Difference of setValue() & postValue() in MutableLiveData

Question

There are two ways that make change value of MutableLiveData. But what is difference between setValue() & postVa

Answer 1

setValue()

Sets the value. If there are active observers, the value will be dispatched to them.

This method must be called from the main thread.

postValue

If you need set a value from a background thread, you can use postValue(Object)

Posts a task to a main thread to set the given value.

If you called this method multiple times before a main thread executed a posted task, only the last value would be dispatched.