Dagger2 + Kotlin: lateinit property has not been initialized

You have to call the inject(mainActivity: MainActivity) method you’ve defined in AppComponent when you’re initializing your MainActivity, that’s how Dagger actually injects the dependencies you need.

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.main_activity)

    // This is where the dependencies are injected
    TweetSentimentsApplication.appComponent.inject(this)

    ViewModelProviders.of(this, viewModelFactory).get(MainViewModel::class.java)

    ...
}