I got this error when we run apk file of our application. In build.gradle
we set multidex and compile multidex is existed in Gradle file . We changed the version of
I was having this issue when i enabled proguard, when i'm disabling it I don't get the crash. I fixed it by adding following dependencies in my app level gradle. I have used FCM, Firebase Analytics and google location in my app. So I had to add the following, if u r not using anything then skip it.
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:17.0.0'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:20.2.0'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.4.3'
Also add the following in your proguard rules file.
-dontshrink
-dontoptimize
-dontwarn
-dontpreverify