API call from ViewModel constructor or dedicated public method

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    • In a typical app that fetches data from API (without using Flows), do you prefer to fetch data in a ViewModel constructor (init) or have a dedicated public method called from view (e.g. onViewCreated -> viewModel.onEnter). Here is example of the second approach from the Showcase app (see the onEnter method): https://github.com/igorwojda/android-showcase/blob/main/feature_album/src/main/kotlin/com/igorwojda/showcase/feature/album/presentation/screen/albumlist/AlbumListViewModel.kt

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