Where do I mark a lambda expression async?

B. Clay Shannon picture B. Clay Shannon · Dec 23, 2012 · Viewed 141.9k times · Source

I've got this code:

private async void ContextMenuForGroupRightTapped(object sender, RightTappedRoutedEventArgs args)
{
    CheckBox ckbx = null;
    if (sender is CheckBox)
    {
        ckbx = sender as CheckBox;
    }
    if (null == ckbx)
    {
        return;
    }
    string groupName = ckbx.Content.ToString();

    var contextMenu = new PopupMenu();

    // Add a command to edit the current Group
    contextMenu.Commands.Add(new UICommand("Edit this Group", (contextMenuCmd) =>
    {
        Frame.Navigate(typeof(LocationGroupCreator), groupName);
    }));

    // Add a command to delete the current Group
    contextMenu.Commands.Add(new UICommand("Delete this Group", (contextMenuCmd) =>
    {
        SQLiteUtils slu = new SQLiteUtils();
        slu.DeleteGroupAsync(groupName); // this line raises Resharper's hackles, but appending await raises err msg. Where should the "async" be?
    }));

    // Show the context menu at the position the image was right-clicked
    await contextMenu.ShowAsync(args.GetPosition(this));
}

...that Resharper's inspection complained about with, "Because this call is not awaited, execution of the current method continues before the call is completed. Consider applying the 'await' operator to the result of the call" (on the line with the comment).

And so, I prepended an "await" to it but, of course, I then need to add an "async" somewhere, too - but where?

Answer

BoltClock picture BoltClock · Dec 23, 2012

To mark a lambda async, simply prepend async before its argument list:

// Add a command to delete the current Group
contextMenu.Commands.Add(new UICommand("Delete this Group", async (contextMenuCmd) =>
{
    SQLiteUtils slu = new SQLiteUtils();
    await slu.DeleteGroupAsync(groupName);
}));