there's no actual dependency injection

# android

[jw]

there's no actual dependency injection

[deviant]

tools like Kodein allows you to define dependencies outside of target object. You pass it via kodein object. But the irony is: Dagger works almost the same. in 90% cases you need component object to be passed to `activity`/`fragment` in some way

[jw]

Yeah that's a service lookup pattern, not dependency injection. Very similar to how Context has getSystemService.

[jw]

I wouldn't use that pattern unless there was no other choice (such as being forced to by the Android framework).

[deviant]

well, some people just hate code-generation tools (for various reasons), so they better will use service locator instead of "true" di+`apt`

[jw]

DI can be done entirely at runtime with libraries like Guice

[deviant]

yep. with reflection, which is another subject for hate 🙂

[jw]

I hate code generation and reflection less than service lookup pattern.

[stantronic]

is that mainly because of performance concerns?