The number of method references in a dex file cannot exceed 64k API 17

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I am building an app with SugarORM Library but when I try to build the project for API 17  didn t check for others  it shows build error       Information Gradle tasks   app assembleDebug   app preBuild UP-TO-DATE  app preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE  app checkDebugManifest  app preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportAnimatedVectorDrawable2330Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportAppcompatV72330Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportCardviewV72330Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportDesign2330Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportMediarouterV72300Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportRecyclerviewV72330Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42330Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportSupportVectorDrawable2330Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidVolleyVolley100Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGithubSatyanSugar14Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServices840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAds840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAnalytics840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAppindexing840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAppinvite840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAppstate840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAuth840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesBase840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesBasement840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesCast840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesDrive840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesFitness840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesGames840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesGcm840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesIdentity840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesLocation840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesMaps840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesMeasurement840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesNearby840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesPanorama840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesPlus840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesSafetynet840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesVision840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesWallet840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesWearable840Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareMeDrakeetMaterialdialogLibrary131Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareDebugDependencies  app compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE  app compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE  app generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE  app generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE  app mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE  app generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE  app generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE  app mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE  app processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE  app processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE  app generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE  app compileDebugJavaWithJavac Note  Some input files use or override a deprecated API  Note  Recompile with -Xlint deprecation for details   app compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE  app compileDebugSources  app prePackageMarkerForDebug  app transformClassesWithDexForDebug Error The number of method references in a  dex file cannot exceed 64K  Learn how to resolve this issue at https   developer android com tools building multidex html Error Execution failed for task   app transformClassesWithDexForDebug    gt  com android build api transform TransformException  com android ide common process ProcessException  java util concurrent ExecutionException  com android ide common process ProcessException  org gradle process internal ExecException  Process  command   Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 8 0 51 jdk Contents Home bin java   finished with non-zero exit value 2 Information BUILD FAILED Information Total time  21 663 secs Information 2 errors Information 0 warnings Information See complete output in console   But when I build this project for android v5 0 or above  it works fine  If I remove SugarORM gradle dependency it works fine for both devices v4 2 2 and v5 0

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add this to avoid multidex issue for react native or any android project

android {

defaultConfig {
    ...

    // Enabling multidex support.
    multiDexEnabled true
}

}

dependencies {
  implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'  //with support libraries
  //implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'  //with androidx libraries

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For me Upgrading Gradle works Look for update at Android Website then add it in your build gradle  Project  like this   dependencies           classpath  com android tools build gradle 2 2 0-alpha4                            then sync project with gradle file plus it might be happened sometimes because of java exe  in my case  just force kill java exe from task manager in windows then re run program

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I have been facing the same problem and for multidex support  you have to keep in mind the minSdkVersion of your application  If you are using minSdkVersion 21 or above then just write multiDexEnabled true like this  defaultConfig       applicationId                         minSdkVersion 21     targetSdkVersion 24     versionCode 1     versionName  1 0      multiDexEnabled true     It works for me and if you are using minSdkVersion below 21  below lolipop  then you have to do two extra simple things   1  First add this dependency     compile  com android support multidex 1 0 1    in your build gradle   2  Last and second add one this below line to your application in manifest      android name  android support multidex MultiDexApplication     lt application     android allowBackup  true      android icon   mipmap ic launcher      android label   string app name      android supportsRtl  true      android name  android support multidex MultiDexApplication      android theme   style AppTheme   gt       lt activity android name   MainActivity   gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt               lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt   lt  application gt    Bingo then it will work in the lower version also     Happy coding

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Just a side comment  Before adding support for multidex - make sure you are not adding unnecessary dependencies    For example In the official Facebook analytics guide  They clearly state that you should add the following dependency   implementation  com facebook android facebook-android-sdk  4 5     which is actually the entire FacebookSDK - so if you need for example just the Analytics you need to replace it with   implementation  com facebook android facebook-core 5      Facebook partial SDK options

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I changed my minSdkVersion to 20 and it worked for me  Check https   developer android com studio build multidex mdex-gradle for more details

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For Unity Game Developers      If anyone comes here because this error showed up in their Unity project  Go to File- Build Settings -  Player Settings -  Player  go to Publishing Settings and under the Build tab  enable  Custom Launcher Gradle Template   a path will be shown under that text  go to the path and add multiDexEnabled true like this    defaultConfig       minSdkVersion   MINSDKVERSION       targetSdkVersion   TARGETSDKVERSION       applicationId    APPLICATIONID        ndk           abiFilters   ABIFILTERS             versionCode   VERSIONCODE       versionName    VERSIONNAME        multiDexEnabled true

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you can enable  Instant Run  on Android Studio to get multidex support

