A modern programming language that makes developers happier.

kotlinlang

Hi, I'm a bit confused as I have been using an `AndroidViewModel` so I could pass a context with no memory leak, after this conversation: <https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0B8MA7FA/p1609278349460800?thread_ts=1609277107.460700&amp;cid=C0B8MA7FA>
The problem since I've recently updated Kotlin is that this line is highlighted with a leak warning:
```private val context = getApplication&lt;Application&gt;().applicationContext```
Why this change and what's the point of `AndroidViewModel` in that case? Any ideas what I could do to avoid the problem?

An `Application` class is a `Context,` you don't need that variable at all

Just make your constructor `val application: Application` if you need to reference a Context variable sometime after init

<@U01ALFVBRJ5> no need to change your constructor... just use <https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/lifecycle/AndroidViewModel#getApplication()|AndroidViewModel.getApplication>()