When building modern Android apps with Coroutines and Flow, we often need to control “how often” we react to events — typing, clicking, scrolling, sensor updates, etc.
*Three main operators help us to do this:
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Debounce
Throttle
Sample
These terms sound similar, but their behavior is very different.
This article explains them in simple language, real-world analogies, and Android use-cases — with Jetpack Compose focus.
Debounce: Wait until the user stops typing -> Best For Search box
Throttle: Allow only one event in a time window -> Best For Button taps
Sample: Sensors/rapid data -> Best For Take the latest value every X ms
Read full Article Here :
https://medium.com/stackademic/debounce-throttle-sample-in-kotlin-flow-when-to-use-which-86b3781038d9
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