NoClassDefFoundError for code in an Java library on Android

Question

I am experiencing an error quite often among my users. The app crashes during startup. When the MainActivity is supposed to be loaded the VM apparently cannot find the class

Answer 1

On Android Studio:

1) Add multiDexEnabled = true in your default Config

2) Add compile com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0 in your dependencies

3) Application class extend MultiDexApplication instead of just Application