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Use this option if you don't need an Application subclass. This is the simplest option, but this way you can't provide your own Application subclass. If an Application subclass is needed, you will have to switch to one of the other options to do so. For this option, simply specify the fully-quali...

Use this option if your project requires an Application subclass. Specify this Application subclass using the android:name property in the manifest file inside the application tag. In the Application subclass, add the attachBaseContext() method override, and in that method call MultiDex.install():...

In order to enable a multidex configuration you need: to change your Gradle build configuration to use a MultiDexApplication or enable the MultiDex in your Application class Gradle configuration In app/build.gradle add these parts: android { compileSdkVersion 24 buildToolsVersion ...

The dexcount plugin counts methods and class resource count after a successful build. Add the plugin in the app/build.gradle: apply plugin: 'com.android.application' buildscript { repositories { mavenCentral() // or jcenter() } dependencies { classpath 'com.ge...

This is very similar to using an Application subclass and overriding the attachBaseContext() method. However, using this method, you don't need to override attachBaseContext() as this is already done in the MultiDexApplication superclass. Extend MultiDexApplication instead of Application: package...