When should you use Hilt in Android development?

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Hilt is a powerful dependency injection library that simplifies the process of integrating Dagger in Android applications, enhancing code management and testing.

Hilt should be used in Android development when:

  • You want to manage dependencies more efficiently.
  • Your application is complex with multiple layers of dependencies.
  • You need to improve testability by making it easier to provide mocked or fake dependencies.
  • You are using Dagger and want to simplify its boilerplate code.
  • You are developing a large-scale application that needs a scalable architecture.

Here is a simple example of how to set up Hilt in an Android application:

@HiltAndroidApp class MyApplication : Application() { } @AndroidEntryPoint class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { @Inject lateinit var myDependency: MyDependency override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) // Now you can use myDependency } } @Module @InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class) object AppModule { @Provides fun provideMyDependency(): MyDependency { return MyDependency() } }

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