I would like to start a Foreground Service and call a LauncherForActivityResult.

As far as I know, i neither can start a Service from a ViewModel, nor call a LauncherForActivityResult.

I am working on an Android app, and in the beginning, I was just coding without real architectural decisions. But as my app grew, I want to separate things into their own module. I have a BottomBar, where the user can enter some info, and start a Foreground Service, which just tracks their location. On pressing a button, I want to validate the inputs in the ViewModel, and if it’s correct, launch the Service. But as far as I know, the ViewModel shouldn’t know about the Android Context.

I would like to make a service for requesting permission, which I could use from any screen, maybe passing the context.
Or my other though was making a callback function in the viewModel and passing LocalContext.current, since you can access that in Composables.

My current approach is the following:

Button(
     modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.CenterHorizontally),
     onClick = {
          permissionsResultLauncher.launch(
               arrayOf(
                   Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION,
                   if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU)
                         Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
                   else ""
               )
          )
     // TODO: Only start service if permissions are granted
     // TODO: Handle starting service in the ViewModel
     Intent(context, PatrolService::class.java).also {
          it.action = PatrolService.Actions.START.toString()
          context.startService(it)
     }
}) {
     Text(text = "Járőrözés kezdése")
}

My other concern was that I can request permission, but how can I check whether they were accepted, since calling the Intent to launch the service crashes the app, if the notification and location permissions are not accepted.