Throttle UI actions instead of debouncing (#3651)

Introduce Flow<T>.throttleFirst(). In a flow this emits the first value,
and each value afterwards that is > some timeout after the previous
value.

This prevents accidental double-taps on UI elements from generating
multiple-actions.

The previous code used debounce(). That has a similar effect, but with
debounce() the code has to wait until after the timeout period has
elapsed before it can process the action, leading to an unnecessary
UI delay.

With throttleFirst a value is emitted immediately, there's no need
to wait. It's subsequent values that are potentially throttled.
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package com.keylesspalace.tusky.util
import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
import kotlin.time.Duration
import kotlin.time.ExperimentalTime
import kotlin.time.TimeMark
import kotlin.time.TimeSource
/**
* Returns a flow that mirrors the original flow, but filters out values that occur within
* [timeout] of the previously emitted value. The first value is always emitted.
*
* Example:
*
* ```kotlin
* flow {
* emit(1)
* delay(90.milliseconds)
* emit(2)
* delay(90.milliseconds)
* emit(3)
* delay(1010.milliseconds)
* emit(4)
* delay(1010.milliseconds)
* emit(5)
* }.throttleFirst(1000.milliseconds)
* ```
*
* produces the following emissions.
*
* ```text
* 1, 4, 5
* ```
*
* @see kotlinx.coroutines.flow.debounce(Duration)
* @param timeout Emissions within this duration of the last emission are filtered
* @param timeSource Used to measure elapsed time. Normally only overridden in tests
*/
@OptIn(ExperimentalTime::class)
fun <T> Flow<T>.throttleFirst(
timeout: Duration,
timeSource: TimeSource = TimeSource.Monotonic
) = flow {
var marker: TimeMark? = null
collect {
if (marker == null || marker!!.elapsedNow() >= timeout) {
emit(it)
marker = timeSource.markNow()
}
}
}