```val caption : String? = null val caption : Str...

# android

[lam bui]

val caption : String? = null 
val caption : String? = ""
should I use option 1 or 2 to initialize a variable?

[Creep Toe]

Better make it non-nullable and use second option

[Chrimaeon]

From an architecture perspective it depends on the context if null means something different then an empty string