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Kotlin coroutines basic example.
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// runs the code in the background thread pool | |
fun asyncOverlay() = async(CommonPool) { | |
// start two async operations | |
val original = asyncLoadImage("original") | |
val overlay = asyncLoadImage("overlay") | |
// and then apply overlay to both results | |
applyOverlay(original.await(), overlay.await()) | |
} | |
// launches new coroutine in UI context | |
launch(UI) { | |
// wait for async overlay to complete | |
val image = asyncOverlay().await() | |
// and then show it in UI | |
showImage(image) | |
} |
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