029: All about the infamous 65,536 dex method count

Fragmented - An Android Developer Podcast - A podcast by Donn Felker, Kaushik Gopal

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If you've been an Android developer in the last 2 years, you must have seen this dreaded exception: dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536 Quick googling would immediately bring up the phrase "65K method count" and the recommended solution "multi-dexing". But if you want to really understand this mysterious number and the reason behind its existence, listen on! Show notes: http://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/29/