What is the correct way of passing constructor arguments to compose view model using viewModel() in a composable?

We had talked about retrieving navigation arguments in a ViewModel just the other day: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1614973600447400

I want to to pass String argument to viewmodel using viewmodel factory but the problem is in viewmodel factory when I try to return instantiated viewmodel with the String argument I have to grab the other arguments which I am directly injecting through hilt viewmodel ?

The whole point of Dagger (and by extension, Hilt), is that all dependencies are found at compile time. The ability to add dependencies (such as your string) at runtime is called assisted injection and the only kind of

@AssistedInject

for ViewModels is arguments, specifically via the

SavedStateHandle

object, which is what that thread I linked to talks about. Here's the Hilt issue for more details: https://github.com/google/dagger/issues/2287

Oh, I see. thanks a lot, my mistake. I should have passed that

String

as navigation argument so that I can retrieve that via

SaveStateHandle

in

viewModel

.

That would be the way to do it if you're using Hilt, yup!

Yes I am using hilt latest artifacts, thanks again.