--- title: Android Jetpack ViewModel has KMP Support! | daily.dev description: The lifecycle-viewmodel artifact (version 2.8.0-alpha03) now officially supports Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), allowing ViewModel, ViewModelStore,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/android-jetpack-viewmodel-has-kmp-support--xib9qshov twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Android Jetpack ViewModel has KMP Support! | daily.dev og:description: The lifecycle-viewmodel artifact (version 2.8.0-alpha03) now officially supports Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), allowing ViewModel, ViewModelStore,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/android-jetpack-viewmodel-has-kmp-support--xib9qshov og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xib9qSHOv.png og:image:alt: Android Jetpack ViewModel has KMP Support! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Android Jetpack ViewModel has KMP Support! **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The lifecycle-viewmodel artifact (version 2.8.0-alpha03) now officially supports Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), allowing ViewModel, ViewModelStore, ViewModelStoreOwner, and ViewModelProvider to be used in common code. Previously, sharing ViewModel logic across platforms required abstractions or expect/actual classes. The update also includes viewModelScope for coroutine support. A known conflict with Jetpack Compose's bundled ViewModel can be resolved by excluding the lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx dependency from activity-compose. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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