startCoroutine

Common
JVM
JS
Native
1.3
fun < T > ( suspend ( ) -> T ) . startCoroutine (
completion : Continuation < T > )

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Starts a coroutine without a receiver and with result type T . This function creates and starts a new, fresh instance of suspendable computation every time it is invoked. The completion continuation is invoked when the coroutine completes with a result or an exception.

Common
JVM
JS
Native
1.3
fun < R , T > ( suspend R . ( ) -> T ) . startCoroutine (
receiver : R ,
completion : Continuation < T > )

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Starts a coroutine with receiver type R and result type T . This function creates and starts a new, fresh instance of suspendable computation every time it is invoked. The completion continuation is invoked when the coroutine completes with a result or an exception.