Adds a new Async Tasks page to the NativePHP Mobile v4 docs, under Digging Deeper (order: 240, between Push Notifications and Queues).
Why
Async tasks were undocumented. Without a reference page, the two things most likely to bite people are invisible:
the work closure must be static (a non-static closure throws at dispatch time), and
finished() / failed() callbacks are scoped to the screen that dispatched them, so they're dropped if the user navigates away.
Contents
Overview, with the freeze-the-screen problem async tasks solve
Why the work closure must be static, and how to pass data in via use
finished() and failed(), including the AsyncTaskException stand-in and originalClass()
Screen-scoped callbacks vs. shared() named events consumed with #[On]
Running several tasks concurrently against the background context pool
Task classes extending AsyncTask with a handle() method
Testing with AsyncTask::fake() and its available assertions
A How It Works section covering the background PHP context and the native event channel
Things to Note summary
Throughout, the page draws a clear line between async tasks and queued jobs — async tasks are not durable, not retried, and don't survive the app being killed — and cross-links to the existing Queues page.
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What
Adds a new Async Tasks page to the NativePHP Mobile v4 docs, under Digging Deeper (order: 240, between Push Notifications and Queues).
Why
Async tasks were undocumented. Without a reference page, the two things most likely to bite people are invisible:
Contents
Throughout, the page draws a clear line between async tasks and queued jobs — async tasks are not durable, not retried, and don't survive the app being killed — and cross-links to the existing Queues page.
Docs only; no application code changed.
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