What would be the correct way of passing a default value to a ViewModel inside a composable, one tha...

# compose

[Zun]

What would be the correct way of passing a default value to a ViewModel inside a composable, one that can be accessed inside its init function? Context in thread

[Zun]

Current code

val exploreViewModel: ExploreViewModel = hiltViewModel(it)

My ExploreViewModel needs to load shows by a given genre inside the init. The user can then (on the same screen) select a different genre.

[Zun]

My issue is, I can not simply do

val exploreViewModel: ExploreViewModel = hiltViewModel(it)
exploreViewModel.load("Comedy")

Because, if the user navigates as follows:

Home -> ExploreScreen -> ShowScreen

And from ShowScreen back to ExploreScreen with a back press, then the "Comedy" tag will be loaded again due to how composable works

[brandonmcansh]

does savedStateHandle work for your usecase?

[Zun]

that solved my problem, thanks!

[Zun]

I’m probably over thinking it but adding a simple “didLoadInitialGenre” Boolean in my ViewModel also solves the issue