Fragment not displaying data from ViewModel in Android Studio with LiveData
I'm deploying to production and I'm updating my dependencies and I'm currently working on an Android application using Android Studio Arctic Fox (2020.3.1) and I've run into an issue where my Fragment does not display data fetched from the ViewModel using LiveData. I have a simple architecture where I’m using a ViewModel to retrieve data from a repository. Here’s the relevant code for my Fragment and ViewModel: In my `MyFragment.kt`, I have: ```kotlin class MyFragment : Fragment() { private lateinit var viewModel: MyViewModel override fun onCreateView( inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle? ): View? { val view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_my, container, false) viewModel = ViewModelProvider(this).get(MyViewModel::class.java) observeViewModel() return view } private fun observeViewModel() { viewModel.myData.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, Observer { data -> // Update UI with data myTextView.text = data }) } } ``` And in my `MyViewModel.kt`: ```kotlin class MyViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application) { private val repository: MyRepository = MyRepository() val myData: LiveData<String> = repository.getData() } ``` Lastly, here’s a simplified version of my repository: ```kotlin class MyRepository { fun getData(): LiveData<String> { val data = MutableLiveData<String>() // Simulating a network operation or database fetch data.value = "Hello, World!" return data } } ``` I expected `myTextView` to display "Hello, World!" when the Fragment is created, but it remains empty. I checked my XML layout, and the TextView is correctly defined with the ID `myTextView`. I'm not seeing any error messages in the logs. The LiveData seems to be properly initialized, but it feels like the observer isn't being triggered. I've tried using `Log.d()` statements to ensure the observer is being reached, but they show no output either. Is there something I'm missing in the Fragment lifecycle or the way LiveData is observed? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! I'm working in a Linux environment. I'm on Linux using the latest version of Kotlin. Is there a better approach? I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning Kotlin. Any examples would be super helpful.