Using Kotlin Flow in MVVM

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Shows replacing LiveData and suspend calls with Kotlin Flow using a fake repo that emits loading then a 1s-delayed random result, and a separate while(true) stream emitting once per second to simulate real-time updates. Demonstrates converting Flow to UI with asLiveData or collecting directly with lifecycleScope.launchWhenStarted / repeatOnLifecycle, uses operators like map/filter/onEach/flowOn/catch, and tests flows with runBlocking, collectIndexed/toList and a TestCoroutineDispatcher replacing Dispatchers.Main so unit tests run deterministically.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:54LiveData in MVVM
3. 6:45Flow basics and advantages
4. 8:11Flow with LiveData
5. 10:41Real-time data streams
6. 11:03Flow operators overview
7. 14:34LiveData vs Flow
8. 15:36Using Flow alone
9. 18:04Testing Flow

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