Helper methods to retrieve an instance of ViewModel via Kodein.

kodein_viewModel.kt

import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelStoreOwner
import org.kodein.di.*
import org.kodein.di.generic.bind
import org.kodein.di.generic.factory
import org.kodein.di.generic.instance
import org.kodein.di.generic.provider

class ViewModelFactory(private val injector: LazyKodein) : ViewModelProvider.Factory {
    override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T =
        injector.direct.instance<ViewModel>(tag = modelClass.simpleName) as T
}

data class ViewModelParams(
    val owner: ViewModelStoreOwner,
    val params: DefinitionParameters
)

inline fun <C, reified T : Any, reified R : ViewModel> Kodein.BindBuilder.WithContext<C>.viewModel(
    noinline creator: DKodeinAware.(DefinitionParameters) -> R
) = factory { viewModelParams: ViewModelParams ->
    // Local kodein is used to hide
    // actual ViewModel binding
    val localLazyKodein = Kodein.lazy {
        extend(this@factory.kodein)
        bind<ViewModel>(R::class.java.simpleName) with provider {
            creator(viewModelParams.params)
        }
    }

    ViewModelProvider(
        viewModelParams.owner,
        ViewModelFactory(localLazyKodein)
    ).get(R::class.java) as T
}

/**
 * Returns a kodein property with a ViewModel injected
 * into it.
 */
inline fun <T, reified Property : Any> T.viewModels(vararg params: Any?): KodeinProperty<Property> where
        T : KodeinAware,
        T : ViewModelStoreOwner = run {
    val argument = ViewModelParams(this, DefinitionParameters(params))
    instance(arg = argument)
}

@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
class DefinitionParameters(
    private vararg val values: Any?
) {
    init {
        if (values.size > 5)
            error(
                """
                Sorry, because of the limitations of Kotlin language, you can not
                pass more that 5 arguments. Please use data types instead of multiple 
                arguments.
            """.trimIndent()
            )
    }

    private fun <T> elementAt(i: Int): T =
        if (values.size > i) values[i] as T else error("Can't get parameter value #$i from $this")

    operator fun <T> component1(): T = elementAt(0)
    operator fun <T> component2(): T = elementAt(1)
    operator fun <T> component3(): T = elementAt(2)
    operator fun <T> component4(): T = elementAt(3)
    operator fun <T> component5(): T = elementAt(4)

    /**
     * get element at given index
     * return T
     */
    operator fun <T> get(i: Int) = values[i] as T
}

How to bind the view model:

bind<VM> with viewModel { (p1: P1, p2: P2) -> 
    VMImpl(
        p1 = p1,
        p2 = p2,
        p3 = instance(),
    ) 
}