From 4ae65e91df33c6a935fb85e63713a66188728f21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Erhardt <eric.erhardt@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:50:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Run GetShowsAsync in the background

This allows for faster startup because initializing and checking the cache doesn't block the UI thread.
---
 src/Mobile/ViewModels/DiscoverViewModel.cs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Mobile/ViewModels/DiscoverViewModel.cs b/src/Mobile/ViewModels/DiscoverViewModel.cs
index 3960beb..d36f3d5 100644
--- a/src/Mobile/ViewModels/DiscoverViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Mobile/ViewModels/DiscoverViewModel.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ public class DiscoverViewModel : BaseViewModel
 
     private async Task FetchAsync()
     {
-        var podcastsModels = await showsService.GetShowsAsync();
+        // run GetShowsAsync in the background, so things get initialized in the background
+        // like checking the cache and the web request
+        var podcastsModels = await Task.Run(() => showsService.GetShowsAsync());
 
         if (podcastsModels == null)
         {