Hi, I am using the databinding and ViewModel with the repository pattern. My repository is exposing ...

# android

[hawklike]

Hi, I am using the databinding and ViewModel with the repository pattern. My repository is exposing Flow that contains Result wrapper (indicates Loading, Success or Failure state). I could convert Flow to LiveData in ViewModel and observe (and handle) changes in a fragment, but since I am using databinding, it seems to me as one extra step. Therefore, is there a way how to safely collect flows in the ViewModel?

[dephinera]

you can: https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/data-binding/observability#stateflow

[hawklike]

Thank you. The problem is I have to parse the result from the flow, and cannot simply map flow to anything else. I have used the shareIn() method with started=WhileSubscribed but I am not sure if it's completely safe.