I have an app built with react native and I need to enable MultiDexsupport. My problem is that I can't import the MultiDexApplication class to extend it because at compile time I get symbol not found error for both the import statement and the class name when extending it in MainApplication.java
build.gradle
dependencies {
classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3')
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
classpath "androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1"
}
If I try to add the dependency as implementation, I get the following error when starting the app:
Could not find method implementation() for arguments [androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.
In all online resources I saw that the dependecy was added as implementation so I guess that can be my problem.
MainApplication.java
package com.classmanager;
import android.app.Application;
import androidx.multidex.MultiDexApplication;
import android.content.Context;
import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
import com.oblador.vectoricons.VectorIconsPackage;
import com.oblador.vectoricons.VectorIconsPackage;
import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.List;
public class MainApplication extends MultiDexApplication implements ReactApplication {
private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost =
new ReactNativeHost(this) {
@Override
public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
}
@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
@SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
// Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
// packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
return packages;
}
@Override
protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
return "index";
}
};
@Override
public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
return mReactNativeHost;
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
initializeFlipper(this); // Remove this line if you don't want Flipper enabled
}
//@Override
//protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
//super.attachBaseContext(base);
//MultiDex.install(this);
//}
/**
* Loads Flipper in React Native templates.
*
* @param context
*/
private static void initializeFlipper(Context context) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
try {
/*
We use reflection here to pick up the class that initializes Flipper,
since Flipper library is not available in release mode
*/
Class<?> aClass = Class.forName("com.facebook.flipper.ReactNativeFlipper");
aClass.getMethod("initializeFlipper", Context.class).invoke(null, context);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
It's the default MainApplication from react-native init, except that I imported the MultiDexApplication class and extended it instead of Application. But when I run the app, I get the following error:
import androidx.multidex.MultiDexApplication;
^
symbol: class MultiDexApplication
location: package androidx.multidex
C:\Users\meadi\WebstormProjects\ClassManager\android\app\src\main\java\com\classmanager\MainApplication.java:16: error: cannot find symbol
public class MainApplication extends MultiDexApplication implements ReactApplication {
^
symbol: class MultiDexApplication
C:\Users\meadi\WebstormProjects\ClassManager\android\app\src\main\java\com\classmanager\MainApplication.java:18: error: incompatible types: MainApplication cannot be converted to Application
new ReactNativeHost(this) {
^
Any idea why MultiDexApplication couldn't be resolved?
update: I tried adding the multidex dependecy as implementation to the app level build.gradle. It seems now that the class is resolved, but i get this error:
D8: Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file (# methods: 100718 > 65536)
com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives:
The number of method references in a .dex file cannot exceed 64K.
So MultiDex is still not enabled
Update: Here is the project level build.gradle
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
ext {
buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
minSdkVersion = 16
compileSdkVersion = 28
targetSdkVersion = 28
multiDexEnabled = true
}
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3')
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
mavenLocal()
maven {
// All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
}
maven {
// Android JSC is installed from npm
url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
}
google()
jcenter()
maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
}
And here is the app level build.gradle
apply plugin: "com.android.application"
import com.android.build.OutputFile
project.ext.react = [
entryFile : "index.js",
enableHermes: false, // clean and rebuild if changing
]
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
/**
* Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
* - An APK that only works on ARM devices
* - An APK that only works on x86 devices
* The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
* Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
* the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
*/
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
/**
* Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
*/
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
/**
* The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
*
* For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
* `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
*
* The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
* allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
* give correct results when using with locales other than en-US. Note that
* this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
*/
def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
/**
* Whether to enable the Hermes VM.
*
* This should be set on project.ext.react and mirrored here. If it is not set
* on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
* and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
*/
def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);
android {
compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.classmanager"
minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
splits {
abi {
reset()
enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
universalApk false // If true, also generate a universal APK
include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
}
}
signingConfigs {
debug {
storeFile file('debug.keystore')
storePassword 'android'
keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
keyPassword 'android'
}
}
buildTypes {
debug {
signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
}
release {
// Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
// see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android.
signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
}
}
// applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.each { output ->
// For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
// https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
if (abi != null) { // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
output.versionCodeOverride =
versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
}
}
}
}
dependencies {
implementation project (':react-native-vector-icons')
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.2.0'
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-rc01'
implementation 'androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.1.0-alpha02'
implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules
if (enableHermes) {
def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/android/";
debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
} else {
implementation jscFlavor
}
}
// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
from configurations.compile
into 'libs'
}
apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
