Disable the buttons while a sort is running

Solution0.kt

// Solution 0: Disable the sort buttons when any sort is running

class ProductsViewModel(val productsRepository: ProductsRepository): ViewModel() {
   private val _sortedProducts = MutableLiveData<List<ProductListing>>()
   val sortedProducts: LiveData<List<ProductListing>> = _sortedProducts
  
   private val _sortButtonsEnabled = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
   val sortButtonsEnabled: LiveData<Boolean> = _sortButtonsEnabled
  
   init {
       _sortButtonsEnabled.value = true
   }

   /**
    * Called by the UI when the user clicks the appropriate sort button
    */
   fun onSortAscending() = sortPricesBy(ascending = true)
   fun onSortDescending() = sortPricesBy(ascending = false)

   private fun sortPricesBy(ascending: Boolean) {
       viewModelScope.launch {
           // disable the sort buttons whenever a sort is running
           _sortButtonsEnabled.value = false
           try {
               _sortedProducts.value =
                       productsRepository.loadSortedProducts(ascending)
           } finally {
               // re-enable the sort buttons after the sort is complete
               _sortButtonsEnabled.value = true
           }
       }
   }
}