MyViewmodel.java

// Expose resource IDs instead
public class MyViewModel extends ViewModel {
    public final MutableLiveData<Int> statusLabel = new MutableLiveData<>();
    
    public SampleViewModel() {
        ...
        statusLabel.setValue(R.string.labelString);
    }
}

Why is the constructor not matching the Class name?

What is SampleViewModel? Is that the constructor for MyViewModel class ?