MyViewModel.kt

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   SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 -->
   
// Don't do this. Use liveData instead.
class MyViewModel : ViewModel() {
    private val _result = MutableLiveData<String>()
    val result: LiveData<String> = _result

    init {
        viewModelScope.launch {
            val computationResult = doComputation()
            _result.value = computationResult
          }
      }
  }