When building an apk: DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536

Question

I'm using android studio and there are no problems when running the app only when building its apk.

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDexForDebug'.
> com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: 
com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: 
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: 
com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]:  
65536

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33313101/dexindexoverflowexception-only-when-running-tests — IntelliJ Amiya, Dec 30 '16 at 06:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 30 '16 at 06:25

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Add the following line:

multiDexEnabled true

Inside the defaultConfig of build.gradle

defaultConfig
{
    multiDexEnabled true
}

edited Dec 30 '16 at 06:25

IntelliJ Amiya

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answered Dec 30 '16 at 05:32

Priya Singh

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Thanks,,this solved my problem. – Boneyflesh Dec 30 '16 at 08:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '16 at 06:01

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That helped me: in your build.gradle add the following:

android {
...
defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 24
    multiDexEnabled true
    }
}

answered Dec 30 '16 at 06:01

Android Geek

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 30 '16 at 05:56

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Also add following in android of build.gradle along with multidexEnabled

dexOptions {
  javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}

answered Dec 30 '16 at 05:56

Foram Shah

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When building an apk: DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536

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