MVVM: how to pass a resources string from view model to view?

I want to display a text in my view. However, the text is not dependent of "data" from my model I can display directly but depends on a state enum. Dependent of the state I want to display a pre-defined text in my string resources file.

For example, I have the following enum in the model layer:

enum class GreetingType
{
    GREETING_FIRST_TIME,
    WELCOME_BACK,
    GOODBYE
}

In my strings.xml I have the respective strings:

R.string.greeting_first_time
R.string.welcome_back
R.string.goodbye

My question is: How should the interface between view model and view look like? Should I pass:

1. the enum (e.g. GreetingType.GOODBYE)
2. the resource ID (e.g. R.string.goodbye)
3. the resolved string (e.g. context.resources.getString(R.string.goodbye)

Each approach seems to have downsides:

• With 1. and 2. I need the mapping logic in the view.
• With 3. I need context in the view model, which I would like to avoid.

Is there a recommended approach?

Can I achieve both:

• Keep the view dumb (by avoiding if/else)
• Keep the view model clean of the Android Framework (i.e. use ViewModel instead of AndroidViewModel)?

The examples I found only deal with data being displayed directly.

Can I achieve both:

• Keep the view dumb (by avoiding if/else)

• Keep the view model clean of the Android Framework (i.e. use ViewModel instead of AndroidViewModel)?

You can satisfy both of these conditions with TextResource. This will allow you to build your string in the ViewModel (without a context) and resolve it in the UI

// ViewModel
val title = TextResource.simple(R.string.greeting, userName) // expose via Flow or LiveData

// Compose
Text(title.resolveString())

// Views
textView.text = title.resolveString(context)