MultiDexApplication and global class in the manifest xml

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My problem is that I have a global class, that have information about my app and I show in other activities,

my AndroidManifest.xml was like this...

<application
    android:name=".Global"      <-------- global class
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/nobar">
 .
 .
</application>

but i have errors java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded and 65k limit in dex and i need to change it to...

<application
    android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication" <--- changed
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/nobar">
 .
 .
</application>

this is my build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
    }

    compileSdkVersion 24
    buildToolsVersion "24.0.0"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.xx.xx"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 24
        versionCode 25
        versionName "1.0"
        // Enabling multidex support.
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
        debug {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.xx
            debuggable false
        }
    }
    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.1.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
    compile 'com.mcxiaoke.volley:library:1.0.19'
    compile 'com.nostra13.universalimageloader:universal-image-loader:1.9.5'

}

but I need the global class to share information about activities...

or there is another way to do this thing??

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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In build.gradle, try to change something like below, use multiDexEnabled true

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.0"

    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 21
        ...

        // Enabling multidex support.
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    ...
}

dependencies {
  compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
}

https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex.html

How to enable multidexing with the new Android Multidex support library

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Aug 01 '16 at 19:38

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yes i have that in my `build.gradle` it cause change my manifes, and in there i have a global class name, and i changed it for `android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication"` and i need a global class – DarckBlezzer Aug 01 '16 at 20:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Well I has a global class for my project, i did this example of global class

Example of global class with android manifest

My solution for my global class is this example..

Android global variable

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 28 '18 at 10:40

Update your Global Class like this to support MultiDex.

public class Global extends Application {
    @Override
    protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
        super.attachBaseContext(base);
        MultiDex.install(this);
    }
    //rest of your code here
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 29 '19 at 05:32

I've just faced the same issue.

To solve this problem, I fixed Global class like below.

public class Global extends Application  --> before

public class Global extends android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication --> after

Then, AndroidManifest.xml should be ponting Global class in the name attribute just like you worte before.

<application
    android:name=".Global"

MultiDexApplication and global class in the manifest xml

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