How to handle Backpressure aka BufferOverflows | Kotlin Flow for Android Development

🎓 Get the full 15+ hour-long Course "Kotlin Coroutines and Flow for Android Development" with a nice discount here: https://www.lukaslechner.com/coroutines-flow-android?source=youtube 👨‍🎓 Here is the link to the Github Example Repository: https://github.com/LukasLechnerDev/Kotlin-Coroutine-Use-Cases-on-Android In Kotlin Flows, if the producer is emitting items faster than the collector can process them, we get into a situation that is known as "Backpressure" or, as the Kotlin Flow documentation calls it "BufferOverflow" In this video, you will learn how to deal with Backpressure / BufferOverflows by applying - the SUSPEND onBufferOverflow strategy - the DROP_OLDEST onBufferOverflow strategy - the DROP_LATEST onBufferOverflow strategy TimeStamps: 00:00 Intro 00:17 explanation of the buffer operator 01:35 capacity of the buffer 02:56 onBufferOverFlow strategies 03:42 SUSPEND onBufferOverFlow strategy 08:14 DROP_OLDEST onBufferOverFlow strategy 11:00 DROP_LATEST onBufferOverFlow strategy 12:00 Unlimited buffer capacity ➤ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr9FeEqCspjGTiOc3HplCqw?sub_confirmation=1 🌎 Check out my website: https://www.lukaslechner.com 📬 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.lukaslechner.com/newsletter/ ➤ Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/LukasLechnerDev