What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction to Asynchronous Programming in Android, visits asynchronous programming in Android and shows the various ways it is being done now. Toward the end, the new recommended ways of coroutines and flows will be introduced.

Chapter 2, Understanding Kotlin Coroutines, introduces Kotlin coroutines and shows how they can be used for asynchronous programming in Android. It will demonstrate how to create coroutines, and discuss coroutine builders, scopes, dispatchers, contexts, and jobs.

Chapter 3, Handling Coroutine Cancelations and Exceptions, discusses coroutine cancelations, and how you can manage coroutine cancelations, timeouts, and exceptions properly.

Chapter 4, Testing Kotlin Coroutines, describes how you can test Kotlin coroutines in Android.

Chapter 5, Using Kotlin Flows, covers the basics of Kotlin flows and how they can be used for asynchronous programming in Android. It continues with creating flows with flow builders. It will also discuss flow operators, buffering and combining flows, and StateFlow and SharedFlow.

Chapter 6, Handling Flow Cancelations and Exceptions, explores how to manage cancelations, completion, and exceptions in your flows.

Chapter 7, Testing Kotlin Flows, provides details on how you can test the flows in your Android project.