# WorkManagerInitializer

Artifact: [androidx.work:work-runtime](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/work) [View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/work/WorkManagerInitializer.java+class:androidx.work.WorkManagerInitializer) Added in [2.6.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/work#2.6.0)

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```
class WorkManagerInitializer : Initializer<WorkManager!>
```

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Initializes `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/work/WorkManager` using `androidx.startup`.

## Summary

| ### Public constructors |
|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/work/WorkManagerInitializer#WorkManagerInitializer()()` |

| ### Public functions |
|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/work/WorkManager` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/work/WorkManagerInitializer#create(android.content.Context)(context: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html)` Initializes a library component within the application `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html`. |
| `(https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.collections/-mutable-list/index.html)https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.collections/-list/index.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/startup/Initializer<*>!>!>` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/work/WorkManagerInitializer#dependencies()()` Gets a list of this initializer's dependencies. |

## Public constructors

### WorkManagerInitializer

Added in 2.6.0

```
WorkManagerInitializer()
```

## Public functions

### create

Added in [2.6.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/work#2.6.0)

```
fun create(context: Context): WorkManager
```

Initializes a library component within the application `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html`.

| Parameters |
|---|---|
| `context: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html` | The application context. |

### dependencies

Added in [2.6.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/work#2.6.0)

```
fun dependencies(): (Mutable)List<Class<Initializer<*>!>!>
```

Gets a list of this initializer's dependencies. Dependencies are initialized before the dependent initializer. For example, if initializer A defines initializer B as a dependency, B is initialized before A.

| Returns |
|---|---|
| `(https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.collections/-mutable-list/index.html)https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.collections/-list/index.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/startup/Initializer<*>!>!>` | A list of initializer dependencies. |