i want to expose a `StateFlow` in my viewmodel that is backed by the `Flow` based jetpack DataStore....

# coroutines

[William Reed]

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

[Adam Powell]

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

[William Reed]

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?

[Adam Powell]

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

[William Reed]

ty

[Adam Powell]

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

[Adam Powell]

Or any other kind of UI placeholder to keep responsive