Dagger and Butter Knife vs. Android Annotations

Question

I am evaluating Dependency Injection (DI) frameworks for an Android app. The top contenders are: Dagger (with Butter Knife) and Android Annotations. I understand that Dagger an

Answer 1

You should give a try at Toothpick.

Toothpick is (per the README):

• pure java
• fast, it doesn't use reflection but annotation processing
• simple, flexible, extensible & powerful, robust & tested
• thread safe
• documented & Open Source
• scope safe : it enforces leak free apps
• test oriented : it makes tests easier
• it works very well with Android or any other context based framework (such as web containers)

It can even be faster than Dagger 2 in most cases, and it's much simpler.

Note: Yes, I am one of the authors.