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"text": "Google's recommended modern Android architecture in 2026 is a layered Clean Architecture with three layers: the UI layer (Jetpack Compose composables that observe ViewModel state), the domain layer (optional — pure Kotlin Use Cases that encapsulate business logic with no Android dependencies), and the data layer (Repository implementations that abstract data sources — Room for local persistence, Retrofit for network). The UI layer uses unidirectional data flow: user events flow down to the ViewModel, which processes business logic and emits new UI state (a sealed class) as a StateFlow, which composables collect and render. Hilt provides dependency injection across all layers. This architecture is testable (each layer is independently testable), maintainable (clear separation of concerns), and scalable (feature modules can be added independently)."
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"text": "In Compose with the modern architecture, state management flows through three levels: Local state (remember, rememberSaveable) for UI-only state that doesn't need to survive the screen — animation state, whether a dropdown is open. Screen state from ViewModel (StateFlow collected with collectAsStateWithLifecycle()) for state that represents the screen's data and must survive configuration changes — loading/content/error state, list data. Navigation state managed by the NavController. The critical distinction: 'state hoisting' moves state up to the lowest common ancestor of composables that need it. Composables should be stateless pure functions of their parameters — accept state and emit events up. ViewModels own screen state because they survive configuration changes that recreate Compose and Activities."
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"text": "MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) has the ViewModel expose multiple LiveData or StateFlow properties that the UI observes independently. State is implicit — multiple properties can be in an inconsistent intermediate state. MVI (Model-View-Intent) treats screen state as a single sealed class with all possible states (Loading, Success, Error, Empty). The View observes one state stream and renders the complete screen from it. User interactions are 'intents' dispatched to the ViewModel, which processes them and emits a new state. MVI makes state transitions explicit and atomic — easier to reason about complex screens where multiple data sources must be coordinated. MVVM is simpler for straightforward screens. MVI is preferred for screens with complex interaction patterns, where the combination of multiple async data sources could create inconsistent UI states."
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"text": "Kotlin Flow is the modern replacement for LiveData in Android ViewModels. Flow is a cold, coroutine-based observable stream from the Kotlin Coroutines library. StateFlow is a hot Flow that always holds a current value — ideal for representing ViewModel state. SharedFlow is a hot Flow with configurable replay for events. LiveData advantages: Lifecycle awareness (automatically stops delivering values when the lifecycle is not at least STARTED), main-thread safety by default. Flow advantages: Rich operator set (map, filter, combine, flatMapLatest — operators LiveData lacks), native coroutine integration, backpressure handling, better testability with TestScope, and multiplatform support (LiveData is Android-only). In modern codebases, use StateFlow in ViewModels and collect with collectAsStateWithLifecycle() (which provides the lifecycle awareness LiveData had). LiveData is now considered legacy for new code."
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