Koin: What is the proper way to use androidApplication()?

[marcosscarpim]

I'm wondering what is the best way to use androidApplication() method to get application context.

Basically, I have a file called Modules.kt:

val applicationModule = applicationContext {
    // Feature Adapter
    bean { FeatureAdapter(androidApplication()) }

    // Feature Loader
    bean { FeatureConverter(androidApplication()) }

Checking documentation, I can see androidApplication() runs get() which has a O(n) complexity.

I'm wondering if there are any problem by declaring a context val in beginning of my class, like this:

val applicationModule = applicationContext {
    val context = androidApplication()

    // Feature Adapter
    bean { FeatureAdapter(context) }

    // Feature Loader
    bean { FeatureConverter(context) }

[arnaudgiuliani]

Both are ok

[arnaudgiuliani]

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[scottkruse]

Im currently unable to reference androidApplication() or androidContext() in my module definitions and get instance creation exceptions. Im calling startKoin from a java application class.

[ravihp]

@arnaudgiuliani As @scottkruse mentioned with koin2.0.1 we cannot access androidApplication() or androidContext(). How are we supposed to get Application dependency for other components with latest library?

[erickok]

By starting Koin anbd supplying the context, a single bean is registered for you with the application context.

    startKoin {
        androidContext(this@MyApplication)
        modules(allMyModules)
    }

After that you can inject it like any other dependency, no magic or extra function required.

val applicationModule get() = module {
    single { SomeThingThatNeedsContextAsParam(get()) }
}