How do I do the following with LiveData ```private val searchString = MutableStateFlow("") val room...

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[Clament John]

How do I do the following with LiveData

private val searchString = MutableStateFlow("")
val rooms = searchString.flatMapLatest {
        if (it.isBlank()) {
            fetchPrivateRooms()
        } else {
            fetchPrivateRooms().combineTransform(fetchPublicRooms()) { priv, pub ->
                emit(filterRooms(priv, pub, it))
            }
        }
    }.stateIn(viewModelScope, SharingStarted.Eagerly, emptyList())

Q: How do I do this if fetchPrivateRooms returns a LiveData<List<Rooms>> instead of a flow? I can't use observeAsState directly as I wish to merge and transform the data coming from the data source

What is my usecase?
I wish to use a library that uses livedata extensively in Compose. I've previously use the above code when I was working with flow But don't know how to merge and transform livedata within a viewmodel. Note: This business logic is to be seperated from the UI logic and so I can't use a lifecycleowner (I think)

[Nick Allen]

fetchPublicRooms().asFlow()

[Nick Allen]

https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/lifecycle/package-summary#(androidx.lifecycle.LiveData).asFlow()