReviewViewModel.moviesReviewsResponse.value = moviesReviewsResponse.results

        // Update your UI
        resetLoadingUI()

    }
}

val handler = CoroutineExceptionHandler { _, exception ->
    onMoviesReviewFailure(exception)
}

/*Handle failure case*/
private fun onMoviesReviewFailure(throwable: Throwable) {
    resetLoadingUI()
    Log.d("MOVIES-REVIEWS-ERROR", throwable.toString())
}

private fun showLoadingUI() {
    setLoaderVisibility(View.VISIBLE)
    setMessage(STATES.INITIALIZED)
}

private fun resetLoadingUI() {
    setMessage(STATES.DONE)
    setLoaderVisibility(View.GONE)
}

private fun setMessage(states: STATES) {
    message.value = states.name
}

private fun setLoaderVisibility(visibility: Int) {
    loaderProgressVisibility.value = visibility
}

enum class STATES {

    INITIALIZED,
    DONE
}
}