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# [Why Your Flow Refuses to Hop Threads: Context Preservation, flowOn, and channelFlow in Kotlin](https://android-expert.hashnode.dev/why-your-flow-refuses-to-hop-threads-context-preservation-flowon-and-channelflow-in-kotlin?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Why withContext breaks flow { } in Kotlin. Learn context preservation, when to use flowOn or channelFlow, and the Android failures that crash apps.

Nov 2 · 11 min read · android-expert.hashnode.dev  
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