async Task is freezing the UI

Question

I have a method like this:

private async Task DoSomething()
{
    // long running work here.
}

When I call the method like this it blocks t

Answer 1

Without the actual code, it's hard to tell you what's going on, but you can start your DoSomething with 'await Task.Yield();' to force it to return immediately, in case what's running before the first await is what's causing your UI issue.