Enable Multidex for Android in Ionic framework

Question

Is there a way to set enable multidex (https://github.com/casidiablo/multidex) for Android if I build apps using Ionic Framework ?

Answer 1

To fix this —

Install couple of androidx plugins to solve the issue. So simply run the following commands in your project root:

Add plugin to enable AndroidX in the project

1. ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx

2. Add plugin to patch existing plugin source that uses the Android Support Library to use AndroidX

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter

3. Now run the following commands in your project root:

cordova clean
ionic cordova build android

https://medium.com/@AnkitMaheshwariIn/ionic-android-error-while-merging-dex-archives-unable-to-merge-dex-in-ionic-3f6272899aab