Drop multidex build

dbnicholson · dbnicholson · commit ac174500b600 · 2022-09-23T15:03:17.000-06:00
On Android 5 (API 21) and higher[1], multidex is not needed by the ART runtime. Since we don't intend to support any versions older than that, drop the multidex build. 1. https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex#mdex-on-l
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ android {
         versionCode {{ args.numeric_version }}
         versionName '{{ args.version }}'
         manifestPlaceholders = {{ args.manifest_placeholders}}
-        multiDexEnabled true
     }
 
 	
@@ -132,6 +131,5 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.airbnb.android:lottie:3.4.0'
     {%- endif %}
     implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'
-    implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
 }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ android {`
`37`	`37`	`versionCode {{ args.numeric_version }}`
`38`	`38`	`versionName '{{ args.version }}'`
`39`	`39`	`manifestPlaceholders = {{ args.manifest_placeholders}}`
`40`		`- multiDexEnabled true`
`41`	`40`	`}`
`42`	`41`
`43`	`42`
`@@ -132,6 +131,5 @@ dependencies {`
`132`	`131`	`implementation 'com.airbnb.android:lottie:3.4.0'`
`133`	`132`	`{%- endif %}`
`134`	`133`	`implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'`
`135`		`- implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'`
`136`	`134`	`}`
`137`	`135`