Replace Anko's doAsync, uiThread with kotlinx-coroutines-core lib

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Hello,
is it possible to replace Anko’s doAsync and uiTread with something from kotlinx-coroutines-core lib?

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Not yet, but the next release of kotlinx.coroutines project will come out with a separate kotlin-coroutines-android module. That will provide a replacement you are looking for.

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Thank you!

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could you tell, please, when the next release of kotlinx.coroutines will come?

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Somewhere this week.

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Thank you!

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Released. A guide on UI programming with coroutines is here: kotlinx.coroutines/coroutines-guide-ui.md at master · Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines · GitHub

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Thank you!

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one thing, but offtopic: it would be nice to see examples in javadoc of kotlin libraries(stdlib, etc.). For example, the page https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.experimental/-job/index.html has been written good, but lacks examples of code; it would be useful to see the sections “Examples” in the docs.

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I have not figured out how to provide nice self-contained examples right there. Most of the functions are not independent and are really used in the context of other functions. There are lots of the examples in the guide: kotlinx.coroutines/coroutines-guide.md at master · Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines · GitHub As you can see, they are all somewhat on the big side to be included directly into the documentation pages.

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maybe in javadoc in section “Examples” put links on the examples?

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Great idea, thank you. I can automate that by adding back-references from the reference documentation on functions and classes to the guide sections that mention (link to) them.

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Thank you too! and one more thing, by the way: Changelog in javadocs for every class\method\function would be also useful, if it is possible to add; what i mean, for example, is here: PHP: json_encode - Manual