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Concurrent Programming with Android: Threads, Workers, and Kotlin Coroutines

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Overview

Take a deep dive into concurrent programming for Android. Learn about the techniques and components available for running tasks in the background.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Concurrency matters in Android apps
  • What you should know
1. Getting Started
  • Choices for concurrency in Android apps
  • Explore the starting application
2. Using Handlers, Runnables, and Threads
  • Define and run a Runnable object
  • Delay execution of a Runnable object
  • Manage background tasks with threads
  • Send a message to the UI from a background thread
  • Challenge: Run multiple background tasks with threads
  • Solution: Run multiple background tasks with threads
3. Manage Concurrent Tasks with Kotlin Coroutines
  • Define and run a simple coroutine
  • Switch between foreground and background threads
  • Run coroutines in a ViewModel class
  • Cancel coroutines with a job reference
  • Challenge: Run multiple coroutines in a ViewModel
  • Solution: Run multiple coroutines in a ViewModel
4. Manage Background and Deferrable Tasks
  • Run background tasks with IntentService
  • Upgrade IntentService to JobIntentService
  • Send results from JobIntentService to the UI
  • Manage deferrable tasks with WorkManager
  • Set work request constraints
  • Get results from a background worker
  • Send progress updates from a background worker
5. Create and Manage Long-Running Services
  • Create and run a bound service
  • Started services and background processing limits
  • Play audio in a service with MediaPlayer
  • Run a service in the foreground
  • Send intents from a foreground notification
  • Style a foreground notification
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

David Gassner

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