Hi. You can check it by unzipping the result apk. If you configured everything correctly, there will be a lot of dex files (one dex file for each library) Else there will be one dex file (or a few if you are using multidex anyway)
On Friday, 6 May 2016 22:32:34 UTC+3, thierryd wrote: > > My point is that I don't see any speed improvement when I target SDK 21. I > think AS detect my device as API 21 and bypass the multidex phase. I just > want to confirm with the tool team that this is indeed the case. :) > > > > On Friday, May 6, 2016 at 1:38:09 PM UTC-4, Gonçalo Silva wrote: >> >> There's a better way. You can get faster compile times while keeping AS's >> lint checks for your real minimum SDK. >> >> Define your minSdk as a function in your project's build.gradle and then >> use it when compiling: >> https://gist.github.com/goncalossilva/a68cc0cc46b9ae015bc1b956bfa8d9ab >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 6:29 PM thierryd <thie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> In his recent article/video ( >>> https://medium.com/google-developers/instant-run-how-does-it-work-294a1633367f#.n0d4idmri), >>> >>> Reto says that creating a flavor that targets API 21 can make the build >>> faster. >>> >>> I thought that the recent improvement in Android Studio already made >>> this unnecessary. I thought that when AS ask the user to select the device >>> to deploy on, if the device is API 21 or greater, the multidex phase is not >>> executed. >>> >>> I have a large app targeting API 17. When I run it on API 21, the >>> instant run build/deploy cycle is 13s. It's the same if I use a flavor that >>> targets API 21. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 adt-dev+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- 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 adt-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
