Sharing my Preference for DataStore

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DataStore replaces SharedPreferences with two implementations — Preferences DataStore for primitive key/value pairs and Proto DataStore for typed protocol buffer objects — built on Kotlin coroutines and Flow. It provides atomic read‑modify‑write operations, signals IO errors via exceptions, runs writes on Dispatchers.IO so UI thread stays responsive, and supports migrations from SharedPreferences (requires a migration‑done flag). Current release is alpha and requires a protobuf serializer for proto stores.

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1. 0:00Introduction to DataStore
2. 0:57Problems with SharedPreferences
3. 4:29Why choose DataStore
4. 5:12Preferences DataStore demo
5. 7:57Writing data with DataStore
6. 9:23Migrating from SharedPreferences
7. 10:26Proto DataStore crash course
8. 13:13Writing to Proto DataStore
9. 14:37Proto DataStore migration
10. 16:25Multiple DataStore instances
11. 17:27DataStore advantages
12. 19:36Q&A session

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