Android Development with Kotlin

9.

Concurrency and Background Tasks

9.1.

Android Threading Model

9.1.1.

The Main Thread (UI Thread)

9.1.1.1.

UI Thread Constraints

9.1.1.2.

ANR (Application Not Responding)

9.1.2.

Background Threads

9.1.2.1.

9.1.2.2.

9.2.

Traditional Threading Approaches

9.2.1.

Thread and Runnable

9.2.2.

Handler and Looper

9.2.3.

AsyncTask (Deprecated)

9.2.4.

Executor Framework

9.3.

Kotlin Coroutines on Android

9.3.1.

Coroutines Fundamentals

9.3.1.1.

Suspending Functions

9.3.1.2.

Coroutine Builders

9.3.2.

Coroutine Scopes

9.3.2.1.

CoroutineScope Interface

9.3.2.2.

9.3.2.3.

9.3.2.4.

GlobalScope (Avoiding)

9.3.2.5.

9.3.3.

9.3.3.1.

Main Dispatcher

9.3.3.2.

9.3.3.3.

Default Dispatcher

9.3.3.4.

Unconfined Dispatcher

9.3.4.

Launching Coroutines

9.3.4.1.

9.3.4.2.

9.3.4.3.

9.3.4.4.

9.3.5.

Structured Concurrency

9.3.5.1.

Parent-Child Relationships

9.3.5.2.

9.3.5.3.

Exception Handling

9.3.6.

9.3.6.1.

9.3.6.2.

9.3.6.3.

9.3.6.4.

Collecting Flows

9.3.6.5.

StateFlow and SharedFlow

9.4.

9.4.1.

Introduction to WorkManager

9.4.1.1.

9.4.1.2.

Guaranteed Execution

9.4.2.

9.4.2.1.

9.4.2.2.

9.4.3.

Defining Workers

9.4.3.1.

9.4.3.2.

CoroutineWorker

9.4.3.3.

ListenableWorker

9.4.4.

9.4.4.1.

OneTimeWorkRequest

9.4.4.2.

PeriodicWorkRequest

9.4.5.

9.4.5.1.

Network Connectivity

9.4.5.2.

9.4.5.3.

9.4.5.4.

9.4.5.5.

9.4.6.

9.4.6.1.

Sequential Work

9.4.6.2.

9.4.6.3.

Work Continuations

9.4.7.

Input and Output Data

9.4.7.1.

Passing Data to Workers

9.4.7.2.

Returning Results

9.4.8.

Work States and Observing Work

9.4.8.1.

9.4.8.2.

Observing Work Progress

9.4.9.

Advanced WorkManager Features

9.4.9.1.

9.4.9.2.

9.4.9.3.

9.5.

Background Processing Best Practices

9.5.1.

Choosing the Right Approach

9.5.2.

Battery Optimization

9.5.3.

Doze Mode and App Standby

9.5.4.

Background Execution Limits

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