Passing Arguments to ViewModels (Hilt)

This recipe demonstrates how to pass navigation arguments (keys) to a ViewModel using Hilt for dependency injection.

How it works

This example uses Dagger/Hilt's assisted injection feature:

The ViewModel is annotated with @HiltViewModel and its constructor uses @AssistedInject to receive the navigation key (which is annotated with @Assisted).
An @AssistedFactory interface is defined to create the ViewModel.
The hiltViewModel composable function is used to obtain the ViewModel instance. A creationCallback is provided to pass the navigation key to the factory, making it available to the ViewModel.

Note: The rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator is added to the NavDisplay's entryDecorators. This ensures that ViewModels are correctly scoped to their corresponding NavEntry, so that a new ViewModel instance is created for each unique navigation key.

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/*
 * Copyright 2025 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.example.nav3recipes.passingarguments.viewmodels.hilt

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
import androidx.compose.material3.Button
import androidx.compose.material3.Text
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateListOf
import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
import androidx.hilt.lifecycle.viewmodel.compose.hiltViewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.compose.dropUnlessResumed
import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.navigation3.rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.entryProvider
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.rememberSaveableStateHolderNavEntryDecorator
import androidx.navigation3.ui.NavDisplay
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentBlue
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentGreen
import com.example.nav3recipes.passingarguments.viewmodels.basic.RouteB
import com.example.nav3recipes.ui.setEdgeToEdgeConfig
import dagger.assisted.Assisted
import dagger.assisted.AssistedFactory
import dagger.assisted.AssistedInject
import dagger.hilt.android.AndroidEntryPoint
import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel

data object RouteA
data class RouteB(val id: String)

@AndroidEntryPoint
class HiltViewModelsActivity : ComponentActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        setEdgeToEdgeConfig()
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            val backStack = remember { mutableStateListOf<Any>(RouteA) }

            NavDisplay(
                backStack = backStack,
                onBack = { backStack.removeLastOrNull() },

                // In order to add the `ViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator` (see comment below for why)
                // we also need to add the default `NavEntryDecorator`s as well. These provide
                // extra information to the entry's content to enable it to display correctly
                // and save its state.
                entryDecorators = listOf(
                    rememberSaveableStateHolderNavEntryDecorator(),
                    rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator()
                ),
                entryProvider = entryProvider {
                    entry<RouteA> {
                        ContentGreen("Welcome to Nav3") {
                            LazyColumn {
                                items(10) { i ->
                                    Button(onClick = dropUnlessResumed {
                                        backStack.add(RouteB("$i"))
                                    }) {
                                        Text("$i")
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    entry<RouteB> { key ->
                        val viewModel = hiltViewModel<RouteBViewModel, RouteBViewModel.Factory>(
                            // Note: We need a new ViewModel for every new RouteB instance. Usually
                            // we would need to supply a `key` String that is unique to the
                            // instance, however, the ViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator (supplied
                            // above) does this for us, using `NavEntry.contentKey` to uniquely
                            // identify the viewModel.
                            //
                            // tl;dr: Make sure you use rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator()
                            // if you want a new ViewModel for each new navigation key instance.
                            creationCallback = { factory ->
                                factory.create(key)
                            }
                        )
                        ScreenB(viewModel = viewModel)
                    }
                }
            )
        }
    }
}

@Composable
fun ScreenB(viewModel: RouteBViewModel) {
    ContentBlue("Route id: ${viewModel.navKey.id} ")
}

@HiltViewModel(assistedFactory = RouteBViewModel.Factory::class)
class RouteBViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
    @Assisted val navKey: RouteB
) : ViewModel() {

    @AssistedFactory
    interface Factory {
        fun create(navKey: RouteB): RouteBViewModel
    }
}
HiltViewModelsActivity.kt

Passing Arguments to ViewModels (Basic)

This recipe demonstrates how to pass navigation arguments (keys) to a ViewModel using a custom ViewModelProvider.Factory.

How it works

A custom ViewModelProvider.Factory is created that takes the navigation key as a constructor parameter.
Inside the entry composable, viewModel(factory = ...) is used to create the ViewModel instance, passing the current navigation key to the factory. This makes the navigation key available to the ViewModel.

Explore

View the full recipe on GitHub.

