Is it best to send a synchronous or an asynchronous request?
I’m sending a request to a server, asking for a list of files, which I would like the user to choose from.
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Is it best to send a synchronous or an asynchronous request?
I’m sending a request to a server, asking for a list of files, which I would like the user to choose from.
Synchronous request does stop the application from any user action until it completes, because it runs in the main thread.
Asynchronous does not as it runs in other thread.