LiveData and StateFlow both stream data reactively, but differ in two key ways:

Initialization — LiveData needs no initial value; StateFlow requires one.

Lifecycle — LiveData is lifecycle-aware by default; StateFlow is not, so you need to wrap it in repeatOnLifecycle to avoid memory leaks.

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