Performing Background Jobs with WorkManager and Coroutines

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Douglas Starnes

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01. Course Overview

01. Course Overview.mp4

01:29

02. Executing Background Tasks with WorkManager

02. Overview.mp4

01:36

03. Using WorkManager.mp4

05:41

04. Demo-Using WorkManager.mp4

08:22

05. Work Constraints.mp4

03:33

06. Demo-Work Constraints.mp4

05:57

07. Summary.mp4

01:38

03. WorkManager Advanced Techniques

08. Overview.mp4

01:38

09. Retrying Work.mp4

05:21

10. Demo-Retrying Work.mp4

04:50

11. Work Chains.mp4

05:59

12. Demo-Work Chains.mp4

07:19

13. Summary.mp4

02:08

04. Creating Coroutines

14. Overview.mp4

01:33

15. History of Android Background Tasks.mp4

04:04

16. Coroutine Fundamentals.mp4

03:52

17. Demo-Coroutine Fundamentals.mp4

05:38

18. Structured Concurrency and Coroutine Scopes.mp4

04:34

19. Demo-Structured Concurrency and Coroutine Scopes.mp4

03:20

20. Why You Should Almost Never Use runBlocking.mp4

03:35

21. Summary.mp4

02:02

05. Handling Coroutine Errors

22. Overview.mp4

01:07

23. Cancelling Coroutines.mp4

03:10

24. Demo-Cancelling Coroutines.mp4

03:39

25. Coroutine Exception Handling.mp4

02:30

26. Demo-Coroutine Exception Handling.mp4

03:03

27. Summary.mp4

01:33

06. Taking Advantage of Android

28. Overview.mp4

01:16

29. Channels.mp4

04:06

30. Demo-Channels.mp4

04:23

31. Demo-Android Coroutine Basics.mp4

04:51

32. Coroutines with Android Jetpack.mp4

02:16

33. Demo-Coroutines with Android Jetpack.mp4

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34. Return of the WorkManager.mp4

02:31

35. Summary.mp4

01:26

Description

This course will teach you how to run background tasks in an Android app while leaving the user interface working.

What You'll Learn?

Leaving the user interface working while running background tasks is very important when dealing with Android apps. In this course, Performing Background Jobs with WorkManager and Coroutines, you’ll learn to perform long running background tasks in an Android application. First, you’ll explore the WorkManager. Next, you’ll discover Kotlin coroutines. Finally, you’ll learn how to use coroutines in an Android application and coordinate with the WorkManager. When you’re finished with the course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of WorkManager and coroutines needed to build Android apps that perform background tasks.

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Douglas Starnes

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Douglas Starnes is a tech author, professional explainer and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies in Memphis, TN. He is published on Pluralsight, Real Python and SkillShare. Douglas is co-director of the Memphis Python User Group, Memphis .NET User Group, Memphis Xamarin User Group and Memphis Power Platform User Group. He is also on the organizing committees of Scenic City Summit in Chattanooga, and TDevConf, a virtual conference in the state of Tennessee. A frequent conference and user group speaker, Douglas has delivered more than 70 featured presentations and workshops at more than 35 events over the past 10 years. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis on Music Composition from the University of Memphis.

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