PI56336: "UNABLE TO EXECUTE DEX" ERROR EXCEEDING 65K METHODS

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Interim Fix README for 7.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Using Android's Eclipse ADT plugin has a limit of 65k methods.
  When a Mobile First Platform Foundation (MFPF) Studio Android
  application adds a large library such as Google Play Services,
  the dex limit is exceeded and unable to run the app. The
  recommended solution is to migrate the Eclipse based project to
  an Android Studio Gradle based project and use Gradle to enable
  multiDex. However, conversion of an MFPF Studio Project to
  Android Studio project causes some problems with the Android
  Studio project, so migration was never recommended and was not
  supported in the past. In order to fix this dex issue, support
  for migration to Android Studio will be added and the MFPF
  Studio project will no longer interfere with the Android Studio
  project.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users who get a Dex error for exceeding 65,000 methods in    *
  * MobileFirst Platform Foundation Android applications.        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * MobileFirst Platform Foundation Android applications made in *
  * Eclipse have a dex limit of 65,000 methods. Importing large  *
  * libraries such as Google Play Services may push some         *
  * applications over the limit of 65,000 methods and will       *
  * prevent the application from building. The solution is to    *
  * migrate the application to Android Studio and build with     *
  * Gradle instead of Ant, which has settings that allows for    *
  * multi-dex support. For MobileFirst to support Android        *
  * Studio, some build changes needed to be made in the          *
  * MobileFirst application build process to not overwrite       *
  * Android Studio files. After those changes have been applied, *
  * users should be able to migrate their application to Android *
  * Studio, make changes in Eclipse, build and deploy to server  *
  * in Eclipse, and then deploy and run their application in     *
  * Android Studio.                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• After installing the iFix, rebuild the application.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MFPF/WORKLIGHT

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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