Package dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle

Annotation Interface HiltViewModel

@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(CLASS)
public @interface HiltViewModel

Identifies a ViewModel for construction injection.

The ViewModel annotated with HiltViewModel will be available for creation by the dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModelFactory and can be retrieved by default in an Activity or Fragment annotated with AndroidEntryPoint. The HiltViewModel containing a constructor annotated with Inject will have its dependencies defined in the constructor parameters injected by Dagger's Hilt.

Example:

 @HiltViewModel
 public class DonutViewModel extends ViewModel {
     @Inject
     public DonutViewModel(SavedStateHandle handle, RecipeRepository repository) {
         // ...
     }
 }
 

 @AndroidEntryPoint
 public class CookingActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         DonutViewModel vm = new ViewModelProvider(this).get(DonutViewModel.class);
     }
 }
 

ViewModels annotated with HiltViewModel can also be used with assisted injection:

 @HiltViewModel(assistedFactory = DonutViewModel.Factory.class)
 public class DonutViewModel extends ViewModel {
     @AssistedInject
     public DonutViewModel(
         SavedStateHandle handle,
         RecipeRepository repository, 
         $#64;Assisted int donutId
     ) {
         // ...
     }

     @AssistedFactory
     public interface Factory {
         DonutViewModel create(int donutId);
     }
 }
 

 @AndroidEntryPoint
 public class CookingActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         DonutViewModel vm = new ViewModelProvider(
             getViewModelStore(),
             getDefaultViewModelProviderFactory(),
             HiltViewModelExtensions.withCreationCallback(
                 getDefaultViewModelCreationExtras(),
                 (DonutViewModel.Factory factory) -> factory.create(1)
             )
         ).get(DonutViewModel.class);
     }
 }
 

Exactly one constructor in the ViewModel must be annotated with Inject or AssistedInject.

Only dependencies available in the ViewModelComponent can be injected into the ViewModel.

See Also:

• ViewModelComponent

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
Class<?>	assistedFactory	Returns a factory class that can be used to create this ViewModel with assisted injection.

Element Details

assistedFactory

Class<?> assistedFactory

Returns a factory class that can be used to create this ViewModel with assisted injection. The default value `Object.class` denotes that no factory is specified and the ViewModel is not assisted injected.

Default:

java.lang.Object.class