Getting "package android.support.multidex does not exist" after upgrading to Android Studio 2.3

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Y.S picture Y.S · Mar 23, 2017 · Viewed 17.2k times · Source

I updated from Android Studio 2.2.3 to Android Studio 2.3 yesterday, and I ran into the following two problems:

  • Upon updating, Gradle 3.2 was installed by default, but syncing my project would not work and I kept getting an error saying "Gradle 3.3 is required". Using the default Gradle wrapper doesn't work. The only way to fix this was to download Gradle 3.3 manually and point to the directory in build settings.

  • On running my project, I kept getting a string of errors involving my BaseApplication class which extends MultiDexApplication. The error goes something like this:

    Error:(19, 62) error: package android.support.multidex does not exist

I am unable to resolve this error. I have buildToolsVersion '25.0.2', and my project compiled and ran properly before upgrading to Android Studio 2.3. Can anyone help me with this problem?

Answer

Thomas Liu picture Thomas Liu · Mar 31, 2017

I have passed the building. my solution is that adding explicit dependencies in build.gradle. compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'

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