Suspend function 'callGetApi' should be called only from a coroutine or another suspend function
Suspend function should be called only from coroutine. That means you need to use a coroutine builder, e.g. launch
. For example:
class Activity : AppCompatActivity(), CoroutineScope { private var job: Job = Job() override val coroutineContext: CoroutineContext get() = Dispatchers.Main + job override fun onDestroy() { super.onDestroy() job.cancel() } override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) launch { val result = callGetApi() onResult(result) // onResult is called on the main thread } } suspend fun callGetApi(): String {...} fun onResult(result: String) {...}}
To use Dispatchers.Main
in Android add dependency to the app's build.gradle
file:
implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.0.1'
Looks like the most elegant way to do it as of July 2019, is the one described here:
import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScopeimport kotlinx.coroutines.launchclass Activity : AppCompatActivity() { override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super... lifecycleScope.launch { val result = callGetApi() onResult(result) } }}
Don't forget to add the correponding lib:
implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.2.0-alpha02"
The above answer worked , but i solved it without inheriting CoroutineScope
class by just using .... gradle.build
dependencies { implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.3.3' }
Activity.kt
import kotlinx.coroutines.GlobalScope import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers GlobalScope.launch (Dispatchers.Main) { callGetApi() }
Dispatchers.Main
is important cause you cannot update the UI in any other thread than main.
But its recommended to inherit CoroutineScope to maintain the lifecycle of the activity and onDestroy
of the activity to kill the job