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Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData.setValue(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference (Android Kotlin)
Sorry for the long title, however, I am unsure where this error is at in my code, however, I do suspect the error lies in the implementation of the liveData and Observation.
The app which I am working on is an Unscrambler word app where users have to unscramble the letters displayed on the fragment. My code so far consists of 2 Kotlin classes listed below, a fragment and a ViewModel class.
I have currently assigned the variable _currentScrambledWord as a MutableLiveData() and utilised the...