Android 64k method limit error on 56k methods

Question

I\'m receiving this error in my android project:

Unable to execute dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536
Conversion to Dalvik format failed: Unable to exe         


        

Answer 1

I resolved this issue with this code, my problem is that google play services push my app over the limit. This removes the google play services that you app does not need. Put it at the bottom of your gradle build file

def toCamelCase(String string) {
String result = ""
string.findAll("[^\\W]+") { String word ->
    result += word.capitalize()
}
return result
}

afterEvaluate { project ->
    Configuration runtimeConfiguration = project.configurations.getByName('compile')
    ResolutionResult resolution = runtimeConfiguration.incoming.resolutionResult
    // Forces resolve of configuration
    ModuleVersionIdentifier module = resolution.getAllComponents().find { it.moduleVersion.name.equals("play-services") }.moduleVersion

String prepareTaskName = "prepare${toCamelCase("${module.group} ${module.name} ${module.version}")}Library"
File playServiceRootFolder = project.tasks.find { it.name.equals(prepareTaskName) }.explodedDir

Task stripPlayServices = project.tasks.create(name: 'stripPlayServices', group: "Strip") {
    inputs.files new File(playServiceRootFolder, "classes.jar")
    outputs.dir playServiceRootFolder
    description 'Strip useless packages from Google Play Services library to avoid reaching dex limit'

    doLast {
        copy {
            from(file(new File(playServiceRootFolder, "classes.jar")))
            into(file(playServiceRootFolder))
            rename { fileName ->
                fileName = "classes_orig.jar"
            }
        }
        tasks.create(name: "stripPlayServices" + module.version, type: Jar) {
            destinationDir = playServiceRootFolder
            archiveName = "classes.jar"
            from(zipTree(new File(playServiceRootFolder, "classes_orig.jar"))) {
                exclude "com/google/ads/**"
                exclude "com/google/android/gms/analytics/**"
                exclude "com/google/android/gms/games/**"
                exclude "com/google/android/gms/plus/**"
                exclude "com/google/android/gms/drive/**"
                exclude "com/google/android/gms/ads/**"
            }
        }.execute()
        delete file(new File(playServiceRootFolder, "classes_orig.jar"))
    }
}

project.tasks.findAll { it.name.startsWith('prepare') && it.name.endsWith('Dependencies') }.each { Task task ->
    task.dependsOn stripPlayServices
}
}