Why use Flow if we have the powerful ChannelFlow in mobile development? | by First I have fika, then I write apps. | Jan, 2024
Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash I know there are plenty of articles about flow and channelFlow, often highlighting that channelFlow uses Channel behind the scenes. But what does this actually mean for mobile developers? When does the distinction truly matter? Can we have the…
Synchronous and Asynchronous runs: run, runCatching, runBlocking and runInterruptible in Kotlin | by First I have fika, then I write apps. | Dec, 2023
Photo by oğuz can on Unsplash Recently, I watched a video about runBlocking. It’s a good explanation of runBlocking behavior. In summary, runBlocking documentation highlights several key limitations and recommendations: This video effectively covered these points. In this post, however, I aim to dive deeper….
Read and Write Data in a Sandboxed App (Part 1)
If you are developing a Mac app you may need to read and write files to the user’s Mac folders, outside of the app container. I found myself in the same situation many times. So in this guide I want to share what is my…
Make Code Easier to Write and Read in Swift 5.9
Swift 5.9 introduces some improvements that will allow a more clear and less tedious to write code. This changes affect if else and switch statements. Let’s see them more in detail. If-else The ternary syntax is really handy and allows us to return a result…