Why does use of multiDexEnabled (true) allow the app to build but constantly crash?

Question

An app I am working on (base code not written by me, containing a number of large libs which can't be removed). On a recent run it started responding with the message:

This only occurs when the app tries to build when using the run arrow, it successfully builds when calling "rebuild" or "clean".

A solution included on line is to use the multiDexEnabled true (multiDex documentation here.)

Using this I was able to get the building with both "run" arrow and "rebuild". However the app built and run on phone crashes withthe following error message:

12-11 16:17:16.963 28868-28868/? D/dalvikvm: Late-enabling CheckJNI
12-11 16:17:17.023 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10471 (common_google_play_services_updating_text) in Lcom/google/android/gms/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.023 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0021
12-11 16:17:17.023 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop I/dalvikvm: DexOpt: unable to optimize static field ref 0x28e8 at 0x2e in Lcom/google/android/gms/common/GoogleApiAvailability;.zza
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10465 (common_google_play_services_unknown_issue) in Lcom/google/android/gms/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0012
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10462 (common_google_play_services_notification_ticker) in Lcom/google/android/gms/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0013
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10437 (common_ic_googleplayservices) in Lcom/google/android/gms/R$drawable;
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0039
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10462 (common_google_play_services_notification_ticker) in Lcom/google/android/gms/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.033 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0099
12-11 16:17:17.043 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop I/dalvikvm: Could not find method android.content.pm.PackageManager.getPackageInstaller, referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.zzj
12-11 16:17:17.043 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 616: Landroid/content/pm/PackageManager;.getPackageInstaller ()Landroid/content/pm/PackageInstaller;
12-11 16:17:17.043 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x6e at 0x000b
12-11 16:17:17.043 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop I/dalvikvm: DexOpt: unable to optimize static field ref 0x28c4 at 0x6c in Lcom/google/android/gms/common/GooglePlayServicesUtil;.zza
12-11 16:17:17.043 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop I/dalvikvm: DexOpt: unable to optimize static field ref 0x28e9 at 0x6e in Lcom/google/android/gms/common/GooglePlayServicesUtil;.zza
12-11 16:17:17.083 28868-28907/com.myname.myappcoop I/GMPM: App measurement is starting up
12-11 16:17:17.083 28868-28907/com.myname.myappcoop E/GMPM: getGoogleAppId failed with status: 10
12-11 16:17:17.083 28868-28907/com.myname.myappcoop E/GMPM: Uploading is not possible. App measurement disabled
12-11 16:17:17.113 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 358K, 3% free 16887K/17276K, paused 11ms, total 12ms
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8714 (static_string) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x000b
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8710 (static_string2) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x000e
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8711 (static_string3) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0011
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8716 (static_string4) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0014
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8717 (static_string5) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0017
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8721 (static_string6) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x001a
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8720 (static_string7) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x001d
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 8719 (static_string8) in Lcom/myname/display/R$string;
12-11 16:17:17.133 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0020
12-11 16:17:17.143 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/MAIN: Context 1 : com.myname.myapp.Application@4268dfe8
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar$1', referenced from method com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar.initializeView
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve new-instance 3015 (Lcom/myname/myapp/view/FalseActionBar$1;) in Lcom/myname/myapp/view/FalseActionBar;
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x22 at 0x002a
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10366 ($SwitchMap$com$myname$myapp$view$FalseActionBar$TitleMode) in Lcom/myname/myapp/view/FalseActionBar$3;
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x62 at 0x0005
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: DexOpt: unable to opt direct call 0x5db9 at 0x2c in Lcom/myname/myapp/view/FalseActionBar;.initializeView
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/dalvikvm: DexOpt: unable to opt direct call 0x5dba at 0x46 in Lcom/myname/myapp/view/FalseActionBar;.initializeView
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop W/dalvikvm: threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4162fba8)
12-11 16:17:17.163 28868-28868/com.myname.myappcoop E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                           Process: com.myname.myappcoop, PID: 28868
                           java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.myname.myappcoop/com.myname.myapp.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #24: Error inflating class com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2184)
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
                               at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
                               at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                               at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
                               at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
                            Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #24: Error inflating class com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:620)
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696)
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)
                               at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:290)
                               at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1929)
                               at com.myname.myapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:96)
                               at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
                               at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) 
                               at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                               at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) 
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785) 
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) 
                               at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 
                            Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
                               at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
                               at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594)
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353) 
                               at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:290) 
                               at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1929) 
                               at com.myname.myapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:96) 
                               at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231) 
                               at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) 
                               at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                               at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) 
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785) 
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) 
                               at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 
                            Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar$1
                               at com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar.initializeView(FalseActionBar.java:61)
                               at com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar.<init>(FalseActionBar.java:46)
                               at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method) 
                               at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397) 
                               at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353) 
                               at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:290) 
                               at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1929) 
                               at com.myname.myapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:96) 
                               at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231) 
                               at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) 
                               at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                               at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 
                               at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 
                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) 
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785) 
                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) 
                               at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 
12-11 16:17:46.173 28868-28868/? I/Process: Sending signal. PID: 28868 SIG: 9

