Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug' - Android Studio

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I am using Android Studio and when I try to rebuild it builds properly but while running I get the following error, I am using Twitterkit plugin in the project

com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger$6.updateIndex(DexMerger.java:502)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger$IdMerger.mergeSorted(DexMerger.java:277)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeMethodIds(DexMerger.java:491)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:168)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:189)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:454)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:303)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:246)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:215)
    at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:106)
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 2

I am not able to understand where the error is and I am stuck for a very long time,I am sorry if it is a duplicate question but I tried looking up for existing solutions for the problem but no luck so far :( Any suggestions will be really helpful

My build.gradle is as below

  buildscript {
        repositories {
            maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
        }

        dependencies {
            classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
        }
    }
    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
    apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

    repositories {
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    }


    android {
        compileSdkVersion 22
        buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

        defaultConfig {
            applicationId "schooltalk.com.playschoolpublisher"
            minSdkVersion 15
            targetSdkVersion 22
            versionCode 1
            versionName "1.0"
        }
        buildTypes {
            release {
                minifyEnabled false
                proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            }
        }
    }

    dependencies {
        compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
        compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
        compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
        compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.3.0'
        compile project(path: ':backend', configuration: 'android-endpoints')
        compile('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.2.4@aar') {
            transitive = true;
        }
        compile('com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter:1.5.0@aar') {
            transitive = true;
        }
    }

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18021901/android-studio-gradle-build-fails-execution-failed-for-task-dexdebug — IntelliJ Amiya, May 16 '15 at 12:06
Check the [link](http://stackoverflow.com/a/32202153/4576879) . It helped me. — Rahim Rahimov, Nov 05 '15 at 13:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '15 at 11:55

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When you add the multidex:true don't forget to make an Application class in your project that extends from the MultiDexApplication or a lot of bad stuff will happen

public class YourApplication extends MultiDexApplication {
    ..........
}

answered May 16 '15 at 11:55

Bojan Kseneman

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– stack bin May 16 '15 at 13:37
I have added this in androidmenifest.xml actually I added the both based on one SO answer but no luck with it – stack bin May 16 '15 at 13:37
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I never tried with manifest, but I have got it working like I suggested. Also I have found a good blog here http://androidhumanrobot.blogspot.in/2015/05/multidex-issue-in-android-development.html?m=1 – Bojan Kseneman May 16 '15 at 14:45

Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug' - Android Studio

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