Hilt: java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier rejected class on views that use @AndroidEntryPoint

[lukas1]

Version: 2.36

Custom views, that use @AndroidEntryPoint annotation crash in runtime with cryptic error message.

Code of the custom view:

@AndroidEntryPoint
class CustomView2 @JvmOverloads constructor(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
    @AttrRes defStyleAttr: Int = 0,
    @StyleRes defStyleRes: Int = 0
) : FrameLayout(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes) {
    private fun methodCausesProblems(): FrameLayout {
        return FrameLayout(context)
    }
}

Error message:

Process: com.example.hiltviewbug, PID: 25682
    java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier rejected class com.example.hiltviewbug.CustomView2: android.widget.FrameLayout com.example.hiltviewbug.CustomView2.methodCausesProblems() failed to verify: android.widget.FrameLayout com.example.hiltviewbug.CustomView2.methodCausesProblems(): [0x6] 'this' argument 'Uninitialized Reference: android.widget.FrameLayout Allocation PC: 0' not instance of 'Reference: com.example.hiltviewbug.Hilt_CustomView2' (declaration of 'com.example.hiltviewbug.CustomView2' appears in /data/app/com.example.hiltviewbug-Qw27sqf3TVAyEoy9KcNjDQ==/base.apk!classes4.dex)

Also this view crashes with very similar error:

@AndroidEntryPoint
class CustomView @JvmOverloads constructor(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
    @AttrRes defStyleAttr: Int = 0,
    @StyleRes defStyleRes: Int = 0
) : LinearLayout(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes) {
    private fun methodCausesProblems(): LinearLayout {
        return LinearLayout(context)
    }
}

The problem seems to be creating LinearLayout within a view that extends LinearLayout, or FrameLayout within a class that extends FrameLayout etc.

I have prepared an example project for you to test it on:
https://github.com/lukas1/HiltViewBug