ViewModelProviders is deprecated in 1.1.0
I use lifecycle-extensions 2.2.0 version: implementation “androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.2.0” It should work, using ViewModelProvider constructor. // With ViewModelFactory val viewModel = ViewModelProvider(this, YourViewModelFactory).get(YourViewModel::class.java) //Without ViewModelFactory val viewModel = ViewModelProvider(this).get(YourViewModel::class.java) 2020/5/15 Update I found another elegant way to achieve this, Android KTX can help implementation “androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.2.4” val viewmodel: MYViewModel by viewModels() val viewmodel: MYViewModel by viewModels { myFactory … Read more