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This is definitely on our radar and there are plans to support it coming soon.  We'll keep you updated on this bug.

Project: platform/frameworks/support
Branch: androidx-master-dev

commit 65e1ddf3b22249241c496890510071648bdff904
Author: Sumir Kataria <sumir@google.com>
Date:   Mon Apr 01 16:33:01 2019

    On-demand initialization for WorkManager.
   
    This CL introduces WorkManager#getInstance(Context) as the preferred
    method and deprecates the argument-less version.  This method performs
    on-demand initialization of WorkManager if it hasn't been initialized
    previously by looking to see if the application Context implements
    Configuration.Provider and querying it for the Configuration.
   
    The exact order of initialization checks are now as follows:
   
    1. Through WorkManagerInitializer if it's enabled.
    2. Otherwise, through a WorkManager#initialize in Application#onCreate
       or ContentProvider#onCreate if specified by the developer.
    3. Otherwise, through WorkManager#getInstance(Context) if the
       application Context implements Configuration.Provider.  Using
       WorkManager#getInstance() at this point results in an exception as
       it does not contain the necessary information to initialize.
    4. Otherwise, throws an IllegalStateException.
   
    This change allows WorkManager to be setup in a manner where you can
    only allow it to be initialized when it is needed.  This is good for
    apps that care about the critical path initialization needed by
    WorkManager; in addition, all of WorkManager's own BroadcastReceivers
    and Services are set up to try to auto-initialize if needed.  Note
    that this initialization can still happen on the main thread.
   
    Bug: 127497100
    Test: Ran integration tests with integration app doing on-demand init.
    Change-Id: I30930d6445c0e9c5f08eaaab554963aaac99b3c9

M       work/integration-tests/testapp/src/main/java/androidx/work/integration/testapp/MainActivity.java
M       work/integration-tests/testapp/src/main/java/androidx/work/integration/testapp/RecursiveWorker.java
M       work/integration-tests/testapp/src/main/java/androidx/work/integration/testapp/RetryActivity.java
M       work/integration-tests/testapp/src/main/java/androidx/work/integration/testapp/TestApplication.java
M       work/integration-tests/testapp/src/main/java/androidx/work/integration/testapp/imageprocessing/ImageProcessingActivity.java
M       work/integration-tests/testapp/src/main/java/androidx/work/integration/testapp/sherlockholmes/AnalyzeSherlockHolmesActivity.java
M       work/workmanager-gcm/src/main/java/androidx/work/impl/background/gcm/WorkManagerGcmService.java
M       work/workmanager-testing/api/2.1.0-alpha01.txt
M       work/workmanager-testing/api/current.txt
M       work/workmanager-testing/src/androidTest/java/androidx/work/testing/TestSchedulerTest.java
M       work/workmanager-testing/src/androidTest/java/androidx/work/testing/WorkManagerInitHelperTest.java
M       work/workmanager-testing/src/main/java/androidx/work/testing/TestScheduler.java
M       work/workmanager-testing/src/main/java/androidx/work/testing/TestWorkManagerImpl.java
M       work/workmanager-testing/src/main/java/androidx/work/testing/WorkManagerTestInitHelper.java
M       work/workmanager-testing/src/main/java/androidx/work/testing/package-info.java
M       work/workmanager-testing/src/test/java/androidx/work/testing/RobolectricSmokeTest.java
M       work/workmanager/api/2.1.0-alpha01.txt
M       work/workmanager/api/current.txt
M       work/workmanager/src/androidTest/java/androidx/work/impl/background/systemjob/SystemJobServiceTest.java
M       work/workmanager/src/main/java/androidx/work/Configuration.java
M       work/workmanager/src/main/java/androidx/work/WorkManager.java
M       work/workmanager/src/main/java/androidx/work/impl/WorkManagerImpl.java
M       work/workmanager/src/main/java/androidx/work/impl/background/systemalarm/RescheduleReceiver.java
M       work/workmanager/src/main/java/androidx/work/impl/background/systemalarm/SystemAlarmDispatcher.java
M       work/workmanager/src/main/java/androidx/work/impl/background/systemjob/SystemJobService.java
M       work/workmanager/src/main/java/androidx/work/impl/workers/ConstraintTrackingWorker.java

https://android-review.googlesource.com/937085
https://goto.google.com/android-sha1/65e1ddf3b22249241c496890510071648bdff904

Thanks for the fix! Is there any information about when this can be released to production?