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Using Eclipse, is possible to generate an Android project using multidex for creating multiple dex files? Searching over the net I found how to do that using gradle but nothing about to use that on Eclipse without gradle

Plebios
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It looks like ADT's ant-tasks project is no longer maintained (it resides under 'legacy' folder).
So if you can't migrate to Gradle, you can edit the DexExecTask manually. You'll have of course to rebuild the project locally..

[Edit - 10/25/2014] maven-android-plugin does support multi-dex. However, it currently has a small issue: secondary dex files placed in wrong location. This pull request strives to fix that, so stay tuned! (Fixed in 4.0.0)

Alex Lipov
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  • Using android maven plugin for eclipse I've achieved generate multiple dex files. Now the problem is that the secondary dex files are saved inside the res/ folder inside the apk. The new multidex support of android needs these files in another location. Now, I'm expecting a new revision of the plugin that allows configure the path where to generate the dexes. – Plebios Oct 24 '14 at 23:39
  • I see.. This is not what I understood from your question (consider to edit it).. Of course, the correct location is the root folder (where the main dex is located). There's a pull request that, once merged, is going to change the folder where dexes placed: http://github.com/jayway/maven-android-plugin/pull/482 – Alex Lipov Oct 25 '14 at 08:23
  • Yes, I'm expecting. Thanks for the help. – Plebios Oct 25 '14 at 19:01
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    I've merged manually the pull request with the last version of the plugin and it works. – Plebios Oct 27 '14 at 14:49
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    @AlexLipov How to edit [DexExecTask](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/tools/base/+/master/legacy/ant-tasks/src/main/java/com/android/ant/DexExecTask.java), inorder to compile with multidex? – Amarnath Nov 30 '14 at 12:44
  • @Amarnath It is open source. You can download the code, edit it as you wish, compile and replace the ant-tasks.jar in your sdk directory. – Alex Lipov Nov 30 '14 at 12:52
  • @AlexLipov yes i can understand. But i have big confusion on what to edit in that DexExecTask to generate the jar. do you have any guidance to me? – Amarnath Dec 01 '14 at 10:24
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    @Plebios can you let me know the steps what you did to overcome the issue 65K using maven plugin? – Amarnath Dec 02 '14 at 17:45
  • Alex's answer will only help to experience expert android Developers, NOT for a normal android developer. – Himanshu Mori Jul 11 '16 at 11:09