Can't locate import javax.inject.Inject package

java importerror dagger
Indigo Nai picture Indigo Nai · Nov 1, 2013 · Viewed 57.1k times · Source

I'm trying to implement Dagger as a dependency injector in an IntelliJ project, but my code is failing on:

import javax.inject.Inject;

Intellij is finding the 'javax' package, but not the 'inject' package, so it fails.

I am new to Android, so I apologize if this is a no brainer, but can anyone tell me why the inject package is not being found?

Answer

Jake Wharton picture Jake Wharton · Nov 1, 2013

Dagger depends on JSR 330, the Java standard annotations which are used for dependency injection (think: @Inject, @Singleton, etc.).

This is a separate jar that you have to include. If you were using a build system with integrated dependency management (Maven, Gradle, Ant+Ivy, sbt) you'd get this for free. If you're still copying around jars then you have to add it manually.

You can download the latest jar from Maven central (at the bottom).

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