NewWay.kt

class MyViewModel {
  val result = liveData {
    emit(doComputation)
  }
}

//implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.3.0"

oldWay.kt

class MyViewModel : ViewModel {

    private val _result = MutableLiveData<String>()
    val result = LiveData<String> = _result
  
    init {
      viewModelScope.launch{
        val computationResult = doComputation()
        _result.value = comptationResult
      }
    }

}