Savedstateviewmodelfactory is finall, cannot inherit

Question

class SettingsViewModelFactory(application: Application, owner: SavedStateRegistryOwner) : SavedStateViewModelFactory(application, owner){


    override fun <T : ViewModel?> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
        if (modelClass.isAssignableFrom(SettingsViewModel::class.java)){
            return SettingsViewModel() as T
        }
        throw IllegalArgumentException("Invalid ViewModel class")
    }

}

I get a red underline below SavedStateViewModelFactory saying that the type is final and cannot be inherited from. What do I do? The documentation is too vague. Also what state do I put into the return?

Answer 1

If you want to create your own factory that allows for usage of SavedStateHandle constructor parameters, you would extend AbstractSavedStateViewModelFactory, not SavedStateViewModelFactory as per the explicit note on the documentation:

When providing a custom ViewModelProvider.Factory instance, you can enable usage of SavedStateHandle by extending AbstractSavedStateViewModelFactory.

However, you don't need any custom factory to support a ViewModel with a zero argument constructor - that is supported by default. You'd only need a custom factory if you need to pass custom parameters to your ViewModel. In your code's case, you can delete your custom factory entirely.