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This error can also occur when you load all google play services apis when you only using afew   As stated by google  In versions of Google Play services prior to 6 5  you had to compile the entire package of APIs into your app  In some cases  doing so made it more difficult to keep the number of methods in your app  including framework APIs  library methods  and your own code  under the 65 536 limit   From version 6 5  you can instead selectively compile Google Play service APIs into your app    For example when your app needs play-services-maps  play-services-location  You need to add only the two apis in your build gradle file at app level as show below   compile  com google android gms play-services-maps 10 2 1  compile  com google android gms play-services-location 10 2 1    Instead of   compile  com google android gms play-services 10 2 1    For full documentation and list of google play services apis click here

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In android app build gradle  android    compileSdkVersion 23   buildToolsVersion  23 0 0       defaultConfig           applicationId  com dkm example          minSdkVersion 15         targetSdkVersion 23         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0          multiDexEnabled true         Put this inside your defaultConfig   multiDexEnabled true       it works for me

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When your app references exceed 65 536 methods  you encounter a build error that indicates your app has reached the limit of the Android build architecture  Multidex support prior to Android 5 0  Versions of the platform prior to Android 5 0  API level 21  use the Dalvik runtime for executing app code  By default  Dalvik limits apps to a single classes dex bytecode file per APK  In order to get around this limitation  you can add the multidex support library to your project   dependencies     implementation  com android support multidex 1 0 3      Multidex support for Android 5 0 and higher  Android 5 0  API level 21  and higher uses a runtime called ART which natively supports loading multiple DEX files from APK files  Therefore  if your minSdkVersion is 21 or higher  you do not need the multidex support library   Avoid the 64K limit   Remove unused code with ProGuard - Enable code shrinking    Configure multidex in app for  If your minSdkVersion is set to 21 or higher  all you need to do is set multiDexEnabled to true in your module-level build gradle file  android   defaultConfig               minSdkVersion 21      targetSdkVersion 28     multiDexEnabled true              if your minSdkVersion is set to 20 or lower  then you must use the multidex support library  android   defaultConfig               minSdkVersion 15      targetSdkVersion 28     multiDexEnabled true                dependencies     compile  com android support multidex 1 0 3      Override the Application class  change it to extend MultiDexApplication  if possible  as follows   public class MyApplication extends MultiDexApplication           add to the manifest file    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      package  com example myapp  gt       lt application             android name  MyApplication   gt                   lt  application gt   lt  manifest gt

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This is what worked for me   This happens because there are too many unused methods  Most of these methods are coming from included libraries in your build gradle  Use minify and shrink resources to fix this with gradle and clean up your code at the same time   buildTypes           release               minifyEnabled true             shrinkResources true             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile  proguard-android txt     proguard-rules pro                    debug               minifyEnabled true             shrinkResources true

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Do this  it works   defaultConfig       applicationId  com example maps      minSdkVersion 15     targetSdkVersion 24     versionCode 1     versionName  1 0      multiDexEnabled true

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Can also try this     android                     to avoid DexIndexOverflowException     dexOptions          jumboMode true           Hope it helps someone  Thanks

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You have too many methods  There can only be 65536 methods for dex   As suggested you can use the multidex support     Just add these lines in the module build gradle   android        defaultConfig                           Enabling multidex support          multiDexEnabled true                  dependencies     implementation  com android support multidex 1 0 3     with support libraries     implementation  androidx multidex multidex 2 0 1     with androidx libraries     Also in your Manifest add the MultiDexApplication class from the multidex support library to the application element       lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt       lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android          package  com example android multidex myapplication  gt           lt application                             android name  android support multidex MultiDexApplication  gt                lt  -- If you are using androidx use android name  androidx multidex MultiDexApplication  -- gt                lt  --If you are using your own custom Application class then extend -- gt               lt  --MultiDexApplication and change above line as-- gt               lt  --android name   YourCustomApplicationClass  gt  -- gt                            lt  application gt       lt  manifest gt    If you are using your own Application class  change the parent class from Application to MultiDexApplication  If you can t do it  in your Application class override the attachBaseContext method with    Override protected void attachBaseContext Context newBase        super attachBaseContext newBase       MultiDex install this       Another solution is to try to remove unused code with ProGuard - Configure the ProGuard settings for your app to run ProGuard and ensure you have shrinking enabled for release builds

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I got this error message because while coding my project auto update compile version in my build gradle file    android               buildToolsVersion  23 0 2             dependencies       compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar        testCompile  junit junit 4 12      compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 4 0      compile  com android support design 23 4 0      Solve it by correcting the version   android                       buildToolsVersion  23 0 2                     dependencies       compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar        testCompile  junit junit 4 12      compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 0 1      compile  com android support design 23 0 1

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Change the app level build gradle    android    compileSdkVersion 23   buildToolsVersion  23 0 0       defaultConfig           applicationId  com dkm example          minSdkVersion 15         targetSdkVersion 23         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0          multiDexEnabled true         it worked for me

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