The Art of Doing: Dive Into Android Development with Kotlin - What is a View Model?

The video tutorial covers the transition from basic Android app development to understanding application architecture. It introduces the concept of separating UI controllers, ViewModels, and LiveData to improve app design and data persistence. The tutorial guides viewers through setting up a new project in Android Studio, creating a fragment, and implementing a ViewModel. It emphasizes the importance of using ViewModelProvider to manage ViewModel instances efficiently, especially during screen rotations, ensuring data persistence and reducing redundancy.

What dependencies need to be added to the Gradle file to support ViewModels?

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Why is it important for the ViewModel to survive configuration changes?

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How do you attach a ViewModel to a Fragment?

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What is the difference between creating a ViewModel directly and using a ViewModelProvider?

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