awaited task not running asynchronously
async-await, c#, linq-to-twitter
Solution
`async` and `await` do not magically make blocking code non-blocking. Linq-to-twitter is not an asynchronous API, and sticking it in a `Task.FromResult` will do nothing.
If you want to push the querying to a background thread, you could use `Task.Run` instead of `Task.FromResult`. A more efficient (but more involved) solution would be to use an asynchronous twitter API.
Problem
I'm trying to download some twitter info asynchronously and it's blocking the UI thread. I'm using LinqToTwitter (http://linqtotwitter.codeplex.com/) to download the info. Here's the call to the task ``` PublicTweetListBox.ItemsSource = await getTweets(twitterCtx); ``` And here's the task itself ``` async Task<List<TweetViewModel>> getTweets(TwitterContext twitterCtx) { var tweetList = await Task.FromResult<List<TweetViewModel>>( (from tweet in twitterCtx.Status where tweet.Type == StatusType.User && tweet.ScreenName == UserName.Text select new TweetViewModel { Name = tweet.User.Name, Tweet = tweet.Text, ImageUrl = tweet.User.ProfileImageUrl }) .ToList()); return tweetList; } ``` I'm doing something wrong in the way I await downloading the list, TweetViewModel is a custom type if that helps.