I'm new to Kotlin Flow on Android. Can you please tell me how I can migrate this LiveData code to Flow?
class MyViewModel @Inject constructor(private val myRepository: MyRepository) : ViewModel() {
val myData = MutableLiveData<Data?>(null)
fun fetchData(query: String) {
viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
myData.postValue(myRepository.fetchSuspend(query))
}
}
}
You have to use a MutableStateFlow
instead of MutableLiveData
to hold the data. A StateFlow
is similar to a LiveData
in that it emits updates to its observers.
class MyViewModel @Inject constructor(private val myRepository: MyRepository) : ViewModel() {
private val _myData = MutableStateFlow<Data?>(null)
val myData: StateFlow<Data?>
get() = _myData.asStateFlow()
fun fetchData(query: String) {
viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
_myData.value = myRepository.fetchSuspend(query)
}
}
}