Java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError in 4.1 and working with 5.1. using multidex in android studio

Question

I am stuck in a very stupid type of problem from 3 days and still have no luck. I use Parse.com to register and login. I also use twitter and facebook. My oncreate application method: -

  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    Parse.initialize(this, AppConstants.PARSE_APP_ID, AppConstants.PARSE_CLIENT_KEY);

    ParseUser.enableAutomaticUser();
    ParseACL defaultACL = new ParseACL();

    defaultACL.setPublicReadAccess(true);

    ParseACL.setDefaultACL(defaultACL, true);
    FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(getApplicationContext());
}
}

My gradle build: -

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
defaultConfig {
    applicationId "rsi.com.componentsdemo"
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 23
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    multiDexEnabled true
}
dexOptions {
    incremental true
    javaMaxHeapSize "2048M"
    jumboMode = true
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
productFlavors {
}}dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'
compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:1.3.0'
compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.2.0'
compile('org.twitter4j:twitter4j-core:4.0.1') {
    exclude group: 'com.google.android', module: 'support-v7'
}
compile project(':lib')
compile files('libs/Parse-1.11.0.jar')

}

I am using parse 1.11.0.jar lib in the libs folder.

Now the fact is that the same code works on an Android 5.0.1 device, but it crashes in version 4.1.1.

LogCat is as follows: -

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.parse.ParsePlugins$Android
                                                                        at com.parse.Parse.initialize(Parse.java:191)
                                                                        at rsi.com.componentsdemo.ComponentsDemoAppClass.onCreate(ComponentsDemoAppClass.java:20)
                                                                        at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:999)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4151)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:130)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1255)
                                                                        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
                                                                        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
                                                                        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                                                                        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
                                                                        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
                                                                        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
                                                                        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Please help me deal with this issue. Thanks!!

Answer 1

incremental = true, , dex, , 4.1 (AFAIK 4.4) - dex

, 4.4 . ParsePlugin.

, build.gradle

dexOptions {
        incremental true
        // here heap size give 4g i got this thing from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adt-dev/P_TLBTyFWVY

        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
    }


dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
    //    your dependencies which you are using.

}

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
repositories {
    mavenCentral()

}
configurations {
//    all*.exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'recyclerview-v7'
}

android {
    signingConfigs {
        /*
        releasebuild {
            keyAlias 'hellotest'
            keyPassword 'hellotest'
            storeFile file('path to keystore')
            storePassword 'hellotest'
        }
        */
    }
    compileSdkVersion 'Google Inc.:Google APIs:22'
    buildToolsVersion '23.0.0'
    /* if you got error regarding duplicate file of  META-INF/LICENSE.txt from jar file
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
    }
    */
    dexOptions {
        jumboMode = true
        incremental true
        // here heap size give 4g i got this thing from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adt-dev/P_TLBTyFWVY

        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
    }
    defaultConfig {
        multiDexEnabled true
        applicationId "com.myapp.packagenme"
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            signingConfig signingConfigs.releasebuild
        }
        debug {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.releasebuild
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
    //    your dependencies which you are using.

}

MultiDexApplication

MultiDex.install

    public class MyAppClass extends MultiDexApplication{
@Override
    protected void attachBaseContext(Context newBase) {
        MultiDex.install(newBase);
        super.attachBaseContext(newBase);
    }
}