How does the .asLiveData() operator work? Kotlin Flow for Android Development

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This video explains the differences between the asLiveData operator compared to the collect and launchIn operator.

The terminal operator “asLiveData” converts a flow into a LiveData object.

This video also explains the parameters “context” and “timeoutInMs” that can be passed to asLiveData.

TimeStamps
00:00 – Intro
00:35 – Problem: Flow not canceled when the app is put into the background
03:20 – Naive Solution: manually cancelling the job
07:42 – Problems of the naive Solution
10:17 – Using asLiveData
14:15 – Recap of asLiveData operator
15:55 – asLiveData vs collect vs launchIn
20:00 – context parameter of asLiveData
21:05 – timeoutInMs parameter of asLiveData

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