# ViewModelStoreOwner

added in[version 1.0.0](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions)  
belongs to Maven artifact android.arch.lifecycle:viewmodel:1.1.1  

# ViewModelStoreOwner

| The`android.arch`Architecture Components packages are no longer maintained. They have been superseded by the corresponding[androidx.\*](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/migrate)packages. See[androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelStoreOwner](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/lifecycle/ViewModelStoreOwner)instead.

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| android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelStoreOwner |

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A scope that owns[ViewModelStore](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStore).

A responsibility of an implementation of this interface is to retain owned ViewModelStore during the configuration changes and call[clear()](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStore#clear()), when this scope is going to be destroyed.

## Summary

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| ` abstract `[ViewModelStore](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStore) | ` `[getViewModelStore](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStoreOwner#getViewModelStore())`() ` Returns owned[ViewModelStore](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStore) |

## Public methods

### getViewModelStore

added in[version 1.0.0](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions)  

```
ViewModelStore getViewModelStore ()
```

Returns owned[ViewModelStore](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStore)

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| [ViewModelStore](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStore) | a`ViewModelStore` <br /> |

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  ## Annotations

  - [OnLifecycleEvent](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/OnLifecycleEvent)
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  ## Interfaces

  - [DefaultLifecycleObserver](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleObserver)
  - [LifecycleObserver](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/LifecycleObserver)
  - [LifecycleOwner](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/LifecycleOwner)
  - [LifecycleRegistryOwner](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/LifecycleRegistryOwner)
  - [Observer](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/Observer)
  - [ViewModelProvider.Factory](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelProvider.Factory)
  - [ViewModelStoreOwner](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStoreOwner)
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  ## Classes

  - [AndroidViewModel](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/AndroidViewModel)
  - [Lifecycle](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/Lifecycle)
  - [LifecycleRegistry](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/LifecycleRegistry)
  - [LifecycleService](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/LifecycleService)
  - [LiveData](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/LiveData)
  - [LiveDataReactiveStreams](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/LiveDataReactiveStreams)
  - [MediatorLiveData](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/MediatorLiveData)
  - [MutableLiveData](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/MutableLiveData)
  - [ProcessLifecycleOwner](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ProcessLifecycleOwner)
  - [ServiceLifecycleDispatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ServiceLifecycleDispatcher)
  - [Transformations](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/Transformations)
  - [ViewModel](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModel)
  - [ViewModelProvider](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelProvider)
  - [ViewModelProvider.AndroidViewModelFactory](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelProvider.AndroidViewModelFactory)
  - [ViewModelProvider.NewInstanceFactory](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelProvider.NewInstanceFactory)
  - [ViewModelProviders](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelProviders)
  - [ViewModelProviders.DefaultFactory](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelProviders.DefaultFactory)
  - [ViewModelStore](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStore)
  - [ViewModelStores](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStores)
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  ## Enums

  - [Lifecycle.Event](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/Lifecycle.Event)
  - [Lifecycle.State](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/arch/lifecycle/Lifecycle.State)