* What went wrong: Could not determine the dependencies of task ':app:collectReleaseDependencies'. > Could not resolve all task dependencies for configuration ':app ...

APK uses executable bytecode i.e Dalvik Executable (DEX) files to run an app. The dex file limits the total number of methods in a single dex file to 65,536, including Android sdk methods, library ...

I recently ran into failing Android builds as mentioned here. One of the solutions provided was Multidex builds, and I landed on this repo. When I try to run this sample app though, it crashes with ...

Before Android Studio, most of the developers didn’t know how to build Android APK without Eclipse. They could do this on the command line but learning each (dx, aapt, etc) tool and their role in SDK ...