MyViewModel.kt

data class MyViewModel(
        private val myEndpoint: MyEndpoint): DisposableViewModel() {

    private val searchText = ChannelLiveData("")
    private val inProgress = ChannelLiveData(false)
    private val result = ChannelLiveData("")

    init {
        disposableLaunch {
            searchText.consumeEach { searchText ->
                inProgress.send(true)
                val searchResult = myEndpoint.search(searchText)
                inProgress.send(false)
                result.send(searchResult)
           }
        }
    }
}