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### Using the plugin with others

The Hilt Dagger plugin sets some data inside `annotationProcessorOptions.arguments`.
If you use other libraries that do the same, like the Room library, you need to add their arguments instead of setting them:

```groovy
javaCompileOptions {
annotationProcessorOptions {
arguments += ["room.schemaLocation" : "$projectDir/schemas".toString()]
}
}
```

If the `+` is missing, `arguments` will be replaced, and the build with fail with an error similar to this one:
```
Expected @HiltAndroidApp to have a value. Did you forget to apply the Gradle Plugin?
```

### Why use the plugin?

One of the main benefits of the Gradle plugin is that it makes using
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