Can I enable multidex in Android debug build only?

Question

Dears, I read in many blog posts that multidex apps startup is slower than normal apps. My app uses a lot of libraries that exceed 64k methods so I use multidex. But w

Answer 1

Yes, you can. When you declare your buildTypes include multidex only for debug:

buildTypes {
    release {
        multiDexEnabled false
    }
    debug {
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
}