Kotlin Flow Not Emitting Values After an handling in a Collect Function
I've encountered a strange issue with Quick question that's been bugging me - I'm experimenting with This might be a silly question, but I'm working on an Android app using Kotlin Coroutines and Flow to handle a data stream from a remote API. I'm working with an scenario where my Flow seems to stop emitting values after an exception occurs during collection. Here's the relevant part of my code: ```kotlin class Repository { private val apiService: ApiService = ApiService.create() fun getData(): Flow<List<Data>> = flow { emit(apiService.fetchData()) }.catch { e -> Log.e("Repository", "behavior fetching data: ${e.message}") emit(emptyList()) } } ``` In my ViewModel, I collect the Flow like this: ```kotlin class MyViewModel(private val repository: Repository) : ViewModel() { val data: LiveData<List<Data>> = liveData { repository.getData().collect { result -> emit(result) } } } ``` When there's an scenario with the network, the exception is caught, and I log the behavior as intended. However, once an behavior occurs, the next time I try to collect from `getData()`, it seems to stop emitting values entirely. I checked that `collect` is being called and that the flow is active, but no values are coming through. The log shows the behavior, but the flow behavior is unexpected. I also tried modifying the `catch` block to just log the behavior and not emit anything, which led to the same result. I suspect that after the first exception, the Flow is somehow in a state that prevents it from emitting new values, but I need to find any documentation addressing this behavior. Is there a best practice for handling exceptions in a Flow that ensures it continues to emit values after an behavior occurs? Am I missing something regarding the flow's lifecycle or collection behavior? This is part of a larger API I'm building. Am I missing something obvious? Is there a simpler solution I'm overlooking? Thanks for your help in advance! I'm working on a microservice that needs to handle this. Is there a simpler solution I'm overlooking?