This is a Hilt question: How to only inject one pa...

# android

[Pablo]

This is a Hilt question: How to only inject one parameter in a constructor?
Having a class like this:

@AndroidEntryPoint 
class CustomClass @Inject constructor (val repository: Repository, val name: String) {}

Let's say I only want to inject the repository parameter, but I want to pass the name parameter during initialization like so:

val CustomClass = CustomClass("name")

How to do it?

[ephemient]

https://dagger.dev/dev-guide/assisted-injection.html

[Pablo]

So I need to add more boilerplate code, and even a factory, to just add some parameters. I thought using DI framework whould be easier than regular DI or avoiding DI, but I'm a little surprised of the complexity and the boilerplate added by hilt

[Pablo]

it seems to be simple for this very reduced sample of code, but doing that in a big project whould imply a lot of interfaces and boilerplate lines

[Pablo]

Probably that interface factory can be automatized by hilt, I don't understand why they are forcing users to create it manually

[Pablo]

wow, I'm checking that you are forced to use the factory to create the objects, is not used automatically under the hood by hilt

[Pablo]

I'm really negatively surprised

[Pablo]

@ephemient what do you think about this option?

create a normal constructor and only inject the repository:

@AndroidEntryPoint 
class CustomClass(val name: String) {
    @Inject lateinit var repository: Repository
}