How to enable multidexing with the new Android Multidex support library

Question

I want to use the new Multidex support library to break the method limit for one of my apps.

With Android Lollipop Google introduced a multidex support library that

Answer 1

All answers above are awesome

Also add this otherwise your app will crash like mine without any reason

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}