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class ListViewModel : ViewModel {
    private val _navigateToDetails = SingleLiveEvent<Any>()

    val navigateToDetails : LiveData<Any>
        get() = _navigateToDetails


    fun userClicksOnButton() {
        _navigateToDetails.call()

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myViewModel.navigateToDetails.observe(this, Observer {
    startActivity(DetailsActivity...)
})

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/**
 * Used as a wrapper for data that is exposed via a LiveData that represents an event.
 */
open class Event<out T>(private val content: T) {

    var hasBeenHandled = false
        private set // Allow external read but not write

    /**
     * Returns the content and prevents its use again.

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class ListViewModel : ViewModel {
    private val _navigateToDetails = MutableLiveData<Event<String>>()

    val navigateToDetails : LiveData<Event<String>>
        get() = _navigateToDetails


    fun userClicksOnButton(itemId: String) {
        _navigateToDetails.value = Event(itemId)  // Trigger the event by setting a new Event as a new value
    }

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myViewModel.navigateToDetails.observe(this, Observer {
    it.getContentIfNotHandled()?.let { // Only proceed if the event has never been handled
        startActivity(DetailsActivity...)
    }
})

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/**
 * An [Observer] for [Event]s, simplifying the pattern of checking if the [Event]'s content has
 * already been handled.
 *
 * [onEventUnhandledContent] is *only* called if the [Event]'s contents has not been handled.
 */
class EventObserver<T>(private val onEventUnhandledContent: (T) -> Unit) : Observer<Event<T>> {
    override fun onChanged(event: Event<T>?) {
        event?.getContentIfNotHandled()?.let { value ->
            onEventUnhandledContent(value)

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class MainViewModel {
  val viewModelResult = Transformations.map(repository.getDataForUser()) { data ->
     convertDataToMainUIModel(data)
  }
}

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class MainViewModel {
  val repositoryResult = Transformations.switchMap(userManager.user) { user ->
     repository.getDataForUser(user)
  }
}

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val liveData1: LiveData<Int> = ...
val liveData2: LiveData<Int> = ...

val result = MediatorLiveData<Int>()

result.addSource(liveData1) { value ->
    result.setValue(value)
}
result.addSource(liveData2) { value ->
    result.setValue(value)

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fun blogpostBoilerplateExample(newUser: String): LiveData<UserDataResult> {

    val liveData1 = userOnlineDataSource.getOnlineTime(newUser)
    val liveData2 = userCheckinsDataSource.getCheckins(newUser)

    val result = MediatorLiveData<UserDataResult>()

    result.addSource(liveData1) { value ->
        result.value = combineLatestData(liveData1, liveData2)
    }