If not to use multidex which making build process very slow.
You can do the following.
As yahska mentioned use specific google play service library.
For most cases only this is needed.
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:6.5.+'
Here is all available packages Selectively compiling APIs into your executable
If this will be not enough you can use gradle script. Put this code in file 'strip_play_services.gradle'
def toCamelCase(String string) {
String result = ""
string.findAll("[^\\W]+") { String word ->
result += word.capitalize()
}
return result
}
afterEvaluate { project ->
Configuration runtimeConfiguration = project.configurations.getByName('compile')
println runtimeConfiguration
ResolutionResult resolution = runtimeConfiguration.incoming.resolutionResult
// Forces resolve of configuration
ModuleVersionIdentifier module = resolution.getAllComponents().find {
it.moduleVersion.name.equals("play-services")
}.moduleVersion
def playServicesLibName = toCamelCase("${module.group} ${module.name} ${module.version}")
String prepareTaskName = "prepare${playServicesLibName}Library"
File playServiceRootFolder = project.tasks.find { it.name.equals(prepareTaskName) }.explodedDir
def tmpDir = new File(project.buildDir, 'intermediates/tmp')
tmpDir.mkdirs()
def libFile = new File(tmpDir, "${playServicesLibName}.marker")
def strippedClassFileName = "${playServicesLibName}.jar"
def classesStrippedJar = new File(tmpDir, strippedClassFileName)
def packageToExclude = ["com/google/ads/**",
"com/google/android/gms/actions/**",
"com/google/android/gms/ads/**",
// "com/google/android/gms/analytics/**",
"com/google/android/gms/appindexing/**",
"com/google/android/gms/appstate/**",
"com/google/android/gms/auth/**",
"com/google/android/gms/cast/**",
"com/google/android/gms/drive/**",
"com/google/android/gms/fitness/**",
"com/google/android/gms/games/**",
"com/google/android/gms/gcm/**",
"com/google/android/gms/identity/**",
"com/google/android/gms/location/**",
"com/google/android/gms/maps/**",
"com/google/android/gms/panorama/**",
"com/google/android/gms/plus/**",
"com/google/android/gms/security/**",
"com/google/android/gms/tagmanager/**",
"com/google/android/gms/wallet/**",
"com/google/android/gms/wearable/**"]
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 {
def packageExcludesAsString = packageToExclude.join(",")
if (libFile.exists()
&& libFile.text == packageExcludesAsString
&& classesStrippedJar.exists()) {
println "Play services already stripped"
copy {
from(file(classesStrippedJar))
into(file(playServiceRootFolder))
rename { fileName ->
fileName = "classes.jar"
}
}
} else {
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 packageToExclude
}
}.execute()
delete file(new File(playServiceRootFolder, "classes_orig.jar"))
copy {
from(file(new File(playServiceRootFolder, "classes.jar")))
into(file(tmpDir))
rename { fileName ->
fileName = strippedClassFileName
}
}
libFile.text = packageExcludesAsString
}
}
}
project.tasks.findAll {
it.name.startsWith('prepare') && it.name.endsWith('Dependencies')
}.each { Task task ->
task.dependsOn stripPlayServices
}
project.tasks.findAll { it.name.contains(prepareTaskName) }.each { Task task ->
stripPlayServices.mustRunAfter task
}
}
Then apply this script in your build.gradle, like this
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply from: 'strip_play_services.gradle'
