[Hilt] cannot override init() in BaseActivity

[tekinumut]

I started getting this error after updating Hilt from 2.32-alpha to 2.33-beta. The error occurs because of i use function in BaseActivity named init

I think the problem is Hilt is already using a function named initt and this function conflicts with my function. The problem is fixed after changing the name of the init function. But i don't wanna change it's name.

Note: This problem is not happening in Fragments.

Base Activity.

abstract class BaseActivity<DB : ViewDataBinding, VM : BaseViewModel> : AppCompatActivity() {

   @get:LayoutRes
   protected abstract val layoutResourceId: Int
   protected abstract val classTypeOfViewModel: Class<VM>
   lateinit var binding: DB
   lateinit var viewModel: VM

   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
      viewModel = ViewModelProvider(this).get(classTypeOfViewModel)
      binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this, layoutResourceId)
      binding.lifecycleOwner = this

      init()
...
   }

   open fun init() {}
...

Activity which uses Hilt and extends Base Activity.

@AndroidEntryPoint
class MainActivity : BaseActivity<ActivityMainBinding, MainViewModel>() {
   override val layoutResourceId: Int = R.layout.activity_main
   override val classTypeOfViewModel: Class<MainViewModel> = MainViewModel::class.java

   override fun init() {
      binding.mainVm = viewModel
      binding.navView.setupWithNavController(navController)
   }
...

This is the class which gives the error

public abstract class Hilt_MainActivity<DB extends ViewDataBinding, VM extends BaseViewModel> extends BaseActivity<DB, VM> implements GeneratedComponentManagerHolder {
  private volatile ActivityComponentManager componentManager;

  private final Object componentManagerLock = new Object();

  private boolean injected = false;

  Hilt_MainActivity() {
    super();
    init();
  }

// I'M GETTING THE ERROR IN THIS FUNCTION
  private void init() {
    addOnContextAvailableListener(new OnContextAvailableListener() {
      @Override
      public void onContextAvailable(Context context) {
        inject();
      }
    });
  }

[bcorso]

Hi @tekinumut,

Sorry about that! Yeah, this is related to the Activity injection timing changes mentioned in the 2.33 release notes, so it only affects Hilt activities.

I think you're right, we should rename our init method something like hiltInit to avoid conflicts with common user method names.