Transforming a flow of PagingData from paging3 into a StateFlow of PagingData

Question

I am learning pagination using paging3 from the jetpack library. I am making a call to an api to receive a list of articles. I've noticed that the result received after making the call in the repository using the Pager is a flow of PagingData containing the desired result like so:

Flow<PagingData<Articles>>

When I receive this flow in my ViewModel I would like to convert it into a Stateflow. I have tried using the stateIn operator but it requires a default value which I think would be a StateFlow , this is where I am stuck. How can I convert the flow of PagingData into a Stateflow and is it advisable to do so?

Answer 1

I also have a question: why do you want to convert the Flow of PagingData into a Stateflow when you get the Article and show them on UI?

In my practice, no need to touch Stateflow. If I want to get Articles with Paging lib 3. Pay attention to Flow, ArticleRemoteMediator: RemoteMediator<Int, ArticleEntity> ...

I think this article can help you to archive your goal. (getting article with Paging 3) https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/pagination-in-android-with-paging-3-retrofit-and-kotlin-flow-2c2454ff776e