Cannot Obeserve LiveData

Question

I am trying to update the values in an EditText by observing a LiveData from a ViewModel.

Here is the FRAGMENT in which I am trying to update the values of my EditText:

private var qnaQuestionData: String = "TEST VALUE"

private val communicationViewModel by lazy {
        ViewModelProvider(this).get(
            MyProfileEditSharedViewModel::class.java
        )
    }

override fun onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState)

        communicationViewModel.question.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, Observer {data ->
                data.let { qnaQuestionData = it }
        })

        et_question.setText(qnaQuestionData)

}

Here is my ViewModel:

class MyProfileEditSharedViewModel : ViewModel() {
    val question: MutableLiveData<String> by lazy { MutableLiveData<String>() }
}

When I run this code, the value of my EditText is set to "TEST VALUE" which means that the LiveData was never observed. How can I fix this??

Thank you!

Answer 1

Changing

private val communicationViewModel by lazy {
        ViewModelProvider(this).get(
            MyProfileEditSharedViewModel::class.java
        )
    }

to

private val communicationViewModel by lazy {
        ViewModelProvider(requireActivity()).get(
            MyProfileEditSharedViewModel::class.java
        )
    }

Solved the problem. The official docs told me to change this to requireActivity()