How to import Room Persistence Library to an Android project

Question

I recently saw the new feature announced on Google I/O Room Persistence Library to work with Sqlite databases on Android. I have been looking to the official documentation and I

Answer 1

Bouncing off @Thracian's answer, here's what I had to do while following this documentation:

https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/android-room-with-a-view-kotlin/#13

    /* Room */
    implementation 'androidx.room:room-runtime:2.1.0'
    kapt 'androidx.room:room-runtime:2.1.0'

    implementation 'androidx.room:room-compiler:2.1.0'
    kapt 'androidx.room:room-compiler:2.1.0'
    annotationProcessor 'androidx.room:room-compiler:2.1.0'

    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.2.0-alpha02'
    kapt 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.2.0-alpha02'

    implementation 'androidx.room:room-ktx:2.1.0'
    kapt 'androidx.room:room-ktx:2.1.0'

    implementation 'android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1'
    kapt 'android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1'

Also within android {} I had to add:

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

Despite what I've read, with Kotlin you still must use annotationProcessor