kotlin coroutines dependency
implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.4.1'
// Kotlin coroutines
def coroutines_version = "1.5.0"
implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core: $coroutines_version"
kotlin coroutine builders
launch - Launches new coroutine without blocking
current thread and returns a reference to the coroutine
as a Job.
runBlocking - Runs new coroutine and blocks current
thread interruptible until its completion.
async - Creates new coroutine and returns its future
result as an implementation of Deferred.
withContext - Change a coroutine context for some
block.