What is a Coroutine? 🤔

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💡 What is a Coroutine? 🤔

A simple question — yet one that traps many Android developers.

Most of us say:

“It’s used to run background tasks.”

❌ Sounds correct... until the interviewer says,

“That’s wrong.” 😅

So what is a coroutine really?

Find out here 👇

🔗 Kotlin Coroutines Explained: Why “Coroutine = Background Task” is Wrong

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