Medium article - Room + Flow for location updates - app

build.gradle

...
// New plugins for Room
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
apply plugin: 'dagger.hilt.android.plugin'

android {
    ...
    defaultConfig {
        ...

        // Export the Room schema to the /schemas directory so we can track changes across database versions
        javaCompileOptions {
            annotationProcessorOptions {
                arguments += ["room.schemaLocation": "$projectDir/schemas".toString()]
            }
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    ...

    // To launch co-routines within the Service to store location data in Room and observe the Room Flow in the Activity
    def lifecycle_version = "2.4.0-alpha01"
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:$lifecycle_version"
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-service:$lifecycle_version"

    // Room for storing location data and observing it via Flow
    def room_version = "2.3.0"
    implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version"
    kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"
    implementation "androidx.room:room-ktx:$room_version"

    // Hilt for dependency injection
    implementation "com.google.dagger:hilt-android:$hilt_version"
    kapt "com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:$hilt_version"
}