Multi-Threading and Asynchronous Execution Micro-Optimization

[CamiloFallaM]

Hi Kickstarter Team!

My name is Camilo Falla and I´m a student at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia studying Computer Science. I had the opportunity to take a look into the Kotlin repository in GitHub and found some micro-optimization ideas I would like to share with you. The ideas have to do with the use of Multi-Threading and Asynchronous Execution. In the file BooleanDataStore.kt we found the use of runBlocking which blocks the main Thread to continue with imperative tasks. That´s why, we think you should use a Couroutine that can add data to the DataStore in an asynchronous way without blocking the main thread. We think this will have a positive impact on the general performance of the app.

This would be the changes we would make on the file:

I think this micro-optimization would have a positive impact on the general application´s performance and efficiency. We hope you can take it into account in the future!

Best regards,
Camilo Falla, Carlos Silva, Juan José Beltrán