Folks, can anyone tell me when viewModel is killed by process death what happens to `lateinit var sa...

# android

[Saket Poddar]

Folks, can anyone tell me when viewModel is killed by process death what happens to lateinit var sampleString: String , will it be initialised with null or will remain uninitialised ?

[Joost Klitsie]

If your process is killed, well then it will cease to exist

[Joost Klitsie]

just like the rest of the process

[Joost Klitsie]

as in it is killed

[Joost Klitsie]

stops existing

[Joost Klitsie]

Like what do you expect?

[Saket Poddar]

So my question is what will happen to member properties which are tagged with lateinit var

[Joost Klitsie]

well they die

[Saket Poddar]

Its sad they die but when it is recreated will they be assigned null value or will they preserve(which is not possible) or will they be remain un initialised.

[Joost Klitsie]

a viewmodel is never recreated

[Joost Klitsie]

an activity is recreated

[Joost Klitsie]

a view model will be newly created

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

`lateinit var`s are initialized by the property delegate when the class is initialized (null represents “uninitialized”). Whether another instance of the process happened to exist at some point in the past or not is irrelevant.

[Joost Klitsie]

all lateinit vars will therefore start at their uninitialized state