Cannot resolve ViewModelProvider construction in a fragment?

Question

I have been spending a lot of time trying to figure out why in the code below (towards the end), I get an error on ViewModelProvider(this). I also tried getActivity() instead of

Answer 1

Firstly you need to use the latest version of lifecycle extension. It should be:

implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.2.0'
implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.2.0" 

or any updated version.

Then you should use requireActivity() instead of getActivity(). This way you will ensure that the activity is attached an not getting a NullPointerException.

ItemSetupFragmentModel model = new ViewModelProvider(requireActivity()).get(ItemSetupFragmentModel.class);

Note: ViewModel Overview and Declaring Dependencies

I had to restart cache after adding the library to the Gradle file. There is no need to use requireActivity(), this is enough.