--- title: Android System Design: How Data Flows Through Your... description: A walkthrough of how data flows through an Android application built with MVVM and Clean Architecture. Covers each layer's responsibility — UI, ViewModel,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/android-system-design-how-data-flows-through-your-application-oiyr6qhun twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Android System Design: How Data Flows Through Your Application | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of how data flows through an Android application built with MVVM and Clean Architecture. 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