I see. Can we at least count on Jack generating the file that contains the list of all classes that must go into the main dex file? We can then do Dex transformations, but still rely on the list of classes in that file.
Thanks, Ariel On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 1:18:02 AM UTC+3, Xavier Ducrohet wrote: > > There's no current plan to do this directly in the dex format. > > > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Ariel Cattan <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> I was wondering whether as part of the Transform API in the Android >> Gradle plugin 1.4.0-beta2, there was any intention of providing some tools >> to handle multidex. >> To elaborate - since the Transform API allows requesting and performing >> Dex transformations, and since eventually I assume most developers will >> want to use Jack to speed up their build times, it leads to favouring Dex >> transformations over Java class transformations. This imposes one problem - >> handling multidex, i.e. analyzing and deciding which classes should reside >> in the main dex file. >> Are there any plans to convert the existing Android tool (MainDexClasses) >> to a tool that can provide the same functionality over dex files? >> It would be awesome if we could perform dex transformations without >> worrying about which class resides in which dex file, and have the Android >> build system adjust it after the transformation. >> >> Thanks :-) >> Ariel Cattan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "adt-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Xavier Ducrohet > Android SDK Tech Lead > Google Inc. > http://developer.android.com | http://tools.android.com > > Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "adt-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
