I have a complex migration added to my Room database builder. As this particular migration requires downloading some data from a server, I'm using a splash screen to wait for the whole process to finish before opening the app's main activity.

The problem is migrations are not automatically executed on the "build()" method, as they seems to be executed internally on a separated thread.

I also thought on using RoomDatabase.Callback to detect when the database is opened but as the migration is complex and attempts to download data from a server, it can fail, and the app can stay waiting forever.

I need to trigger the migration and wait for its completion, and if possible catch migration errors.

This is the code on the Application class:

appLoadingStatus.value = AppLoadingStatus.INITIALIZING
db= Room.databaseBuilder(this@App,Database::class.java,"app-database")
        .addMigrations(Database.MIGRATION_12_13).build()
//Here I need to wait for migrations to finish in case they are executed, and catch ay possible errors
appLoadingStatus.value = AppLoadingStatus.INITIALIZED

And this is the migration:

val MIGRATION_12_13: Migration = object : Migration(12, 13) {
    override fun migrate(database: SupportSQLiteDatabase) {
        runBlocking(Dispatchers.Main) {
            val newIds =App.instance.getIdsForMigration()?:throw IllegalStateException("Unable do get data from server")
            database.execSQL("ALTER TABLE Coin ADD `id` INTEGER NOT NULL")
            newIds.forEach {symbolIdPair->
                database.execSQL("UPDATE Coin SET id='${symbolIdPair.id}' where symbol='${symbolIdPair.symbol}'")
            }
            database.execSQL("ALTER TABLE Coin RENAME TO `Coin_backup`")
            database.execSQL("CREATE TABLE `Coin` (`symbol` TEXT NOT NULL, `id` INTEGER NOT NULL, `name` TEXT, `imageSrc` TEXT, `rank` INTEGER NOT NULL, `max_supply` REAL NOT NULL, `quantity` REAL NOT NULL, `market` TEXT NOT NULL, `type` TEXT, `price` REAL NOT NULL, `lastUpdate` INTEGER NOT NULL, `lastVolume` REAL NOT NULL, `lastVolumeTo` REAL NOT NULL, `volumeDay` REAL NOT NULL, `volumeDayTo` REAL NOT NULL, `volume24h` REAL NOT NULL, `volume24hTo` REAL NOT NULL, `openDay` REAL NOT NULL, `highDay` REAL NOT NULL, `lowDay` REAL NOT NULL, `open24h` REAL NOT NULL, `high24h` REAL NOT NULL, `low24h` REAL NOT NULL, `change24h` REAL NOT NULL, `changePct24h` REAL NOT NULL, `changeDay` REAL NOT NULL, `changePctDay` REAL NOT NULL, `supply` REAL NOT NULL, `mktCap` REAL NOT NULL, `totalVolume24h` REAL NOT NULL, `totalVolume24hTo` REAL NOT NULL, `favourite` INTEGER NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(`id`))")
            database.execSQL("INSERT INTO `Coin` SELECT * FROM `Coin_backup`")
        }
    }
}