--- title: Where Should Initial Load Logic Actually Live in Jetpack... description: A comprehensive guide to deciding where initial data-loading logic should live in Jetpack Compose apps. Covers four patterns: LaunchedEffect(Unit) as a code... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/where-should-initial-load-logic-actually-live-in-jetpack-compose--hcfvjbgh6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Where Should Initial Load Logic Actually Live in Jetpack Compose? | daily.dev og:description: A comprehensive guide to deciding where initial data-loading logic should live in Jetpack Compose apps. Covers four patterns: LaunchedEffect(Unit) as a code... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/where-should-initial-load-logic-actually-live-in-jetpack-compose--hcfvjbgh6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hcfVjBgH6.png og:image:alt: Where Should Initial Load Logic Actually Live in Jetpack Compose? 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. # Where Should Initial Load Logic Actually Live in Jetpack Compose? **[ProAndroidDev](https://daily.dev/sources/pand)** · 17 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A comprehensive guide to deciding where initial data-loading logic should live in Jetpack Compose apps. Covers four patterns: LaunchedEffect(Unit) as a code smell (Pattern 0), init{} in ViewModel (Pattern 1), explicit action dispatch with sealed interfaces (Pattern 2), and reactive .onStart+stateIn pipelines (Patterns 3 and 4). Each pattern is analyzed with real trade-offs around configuration changes, process death, backstack behavior, retry support, and unit testability. A decision flowchart helps teams pick the right pattern based on their specific constraints. The meta-lesson: the real issue is using the UI layer as a business trigger rather than a lifecycle signal, and the ViewModel should always own state and logic. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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