How to Async/await in List.forEach() in Dart
I'm writing some kind of bot (command line application) and I'm having trouble with async execution when I'm using the "forEach" method. Here is a simplified code of what I'm trying to do :
main() async {
print("main start");
await asyncOne();
print("main end");
}
asyncOne() async {
print("asyncOne start");
[1, 2, 3].forEach(await (num) async {
await asyncTwo(num);
});
print("asyncOne end");
}
asyncTwo(num) async
{
print("asyncTwo #${num}");
}
And here is the output :
main start
asyncOne start
asyncOne end
main end
asyncTwo #1
asyncTwo #2
asyncTwo #3
What I'm trying to get is :
main start
asyncOne start
asyncTwo #1
asyncTwo #2
asyncTwo #3
asyncOne end
main end
If someone knows what I'm doing wrong I would appreciate it.
Solution 1:
You need to use Future.forEach.
main() async {
print("main start");
await asyncOne();
print("main end");
}
asyncOne() async {
print("asyncOne start");
await Future.forEach([1, 2, 3], (num) async {
await asyncTwo(num);
});
print("asyncOne end");
}
asyncTwo(num) async
{
print("asyncTwo #${num}");
}
Solution 2:
I don't think it's possible to achieve what you want with the forEach
method. However it will work with a for
loop. Example;
asyncOne() async {
print("asyncOne start");
for (num number in [1, 2, 3])
await asyncTwo(number);
print("asyncOne end");
}