How to get an Instance of ViewModel in activity in 2020/21?

Question

I am new to the mvvm pattern. I created a ViewModel for the main activity. Now I want to get an instance of the ViewModel in the main activity.

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Answer 1

Use val viewModel by viewModels() in Activities and val viewModel by activityViewModels() in fragment to obtain the same viewmodel from the activity (so sharing the viewmodel).

This is part of androidx now