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Simplifying Android Development with Coroutines and Flows

You're reading from   Simplifying Android Development with Coroutines and Flows Learn how to use Kotlin coroutines and the flow API to handle data streams asynchronously in your Android app

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801816243
Length 164 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – Kotlin Coroutines on Android
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Asynchronous Programming in Android FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Understanding Kotlin Coroutines 4. Chapter 3: Handling Coroutine Cancelations and Exceptions 5. Chapter 4: Testing Kotlin Coroutines 6. Part 2 – Kotlin Flows on Android
7. Chapter 5: Using Kotlin Flows 8. Chapter 6: Handling Flow Cancelations and Exceptions 9. Chapter 7: Testing Kotlin Flows 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 4: Testing Kotlin Coroutines

In the previous chapter, you learned about coroutine cancelations and how you can make your coroutines cancelable. You then learned about coroutine timeouts in milliseconds or Duration. Finally, you learned about exceptions and how you can handle them using try-catch and CoroutineExceptionHandler.

Creating tests is an important part of app development. The more code you write, the higher the chance that there will be bugs and errors. With tests, you can ensure your application works as you have programmed it. You can quickly discover issues and fix them immediately. Tests can make development easier, saving you time and resources. They can also help you refactor and maintain your code with confidence.

In this chapter, you will learn how to test Kotlin coroutines in Android. First, we will update the Android project for testing. We will then proceed with learning the steps to create tests for Kotlin coroutines.

In this chapter, we are going...

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