How to clear LiveData stored value?

Question

According to LiveData documentation:

The LiveData class provides the following advantages:

...

Always up to date data: If a Li

Answer 1

Might be an ugly hack but... Note: it requires RxJava

menuRepository
            .getMenuTypeAndMenuEntity(menuId)
            .flatMap { Single.fromCallable { menuTypeAndId.postValue(Pair(it.first, menuId)) } }
            .flatMap { Single.timer(200, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) }
            .subscribe(
                { menuTypeAndId.postValue(null) },
                { Log.d(MenuViewModel.TAG, "onError: ${it.printStackTrace()}") }
            )