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i want to expose a `StateFlow` in my viewmodel that is backed by the `Flow` based jetpack DataStore. Any recommendations on how to do this without using `runBlocking` to get the initial value?

i was thinking of calling a `suspend fun` to do this in my view model `init`, but then the `StateFlow` would not be available as soon as it is requested by the view

This API is forcing you to be very explicit about blocking your main thread for I/O if that's what you really want

agree, but is there a canonical way to solve this without blocking the main thread? perhaps just using a sensible default value for my case instead?

I would try to pick a sensible default value, yes.

If you can't, you can always show a loading screen of sorts until you have a value loaded

Or any other kind of UI placeholder to keep responsive