--- title: Mastering Android ViewModels: Essential Dos and Don’ts... description: This post provides dos and don'ts for mastering Android ViewModels, including avoiding initializing state in the init block, using reactive programming, lazy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-don-ts-part-1--m9dkgsoka twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mastering Android ViewModels: Essential Dos and Don’ts Part 1 🛠️ | daily.dev og:description: This post provides dos and don'ts for mastering Android ViewModels, including avoiding initializing state in the init block, using reactive programming, lazy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-don-ts-part-1--m9dkgsoka og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/m9dkGSOKa.png og:image:alt: Mastering Android ViewModels: Essential Dos and Don’ts Part 1 🛠️ 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. # Mastering Android ViewModels: Essential Dos and Don’ts Part 1 🛠️ **[ProAndroidDev](https://daily.dev/sources/pand)** · 3 min read · 13 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary This post provides dos and don'ts for mastering Android ViewModels, including avoiding initializing state in the init block, using reactive programming, lazy dependency injection, and more. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@priankusharma** · 0 upvotes > Sure, I can help you with that. Do you have any specific features or requirements in mind for the food home delivery mobile app? --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#reactive-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/reactive-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-don-ts-part-1--m9dkgsoka) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Mastering Android ViewModels: Essential Dos and Don’ts Part 1 🛠️","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-don-ts-part-1--m9dkgsoka","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-don-ts-part-1--m9dkgsoka"},"datePublished":"2024-03-17T12:37:34.797Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z","description":"This post provides dos and don'ts for mastering Android ViewModels, including avoiding initializing state in the init block, using reactive programming, lazy...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2e500c8188932c7d3863c0035b922db3?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2e500c8188932c7d3863c0035b922db3?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ProAndroidDev","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ProAndroidDev","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/656c1eb1f1ef4f91936e86fc16545114","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/pand"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-don-ts-part-1--m9dkgsoka","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"android,reactive-programming","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ProAndroidDev","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/pand"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mastering Android ViewModels: Essential Dos and Don’ts Part 1 🛠️"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-don-ts-part-1--m9dkgsoka","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Sure, I can help you with that. 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