Important points

• Flows are mostly cold but state-flow and shared-flow are exceptions here
• The St.Flow and Sh.Flow exist independently of collectors. This means that these flows remain active even if there are no collectors.
• State Flow is a special case of shared flow.

Shared Flow

• This is a flow that acts independently of collectors - Meaning the share flow is active regardless of whether there are any collectors or not.
• Shared flow emits a current state and new state to the subscribers.
• Shared-flow never completes and remains active. Even though all the subscribers go away, The Shared Flow remains active.

State Flow

• State Flow is a version of Shared Flow.
• It has a single immutable value.
• It emits current and new states to the subscribers.
• It never completes
• It has a value property and we can retrieve the current value by using that value property.

State Flow is similar to LiveData

• It acts as a data holder and observable
• LiveData is bound to the UI and the Android but the StateFlow is platform independent.