StateFlow vs LiveData in Android Development. StateFlow and LiveData are observable data holder classes mainly used with MVVM Architecture in Android. StateFlow. • Part of Kotlin Coroutines Flow API. • Always has a value (requires initial value). • Not Lifecycle-aware by

Hot Flow:. • StateFlow: Needs an initial value and emits it as soon as the collector starts collecting. • SharedFlow: It does not need an initial value so it does not emit any value by default. It can be configured to emit many previous values using the replay operator.