/*
 * Copyright 2025 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.example.nav3recipes.passingarguments.viewmodels.basic

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
import androidx.compose.material3.Button
import androidx.compose.material3.Text
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateListOf
import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
import androidx.lifecycle.compose.dropUnlessResumed
import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.compose.viewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.navigation3.rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.entryProvider
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.rememberSaveableStateHolderNavEntryDecorator
import androidx.navigation3.ui.NavDisplay
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentBlue
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentGreen
import com.example.nav3recipes.ui.setEdgeToEdgeConfig

data object RouteA

data class RouteB(val id: String)

class BasicViewModelsActivity : ComponentActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        setEdgeToEdgeConfig()
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            val backStack = remember { mutableStateListOf<Any>(RouteA) }

            NavDisplay(
                backStack = backStack,
                onBack = { backStack.removeLastOrNull() },
                // In order to add the `ViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator` (see comment below for why)
                // we also need to add the default `NavEntryDecorator`s as well. These provide
                // extra information to the entry's content to enable it to display correctly
                // and save its state.
                entryDecorators = listOf(
                    rememberSaveableStateHolderNavEntryDecorator(),
                    rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator()
                ),
                entryProvider = entryProvider {
                    entry<RouteA> {
                        ContentGreen("Welcome to Nav3") {
                            LazyColumn {
                                items(10) { i ->
                                    Button(onClick = dropUnlessResumed {
                                        backStack.add(RouteB("$i"))
                                    }) {
                                        Text("$i")
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    entry<RouteB> { key ->
                        // Note: We need a new ViewModel for every new RouteB instance. Usually
                        // we would need to supply a `key` String that is unique to the
                        // instance, however, the ViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator (supplied
                        // above) does this for us, using `NavEntry.contentKey` to uniquely
                        // identify the viewModel.
                        //
                        // tl;dr: Make sure you use rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator()
                        // if you want a new ViewModel for each new navigation key instance.
                        ScreenB(viewModel = viewModel(factory = RouteBViewModel.Factory(key)))
                    }
                }
            )
        }
    }
}

@Composable
fun ScreenB(viewModel: RouteBViewModel = viewModel()) {
    ContentBlue("Route id: ${viewModel.key.id} ")
}

class RouteBViewModel(
    val key: RouteB
) : ViewModel() {
    class Factory(
        private val key: RouteB,
    ) : ViewModelProvider.Factory {
        override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
            return RouteBViewModel(key) as T
        }
    }
}
BasicViewModelsActivity.kt

Passing Arguments to ViewModels (Koin)

This recipe demonstrates how to pass navigation arguments (keys) to a ViewModel using Koin for dependency injection.

How it works

A Koin module is defined that provides the ViewModel.
The koinViewModel composable function is used to get the ViewModel instance.
The navigation key is passed to the ViewModel's constructor using parametersOf(key). This makes the navigation key available to the ViewModel.

Explore

View the full recipe on GitHub.

package com.example.nav3recipes.passingarguments.viewmodels.koin

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
import androidx.compose.material3.Button
import androidx.compose.material3.Text
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateListOf
import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.compose.dropUnlessResumed
import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.navigation3.rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.entryProvider
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.rememberSaveableStateHolderNavEntryDecorator
import androidx.navigation3.ui.NavDisplay
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentBlue
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentGreen
import com.example.nav3recipes.ui.setEdgeToEdgeConfig
import org.koin.compose.KoinApplication
import org.koin.compose.viewmodel.koinViewModel
import org.koin.core.module.dsl.viewModelOf
import org.koin.core.parameter.parametersOf
import org.koin.dsl.koinConfiguration
import org.koin.dsl.module

data object RouteA
data class RouteB(val id: String)

class KoinViewModelsActivity : ComponentActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {

        setEdgeToEdgeConfig()
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            val backStack = remember { mutableStateListOf<Any>(RouteA) }

            // Koin Compose Entry point
            KoinApplication(
                configuration = koinConfiguration {
                    modules(appModule)
                }
            ) {
                NavDisplay(
                    backStack = backStack,
                    onBack = { backStack.removeLastOrNull() },

                    // In order to add the `ViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator` (see comment below for why)
                    // we also need to add the default `NavEntryDecorator`s as well. These provide
                    // extra information to the entry's content to enable it to display correctly
                    // and save its state.
                    entryDecorators = listOf(
                        rememberSaveableStateHolderNavEntryDecorator(),
                        rememberViewModelStoreNavEntryDecorator()
                    ),
                    entryProvider = entryProvider {
                        entry<RouteA> {
                            ContentGreen("Welcome to Nav3") {
                                LazyColumn {
                                    items(10) { i ->
                                        Button(onClick = dropUnlessResumed {
                                            backStack.add(RouteB("$i"))
                                        }) {
                                            Text("$i")
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        entry<RouteB> { key ->
                            val viewModel = koinViewModel<RouteBViewModel> {
                                parametersOf(key)
                            }
                            ScreenB(viewModel = viewModel)
                        }
                    }
                )
            }
        }
    }
}

// Local Koin Module
private val appModule = module {
    viewModelOf(::RouteBViewModel)
}

@Composable
fun ScreenB(viewModel: RouteBViewModel) {
    ContentBlue("Route id: ${viewModel.navKey.id} ")
}

class RouteBViewModel(val navKey: RouteB) : ViewModel()KoinViewModelsActivity.kt