dagger.hilt.android

Annotation Type HiltAndroidApp

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface HiltAndroidApp

Annotation for marking the Application class where the Dagger components should be generated. Since all components will be built in the same compilation as the annotated application, all modules and entry points that should be installed in the component need to be transitive compilation dependencies of the annotated application.

Usage of this annotation is similar to AndroidEntryPoint with the only difference being that it only works on application classes and additionally triggers Dagger component generation.

This annotation will generate a base class that the annotated class should extend, either directly or via the Hilt Gradle Plugin. This base class will take care of injecting members into the Android class as well as handling instantiating the proper Hilt components at the right point in the lifecycle. The name of the base class will be "Hilt_".

Example usage (with the Hilt Gradle Plugin):

    @HiltAndroidApp
   public final class FooApplication extends Application {
      @Inject Foo foo;

      @Override
     public void onCreate() {
       super.onCreate();  // The foo field is injected in super.onCreate()
     }
   }
 

Example usage (without the Hilt Gradle Plugin):

    @HiltAndroidApp(Application.class)
   public final class FooApplication extends Hilt_FooApplication {
      @Inject Foo foo;

      @Override
     public void onCreate() {
       super.onCreate();  // The foo field is injected in super.onCreate()
     }
   }
 

See Also:

AndroidEntryPoint

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
java.lang.Class<?>	value The base class for the generated Hilt application.

Element Detail

value

public abstract java.lang.Class<?> value

The base class for the generated Hilt application. When applying the Hilt Gradle Plugin this value is not necessary and will be inferred from the current superclass.

Default:

java.lang.Void.class