Hey I am working in kotlin flow in android. I noticed that my kotlin flow collectLatest is calling twice and sometimes even more. I tried this answer but it didn't work for me. I printed the log inside my collectLatest function it print the log. I am adding the code

MainActivity.kt

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), CustomManager {

    private val viewModel by viewModels<ActivityViewModel>()
    private lateinit var binding: ActivityMainBinding
    private var time = 0

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
        setContentView(binding.root)
        setupView()
    }

    private fun setupView() {
        viewModel.fetchData()

        lifecycleScope.launchWhenStarted {
            repeatOnLifecycle(Lifecycle.State.STARTED) {
                viewModel.conversationMutableStateFlow.collectLatest { data ->
                    Log.e("time", "${time  }")
                   ....
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

ActivityViewModel.kt

class ActivityViewModel(app: Application) : AndroidViewModel(app) {

    var conversationMutableStateFlow = MutableStateFlow<List<ConversationDate>>(emptyList())

    fun fetchData() {
        viewModelScope.launch {
            val response = ApiInterface.create().getResponse()
            conversationMutableStateFlow.value = response.items
        }
    }

   .....
}

I don't understand why this is calling two times. I am attaching logs

2022-01-17 22:02:15.369 8248-8248/com.example.fragmentexample E/time: 0
2022-01-17 22:02:15.629 8248-8248/com.example.fragmentexample E/time: 1

As you can see it call two times. But I load more data than it call more than twice. I don't understand why it is calling more than once. Can someone please guide me what I am doing wrong. If you need whole code, I am adding my project link.

CodePudding user response：

The reason is collectLatest like backpressure. If you pass multiple items at once, flow will collect latest only, but if there are some time between emits, flow will collect each like latest

CodePudding user response：

Just a guess since I’m away from computer, but I suspect it is a result of combining launchWhenStarted and repeatOnLifecycle. You’re just supposed to use launch when using repeatOnLifecycle. By combining them you’re nesting two different ways of repeatedly subscribing to events and maybe they are interacting in a way that results in collecting the flow twice.