android studio cannot resolve method,Android Studio, AndroidX, “Cannot resolve method..” on ViewMode...

As I can see this is pretty common misunderstanding. I am currently following one online guide, so I can get into the things in android studio. So the problem is that on cotactViewModel = ViewModel.Providers.of(this).get(ContactViewModel.class);, on this it notes Cannot resolve method of(this). I browse the web, if the activity is a Fragment/ViewModel activity, it actually works, but the guy on the guide does it using Empty Activity.

Thanks!

AndroidManifest.xml

package="com.example.courseproject_pmiu">

android:allowBackup="true"

android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

android:label="@string/app_name"

android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"

android:supportsRtl="true"

android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

MainActivity.java

package com.example.courseproject_pmiu;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private ContactViewModel contactViewModel;

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

contactViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(ContactViewModel.class);

}

}

build.gradle(Module:app)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

compileSdkVersion 28

defaultConfig {

applicationId "com.example.courseproject_pmiu"

minSdkVersion 23

targetSdkVersion 28

versionCode 1

versionName "1.0"

testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

}

buildTypes {

release {

minifyEnabled false

proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

}

}

}

dependencies {

def lifecycle_version = "2.0.0-rc01"

def room_version = "2.0.0-rc01"

implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'

implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:28.0.0'

implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'

implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'

implementation 'android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1'

testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'

androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'

androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'

implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:$lifecycle_version"

annotationProcessor "android.arch.lifecycle:compiler:$lifecycle_version"

implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version"

annotationProcessor "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"

}