Trying to use Firestore in my project. My project is a brand new one, but having problems running the app on my device without getting an error:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDexDebug'.
My app is using AndroidX. I've added my google-services.json file, followed the steps etc.
Yaml file:
dependencies:
cloud_firestore: ^0.13.3
android/build.gradle:
com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3
Full error:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDexDebug'.
A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives:
The number of method references in a .dex file cannot exceed 64K.
Learn how to resolve this issue at https://developer.android.com/tools/building/multidex.html
Best Answer
The problem is with multidex builder. Actually, this often happens when you have imported a lot of packages in your yaml file which cannot fit into a single .dex built hence you have to enable multidex.
Go to android/app/build.gradle and add the following lines of codes: