Better way of handling direct bindings with kotlin is to just declare another abstract module which ...

# dagger

[hmole]

Better way of handling direct bindings with kotlin is to just declare another abstract module which will hold only @Binds bindings and then just include it via submodules, so you don't have to do @JvmStatic nonsense.

[Sam]

Yes works better than static methods but it works only with abstract providers right?

[Sam]

How would you convert provideGoogleAnalyticsTracker into a @Binds provider?

@Module
internal abstract class AppModule {

    @Module
    companion object {

        @JvmStatic
        @Provides
        @Singleton
        @ApplicationContext
        fun provideApplicationContext( app : Application ) : Context = app.applicationContext

        @JvmStatic
        @Provides
        @Singleton
        fun provideGoogleAnalyticsTracker( @ApplicationContext context : Context ) : Tracker {
            val analytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance( context )
            return analytics.newTracker(R.xml.global_tracker)
        }
    }

}

[hmole]

Sorry I meant includes on a module annotation, not submodules

[Sam]

Did you mean have another abstract module just having @Binds providers and include that?