Setup Android Kotlin Coroutines (1.1) With Coroutine Scope

Dependencies

Edit module:app build.gradles.

dependencies {
    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jetbrains.kotlinx/kotlinx-coroutines-android
    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.1.1'
}

Coroutine Scope

CoroutineScope helps to ensure the Job is cancelled when container/scope is destroyed (e.g. the coroutines will cancel when activity is destroyed).

@ExperimentalCoroutinesApiclass GoogleDriveListActivity : AppCompatActivity(), CoroutineScope by MainScope() {    override fun onDestroy() {        super.onDestroy()        cancel()    }    override fun test() {        // launch in background thread        launch(Dispatchers.Default) {        }        // launch in main/ui thread        launch { // Dispatchers.Main        }    }}

NOTE: If the job should outlived the parent container, use GlobalScope.launch.

NOTE: Refer Android Kotlin Coroutine Scope for Activity, Fragment and ViewModel (Architecture Components)

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