SampleViewModel.kt

class SampleViewModel : ViewModel() {
    private val modificationEvents = MutableStateFlow<List<SampleViewEvents>>(emptyList())

    // combine them with the data coming from paging
    private val combined =
        Pager(PagingConfig(pageSize = SampleRepository.PAGE_SIZE)) { SamplePagingSource(SampleRepository()) }.flow
            .cachedIn(viewModelScope)
            .combine(modificationEvents) { pagingData, modifications ->
                modifications.fold(pagingData) { acc, event ->
                    applyEvents(acc, event)
                }
            }

    val pagingDataViewStates: LiveData<PagingData<SampleEntity>> = combined.asLiveData()
}