isBillingSupported blocks scheduler indefinitely

[dpkirchner]

The answer to the question in BaseObservable:

        // freeze the current RX thread until service is connected
        // because bindService() will call the connection callback on the main thread
        // we want to get back on the current RX thread
        ReactiveBillingLogger.log("Acquire semaphore until service is ready (thread %s)", Thread.currentThread().getName());
        semaphore.acquireUninterruptibly();

        // once the semaphore is released
        // it means that the service is connected and available
        //TODO: what happens if the service is never connected?
        deliverBillingService(subscriber);

seems to be "it blocks the scheduler thread forever". Ideally there'd be a way to use a timeout operator here, is there a reason that wouldn't work?

[lukaspili]

That would be better indeed. I'm also planning to invest more time into this threading issue, because current "blocking thread" solution does not seem to be the best solution.

[mruijzendaal]

Any update on this?