android.app.Application cannot be cast to org.kodein.di.KodeinAware

I get the following error when the app starts, I’ve tried to trace it but to no avail

2020-02-17 12:22:18.289 16962-16962/ga.forntoh.bableschool E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: ga.forntoh.bableschool, PID: 16962
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{ga.forntoh.bableschool/ga.forntoh.bableschool.ui.category.CategoriesActivity}: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.app.Application cannot be cast to org.kodein.di.KodeinAware
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3114)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3257)
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1948)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7050)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:494)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:965)
     Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.app.Application cannot be cast to org.kodein.di.KodeinAware
        at org.kodein.di.android.ClosestKt.kodein(closest.kt:25)
        at org.kodein.di.android.ClosestKt.access$kodein(closest.kt:1)
        at org.kodein.di.android.ContextKodeinPropertyDelegateProvider$provideDelegate$1.invoke(closest.kt:39)
        at org.kodein.di.android.ContextKodeinPropertyDelegateProvider$provideDelegate$1.invoke(closest.kt:38)
        at kotlin.SynchronizedLazyImpl.getValue(LazyJVM.kt:74)
        at ga.forntoh.bableschool.ui.base.BaseActivity.getKodein(Unknown Source:7)
        at org.kodein.di.KodeinAwareKt$Instance$1.invoke(KodeinAware.kt:176)
        at org.kodein.di.KodeinAwareKt$Instance$1.invoke(Unknown Source:4)
        at org.kodein.di.KodeinProperty$provideDelegate$1.invoke(properties.kt:42)
        at kotlin.SynchronizedLazyImpl.getValue(LazyJVM.kt:74)
        at ga.forntoh.bableschool.ui.base.BaseActivity.getViewModelFactory(Unknown Source:7)
        at ga.forntoh.bableschool.ui.base.BaseActivity.onCreate(BaseActivity.kt:38)
        at ga.forntoh.bableschool.ui.category.CategoriesActivity.onCreate(CategoriesActivity.kt:34)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7327)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7318)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1271)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3094)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3257) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1948) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7050) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:494) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:965) 

Gradle

implementation "org.kodein.di:kodein-di-generic-jvm:6.5.0"
implementation "org.kodein.di:kodein-di-framework-android-x:6.5.0"

Application

class App : MultiDexApplication(), KodeinAware {

    override val kodein by Kodein.lazy {
        import(androidXModule(this@App))
        ...

Manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    package="ga.forntoh.bableschool">

    ...

    <application
        android:name=".App"
        ...

Activity

open class BaseActivity : ScopedActivity(), KodeinAware {

    override val kodein by closestKodein()

    private val viewModelFactory: ProfileViewModelFactory by instance()

    ...

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        viewModel = ViewModelProvider(this, viewModelFactory).get(ProfileViewModel::class.java)

        ...

    }

    ...

[romainbsl]

Maybe you could try to force the App class to be use as the application context. override val kodein by lazy { (applicationContext as App).kodein }

[forntoh]

Did you have a MultiDexApplication since the beginning?

At a certain point, I changed to MultiDexApplication it kept working.