```private val todoViewModel by viewModels<Todo...

# compose

[Mehdi Haghgoo]

private val todoViewModel by viewModels<TodoViewModel>()

Why can't we just write val todoViewModel = List<TodoViewModel>() ?

[Joost Klitsie]

Because the first one is using delegation to get a viewModel that is bound to the lifecycle of a certain component, like activity. You should check out the code what is in viewModels so you see what is actually happening under the hood

[Joost Klitsie]

the second thing you wrote creates a list of TodoViewModels, which is anyhow a different object (a view model vs a list of view models)

[Joost Klitsie]

which doesn't even compile

[Joost Klitsie]

or get you any viewmodels in the list