Android: Jumbo Mode vs Multidex

Question

I\'m not totally sure what the difference is between setting dex option \"jumbomode\" to true vs adding multidex support.

Setting jumbo mode to true or multidex to t

Answer 1

take a look into this (search for jumbo):

https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/congratulations-you-have-a-lot-of-code-remedying-androids-method-limit-part-1

in short: - similar to Android Method count limit (64K) - there's a limit on string count (64K) - to overcome this limit - jumbo mode enables referencing more than 2^16 strings by using special opCode that enables encoding up to 2^32 strings.

in practice: - from my experience both (MultiDex & JumboMode) have major impact on apk installation time (much slower).

hope this helps:)