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I have a function that returns a live data such as
```fun getLiveData(): LiveData&lt;Result?&gt; { return mResult } ```
where mResult is just a simple POJO.  I am confused a bit about how kotlin interprets the return type for this function.  I would imagine this to be non-null but when I try to call it, it forces me to use the null-safe operator "?.".  If I wanted this to be nullable, I would imagine the return type would be
```LiveData&lt;Result?&gt;?```
with the appended "?"

From what I know, LiveData is made in Java, and is nullable by default or something like that.

To provide you with more detailed information please check both:
• <https://chao2zhang.medium.com/livedata-nullability-99ef4e01bc54>
• <https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/when-livedata-and-kotlin-dont-play-hand-in-hand-30149aa794ec>

One thing that is interesting is that `mResult` in my example is always initialized to `MutableLiveData()` when my app starts.  It is never set to null.  However, I am getting reports of crashes that indicate   `getLiveData()` is actually returning null.