Hello, how can I create a viewModel as in documentations using =viewModel() as default with a ViewMo...

# compose

[Shivam Sethi]

Hello, how can I create a viewModel as in documentations using =viewModel() as default with a ViewModel with dependencies injected to it with Hilt ?

[Shivam Sethi]

[allan.conda]

just do it normally

[allan.conda]

@Composable
fun DependentsScreen(
  viewModel: DependentsViewModel = viewModel()
)

[Shivam Sethi]

I tried it it gave me error saying cannot initialize viewmodel with zero arguments ?

[zhuinden]

Is your Activity annotated with @AndroidEntryPoint?

[Ian Lake]

Are you within a NavHost created composable destination? Hilt has specific APIs for that in the hilt-navigation artifact: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/hilt#1.0.0-alpha03

[Shakil Karim]

I think this is the issue https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/165642391

[Ian Lake]

That doesn't apply if you are using Navigation Compose, which already scopes ViewModels to your composable destination

[Shakil Karim]

@Ian Lake Is there is a way to create viewModel now with only extension = viewModel() and still scope to compose and provide hilt dependencies on ViewModel when using Navigation Compose?

[Ian Lake]

If you use viewModel(HiltViewModelFactory(AmbientContext.current, backStackEntry)) like that page says

[Shakil Karim]

Yup, i'm doing same as above, but wouldn't be better if we don't have to pass HiltViewModelFactory.

[Ian Lake]

There's an upcoming hilt-navigation-compose artifact which will let you do `= hiltNavGraphViewModel()`: https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:hilt/hil[…]in/java/androidx/hilt/navigation/compose/NavHostController.kt

[Shivam Sethi]

Thanks for the responses, got it working 🎉