Guide on Kotlin Coroutines for muggles

Kotlin Coroutines Cheatsheet.md

Core Language Methods

Block method	Returns	Thread		Notes
launch	Job	From Pool parameter
async	Deferred	From Pool parameter		Use await to get result
withTimeout	value from Coroutine	From Pool parameter
thread	Null	New thread		Not a coroutine, but same as launch

Launch Methods

cancel cancels the coroutine job execution cancelAndJoin cancels the job and waits for its completion

Async Arguments

start = CoroutineStart.LAZY) starts an async routine only when it's needed

Coroutine Contexts

Unconfined - Main thread coroutineContext - Main thread CommonPool - ForkJoinPool <specificThread> -

Closure Properties

isActive set to false if computation is cancelled

Kotlinx Methods

Block method	Returns	Thread	Closure Method	Notes