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hmm room builder cannot take converters because we need them at compile time BUT we can receive a converter factory instead of initializing them ourselves.
Then one can write a type converter producer similar to view models .
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture-components/blob/master/GithubBrowserSample/app/src/main/java/com/android/example/github/viewmodel/GithubViewModelFactory.kt

Yes, that would be very much appreciated!

Hey guys.

Has any progress been made on this issue? It's really frustrating to not be able to inject my own dependencies into type converter classes.

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

commit 7bd7c652fdb061d643b80f09ed3a2f1da8b12e23
Author: mzgreen <yairobbe@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Sep 19 06:02:23 2020

    [GH] Add Provided Type Converter feature
   
    This change introduces a new `@ProvidedTypeConverter` annotation that gives developers control over type converter instantiation so they can use external dependencies inside type converters. A type converter class annotated with `@ProvidedTypeConverter` won't be instantiated by Room. Room will expect such converters to be passed at runtime using new `builder.addTypeConverter()` method.
   
    Design doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nmXZUsSlH6WWsT3Duxnkd4LcAPZGcyVCwJe5scnh7HU/edit?usp=sharing
    Test: Added `ProvidedTypeConverterTest`
    Fixes: b/121067210
    RelNote: Room can have provided type converter annotation which allow developers to take control over type converters instantiation
   
    This is an imported pull request from https://github.com/androidx/androidx/pull/75.
   
    Resolves #75
    Github-Pr-Head-Sha: 7977774c1e06737ef3de88b6a57f54cda1196030
    GitOrigin-RevId: c9a9d960cf95ac6cb329d8509b11d992cc034350
    Change-Id: Ie4fa505b36f8aa3c98091f60af9cbbdb10ca3f33

M       room/common/api/current.txt
M       room/common/api/public_plus_experimental_current.txt
M       room/common/api/restricted_current.txt
A       room/common/src/main/java/androidx/room/ProvidedTypeConverter.java
M       room/compiler/src/main/kotlin/androidx/room/processor/CustomConverterProcessor.kt
M       room/compiler/src/main/kotlin/androidx/room/processor/ProcessorErrors.kt
M       room/compiler/src/main/kotlin/androidx/room/solver/types/CustomTypeConverterWrapper.kt
M       room/compiler/src/main/kotlin/androidx/room/vo/CustomTypeConverter.kt
M       room/compiler/src/main/kotlin/androidx/room/writer/ClassWriter.kt
M       room/compiler/src/main/kotlin/androidx/room/writer/DaoWriter.kt
M       room/compiler/src/main/kotlin/androidx/room/writer/DatabaseWriter.kt
M       room/compiler/src/test/data/daoWriter/output/ComplexDao.java
M       room/compiler/src/test/data/daoWriter/output/DeletionDao.java
M       room/compiler/src/test/data/daoWriter/output/UpdateDao.java
M       room/compiler/src/test/data/daoWriter/output/WriterDao.java
M       room/compiler/src/test/data/databasewriter/output/ComplexDatabase.java
A       room/integration-tests/testapp/src/androidTest/java/androidx/room/integration/testapp/test/ProvidedTypeConverterTest.java
M       room/runtime/api/current.txt
M       room/runtime/api/public_plus_experimental_current.txt
M       room/runtime/api/restricted_current.txt
M       room/runtime/src/main/java/androidx/room/DatabaseConfiguration.java
M       room/runtime/src/main/java/androidx/room/RoomDatabase.java
M       room/testing/src/main/java/androidx/room/testing/MigrationTestHelper.java

https://android-review.googlesource.com/1420128