Improving Search Delay In UI With Channels And Flows
Improved search functionality with debounce using Flow and StateFlow in Android/KMM project, reducing unnecessary API calls and improving user experience.
What I did:
I worked on integrating the sorting and searching UI with the data-fetching logic, and I tested this with articles. Additionally, I added a simple input field for entering a search request. For this task, I had a common search challenge: implementing a delay when a user inputs a word.
Here's what my first solution looked like:
private var searchJob: Job? = null
fun onSearchTextChanged(searchText: String) {
_searchText.value = searchText
searchJob?.cancel()
searchJob = screenModelScope.launch {
delay(500)
if (searchText.isNotEmpty())...