dex loader unable to execute dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536

Question

iam building my application i got this error

Dx warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class (com.amazonaws.javax.xml.stream.xerces.util.Se

Answer 1

You get this error mainly because there is a limitation on dalvik executable files and apparently the limit is 65536 which is 2^16.

You have to enable multi-dex configuration for your android application. To enable multi-dex, follow these steps:

1. Edit your build.gradle file of your main module (app)

    android {
     defaultConfig {
       ...
      multiDexEnabled  true
    }
   }
   
   dependencies {
       ...
     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
   }
   

2. Tell your application class to handle these changes.

   You can edit your custom application class to enable multi-dex support.

   public class MyApplication extends Application {
   
   @Override
   protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
      super.attachBaseContext(base);
      MultiDex.install(this);
    }
   }
   

   OR

   public class MyApplication extends MultiDexApplication{
   
   }
   

   OR

   Edit your AndroidManifest.xml file to apply your changes to the application tag

           
   
      
        ...
      
   

There are limitation below API Level 14 and below. Your app may not compile or run below API level 14. While compiling you can get OutOfMemory exception. To resolve this, add the following to build.gradle

dexOptions {
    jumboMode true
    javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}