| name | concurrency-android |
| description | Android concurrency & background work: coroutines/dispatchers, structured concurrency, WorkManager vs Services/Foreground services, and OS execution limits. Use when modifying Android app code or background processing. |
| metadata | {"short-description":"Android concurrency and background work","requires":["references/concurrency-android.md"]} |
Purpose
Keep UI responsive and background work reliable under Android platform constraints.
When to use
Use this skill when touching:
- Kotlin coroutines, flows, or dispatchers
- Service / WorkManager / JobScheduler
- long-running or background work
How to use
- Open
references/concurrency-android.md.
- Decide: in-process coroutine vs WorkManager vs Foreground Service. Justify with constraints.
- Enforce structured concurrency and cancellation paths.
- Define failure handling and retries (idempotency).
- Define observability (log correlation IDs; metrics for queue/latency).
- Define verification (unit tests + instrumentation tests if needed; background restrictions).
Output expectation
- Add an Android Background Work Choice section to the Concurrency Plan.
