MultiDexApplication not recognized

Question

Trying to use MultiDexApplication in my app, but the class is not recognized when I try to extend my application activity with it.

Here is my build.gradle file:

Answer 1

MultiDexApplication class is not part of appcompat-v7 library. It is being shipped in a separate jar (called android-support-multidex).

Find the android-support-multidex.jar under /sdk/extras/android/support/multidex/library/libs (available from revision 21 of support library) and copy it to your project's libs folder.

Update (11/5/2014):
The jar is now available in central repository:

dependencies {
  ...
  compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
}

For more info, see here.