The where the code is crashing (Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.myname.myapp.view.FalseActionBar$1) is when a listener is being declared. It was originally in another class extending on click listener so I brought it into the code, but that did not help.

    title.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            switch (mode) {
                case NONE:
                    //Nothing!
                    break;

                case BACK:
                    if(delegate != null){
                        delegate.goBack(backLocation);
                    }
                    break;

                case HOME:
                    if(delegate != null){
                        delegate.goHome();
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }

I originally thought the issue was with the inflater though now I am fairly sure it must be with the use of multiDex.

What is multiDex doing that is causing the crash on inflation?

If you really want to ensure you're back in the previous state, besides running `git reset --hard`, don't forget to run `git clean -fxd` as it will delete every files not tracked by git — gturri, Dec 11 '15 at 06:35
@gturri - thanks, after reverting fully I was able to get to work. This helped me understand where the problem is coming from. I am getting an error when trying to run the app where java.exe is exiting with exit code 2. This is fixed when I use multiDexEnabled, but this appears to be the cause of the app crashing. — Luke, Dec 17 '15 at 04:02
I have updated the question to give context to error message in light of new information — Luke, Dec 17 '15 at 04:11

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 11 '17 at 08:39

9

you need to do following things

in build.gradle add

dexOptions {
    javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}

enable multidex

defaultConfig {
    multiDexEnabled true
}

Create a file extends with MultiDexApplication as following

public class App extends MultiDexApplication {

    @Override
    protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
        super.attachBaseContext(base);
        MultiDex.install(this);
    } 
}

and make this 'App' class as application class in manifest as below -

<application
    android:name=".activity.App"

edited Aug 11 '17 at 08:39

passsy

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answered Dec 24 '15 at 10:20

Deepak

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Thank you So Much. i resolve my Issue after 2 days. Your Answer Work for My Case – Areeba Qurashi Nov 27 '19 at 13:32

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 20 '15 at 10:19

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Just add

android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication"

in AndroidManifest.xml in the application XM tag as property.

This will solve all your problems.

edited Dec 20 '15 at 10:19

Pawan

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answered Dec 20 '15 at 09:50

Shailesh Narayan

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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NoClassDefFoundError comes because of your project not getting file at run time. so try this suggestion and let me know is it solved or not.

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug' error in my project while I added new dependency

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Community

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answered Dec 21 '15 at 06:03

curiousMind

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 21 '15 at 11:45

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Hope you are using android studio. Try to add this line too to the gradle file and retest the same

dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
    }

answered Dec 21 '15 at 11:45

Jiju Induchoodan

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Why does use of multiDexEnabled (true) allow the app to build but constantly crash?

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