--- title: "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 source_url: https://proandroiddev.com/mastering-android-viewmodels-essential-dos-and-donts-part-1-%EF%B8%8F-bdf05287bca9 type: article source: "ProAndroidDev" published: 2024-03-17T12:37:34.797Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z tags: ["android", "reactive-programming"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 13 comments: 1 language: 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? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)