INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT Error in Android 5.0 in Release mode

Question

I have a strange issue with INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT . This occurs in android 5.0 devices in emulator as well as in devices. And strange thing is that it works well when build variant in Debug mode .

If I change to Release I get this exception only on 5.0 devices. I have thoroughly went through all the links that is available in google.

1. Wipe the data

2. Bought a new device where I can install for the first time but still I face the same issue.

3. Project has multidex support:- true in gradle

4. Also tried change SDK tool version and build tool version to latest which is 24.4.0.

I use this device

When i build in release mode i get this Error

in Console

These are the build type we use.

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
        signingConfig signingConfigs.release
    }


    debug {
        applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
        signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
    }


}

Image of SDK Tools used:

I can assure you that there has been never a build installed the device.I have cleared everything if it already installed.

Can somebody in this world could help me with this issue.Because it driving us crazy.....

Answer 1

When the APK is installed onto Android, the OS executes dex2opt for optimizing. The INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT error message means that your device can't optimize the dex file.

This issue usually occurs because of the dex file size. Usually, you can find a LinearAlloc Limit warning or error message in the Android monitor when this happens. If it is a problem of dex size, add this to your build.gradle file:

afterEvaluate {
    tasks.matching {
        it.name.startsWith('dex')
    }.each { dx ->
        if (dx.additionalParameters == null) {
            dx.additionalParameters = []
        }
     
         // To avoid linearAlloc limit problem on Gingerbread and below
         dx.additionalParameters += "--set-max-idx-number=50000"
         dx.additionalParameters += "--minimal-main-dex"
    }
}

Also, be sure to turn Instant Run off.