@Inject constructor plus scope annotation can't provide local singleton

I have a dependency class which has a @Inject constructor:

public class DemoDirectInjectDependency {
    private final Context mContext;

    @ActivityScope
    @Inject
    public DemoDirectInjectDependency(Context context) {
        mContext = context;
        Timber.d("new DemoDirectInjectDependency");
    }
}

Although I annotate it with @ActivityScope, it will be created multiple times when I inject it into multiple places.

The generated inject code looks like below:

    this.demoDirectInjectDependencyProvider =
        DemoDirectInjectDependency_Factory.create(provideContextProvider);

We can see the provider is not a ScopedProvider.

Full code could be found here.

Of course I could create a @Provide method in a @Module class, which could utilize the scope annotation. I just wonder could dagger2 utilize the scope annotation at constructor and create a ScopedProvider to provide this dependency?

[netdpb]

An upcoming version of Dagger 2 will report a compile-time error if you put a scope annotation on an @Inject constructor.

[tbroyer]

All I’m saying is that you have to put your @ActivityScope on the DemoDirectInjectDependency class, not its constructor.