I'll begin by showing what should be the expected output, both from a sensible view point and because it's what happens if the functions weren't async. about to resolve about to return from foo code right after awaited return from…
I’m learning async/await and trying to fetch an image from a URL off the main thread to avoid overloading it, while updating the UI afterward. Before starting the fetch, I want to show a loading indicator (UI-related work). I’ve implemented…
I have the following polling task. Its roughly exactly like this but obviously a bit contrived to make the question simple. class SocketClass { private var pollingTask: Task<Void, Never>? func startPoll() { // Stop previous polling task pollingTask?.cancel() pollingTask =…
I'm fairly new to Flutter and am trying to check a Firebase document for user information before building the page. The method to check the document is async but if I try to await the result in my class HomePage…
When using for await...of to iterate over an async generator, the final value (return value) seems to be consumed and inaccessible afterward. Here's a minimal example: async function* exampleGenerator() { let i = 1; while (true) { if (something) {…
Its often said that async/await is just syntactic sugar over promises, and we can re-write code using one approach over other. Lets say I have this piece of code using promises: async function main() { const promise = new Promise((resolve)…
I am having trouble with what I believe is asynchronous functions. I have some end points pointing towards a host with some requests to get a token from my login data, and another get request that uses that token to…
In my WPF application (.NET 8.0) I want to consume a asynchronous operation from a 3rd party library. When testing with all code inside the MainWindow.xaml.cs it works smoothely. When I move the same code into a separate class, using…
I know there are plenty of resources explaining for await...of, but I don't think I'll ever fully grasp the concept until I see an example that works the exact same way but with more basic syntax. Thing is, if my…
I have to use async/await with withCheckedThrowingContinuation to get a result from an external lib (I cannot modify this lib). I call this from a UIViewController (which means the Task will be on the MainActor if I understood correctly). But…