Android MutableLiveData.value = getNewValue() does not work Why it's not possible to directly set the mutableLiveData.value when using a suspend function? See following code: private val _clubs: MutableLiveData by lazy { MutableLiveData().also { fetchClubListFromRepository() } } private fun fetchClubListFromRepository() { viewModelScope.launch { // This doen NOT work _clubs.value = clubsRepository.getAllClubs() // This works var clubsList = clubsRepository.getAllClubs()...