How to integrate Coroutines in Android with other Android components?

Integrating Coroutines in Android can significantly simplify asynchronous programming. By leveraging the power of Kotlin Coroutines, you can work smoothly with Android components such as Activities, Fragments, and ViewModels. Below, we provide a comprehensive example of how to implement Coroutines in conjunction with a ViewModel.

Example of Coroutine Integration with ViewModel

// ViewModel class class MyViewModel : ViewModel() { private val _data = MutableLiveData() val data: LiveData get() = _data fun fetchData() { viewModelScope.launch { // Simulate a network call val result = fetchDataFromNetwork() _data.value = result } } private suspend fun fetchDataFromNetwork(): String { delay(1000) // Simulating network delay return "Data from network" } } // Activity class class MyActivity : AppCompatActivity() { private lateinit var viewModel: MyViewModel override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) viewModel = ViewModelProvider(this).get(MyViewModel::class.java) viewModel.data.observe(this, Observer { data -> // Update UI textView.text = data }) // Fetch data viewModel.fetchData() } }

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