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Performing Background Jobs with WorkManager and Coroutines

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

Douglas Starnes - Pluralsight course - Performing Background Jobs with WorkManager and Coroutines
by Douglas Starnes
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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 - Pluralsight course - Performing Background Jobs with WorkManager and Coroutines
Douglas Starnes

Douglas Starnes is a polyglot ninja and tech community influencer in the Memphis area making stuff that works on more than just the web. He is a co-director of the Memphis Python User Group and a board member of the Memphis .NET User Group.

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