Dispatchers

Dispatchers
A dispatcher determines which thread or thread pool the coroutine runs on

Dispatchers
A dispatcher determines which thread or thread pool the coroutine runs on
Different dispatchers are available depending on the task specificity

Dispatchers
A dispatcher determines which thread or thread pool the coroutine runs on
Different dispatchers are available depending on the task specificity
launch(Dispatchers.Default) {
// do some CPU intensive processing task here
}

Dispatchers
Common dispatchers:
Main
Main thread update in UI driven applications (e.g. Android)
Main dispatcher needs to be defined in Gradle

Dispatchers
Common dispatchers:
Main
Main thread update in UI driven applications (e.g. Android)
Main dispatcher needs to be defined in Gradle
Default
Useful for CPU intensive work

Dispatchers
Common dispatchers:
Main
Main thread update in UI driven applications (e.g. Android)
Main dispatcher needs to be defined in Gradle
Default
Useful for CPU intensive work
IO
Useful for network communication or reading/writing files

Dispatchers
Common dispatchers:
Main
Main thread update in UI driven applications (e.g. Android)
Main dispatcher needs to be defined in Gradle
Default
Useful for CPU intensive work
IO
Useful for network communication or reading/writing files
Unconfined
Starts the coroutine in the inherited dispatcher that called it