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Hi everyone, I have a weird issue with OutlinedTextField. I'm passing the initial value as a
```val textState = remember { mutableStateOf(costTextValue)}```
but the value appears to be empty. If i print the value in log it shows correctly, but in my variable it's empty.

~I think the use of State is wrong. Whenever recomposition, `textState` will be initialized with `costTextValue` being received as an argument to the function.~ Wait a minute, I’m sorry I misunderstood.

As a tip, you can apply the delegate pattern to remember to omit direct calls to getters and setters.

Remove `val textState = remember { mutableStateOf(costTextValue)}` and just use costTextValue directly.

I tried to use costTextValue directly but then the value in the textfield doesn't change when I write anything.

try adding: `textState.value = costTextState` after textState declaration

I did now, and it shows the correct value in the textfield but again it doesn't change the value in `onValueChanged`  I'm guessing because of recomposition, `textState.value = costTextState` gets called again and resets it maybe.

I would say, that `costTextValue` is dynamic and firstly `TextInputCost` is composed with `costTextValue = ""`. This leads to creating an inner state `textState` with this value. Then `TextInputCost` is recomposed again with non-empty `costTextValue`, but inner state is not updated with a new value because `remember` has no keys.

Try to add a key to remember, so that inner state is recreated correctly:
```val textState = remember(costTextValue) { mutableStateOf(costTextValue) }```

&gt; and it shows the correct value in the textfield but again it doesn’t change the value in `onValueChanged`
What makes you say this? The value of the text field reflects updates to `textState` . So if your text field is updating, then your `onValueChange` is working correctly.

Can I also suggest the following: rename `costTextValue` to `initialCostTextValue`, because that is all it is, the initial value for `textState`

<@U019NA2NYTX>  I meant that my text field isn't updating in onValueChanged.

But I think I found a solution, maybe not the best one, I'm gonna update the `costTextValue` directly  in the viewModel from `onValueChange`

I have kind of a workaround. I didn't find anything better, decided to come back later to this.
```var text by remember { mutableStateOf("") }
        LaunchedEffect(*your initial word*) {
            text = *your initial word*
        }```