Android lifecycle library ViewModel using dagger 2

You need to implement your own ViewModelProvider.Factory. There is an example app created by Google demonstrating how to connect Dagger 2 with ViewModels. LINK. You need those 5 things:

In ViewModel:

@Inject
public UserViewModel(UserRepository userRepository, RepoRepository repoRepository) {

Define annotation:

@Documented
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@MapKey
@interface ViewModelKey {
    Class<? extends ViewModel> value();
}

In ViewModelModule:

@Module
abstract class ViewModelModule {
    @Binds
    @IntoMap
    @ViewModelKey(UserViewModel.class)
    abstract ViewModel bindUserViewModel(UserViewModel userViewModel);

In Fragment:

@Inject
ViewModelProvider.Factory viewModelFactory;

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            userViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this, viewModelFactory).get(UserViewModel.class);

Factory:

@Singleton
public class GithubViewModelFactory implements ViewModelProvider.Factory {
    private final Map<Class<? extends ViewModel>, Provider<ViewModel>> creators;

    @Inject
    public GithubViewModelFactory(Map<Class<? extends ViewModel>, Provider<ViewModel>> creators) {
        this.creators = creators;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public <T extends ViewModel> T create(Class<T> modelClass) {
        Provider<? extends ViewModel> creator = creators.get(modelClass);
        if (creator == null) {
            for (Map.Entry<Class<? extends ViewModel>, Provider<ViewModel>> entry : creators.entrySet()) {
                if (modelClass.isAssignableFrom(entry.getKey())) {
                    creator = entry.getValue();
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        if (creator == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("unknown model class " + modelClass);
        }
        try {
            return (T) creator.get();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}