Hmm, I've written a couple of other plugins that don't suffer from multiple dex exceptions. I forget the first, but the second is:
https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/cordova-plugin-background-app So, I think there might be something else going on besides the plugin's lib having a dependency on CordovaLib (this is what allows plugin library projects to reference Cordova APIs) On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Maffett, Ian <ian.maff...@intel.com> wrote: > I’ve run into a few issues with Cordova CLI5, Android 4 and > libraries/frameworks. I will try to explain below, but the issue appears > to be related to the dependency section in build.gradle and each librarie’s > build.gradle file. > > We’ve developed a plugin to enable expansion files on Android. It is > dependent on three custom Android libraries, which declare in the > plugin.xml file. > > <framework src="AndroidLibrary/GoogleExtras/play_licensing/library" > custom="true" /> > <framework > src="AndroidLibrary/GoogleExtras/play_apk_expansion/downloader_library" > custom="true"/> > <framework src="AndroidLibrary/GoogleExtras/play_apk_expansion/zip_file" > custom="true" />’ > > > The first problem we ran into we will be submitting a patch to fix. The > issue is that the project’s folder name was prepended to the path when it > was created. We could not reference this in the build-extras.gradle due to > the constant name change. Below is an example where my project’s directory > from cordova create is “foobar" > > org.apache.cordova.xapkreader/foobar-library > > I spoke with Andrew Grieve via email and he recommend changing the > build.js file in cordova-android to enable the following in creating the > settings.gradle . We can now properly reference the library in a > build-extras.gradle > > include ":org.apache.cordova.xapkreader:library" > project(":org.apache.cordova.xapkreader:library").projectDir = new > File("org.apache.cordova.xapkreader/foobar-library”) > > > The second issue we are running into is bigger. Whenever we run a build, > we get DEX errors. There are two specific cases we are running into. The > first is for general Cordova errors, the second is specific to our > AndroidLibrary/GoogleExtras/play_licensing/library . > > com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define > > I believe this is due to the following > > 1. The main build.gradle has dependencies to all the sub > projects/libraries which get built > 2. The libraries each have their own build.gradle which has a > dependency on CordovaLib > > In the general case, it appears that with each library CordovaLib is being > compiled into the jar and causes the error for DEX since it includes > multiple definitions. If I open up Android studio and change each > libraries build.gradle dependency to only have the following (the reference > to CordovaLib was removed) > > > dependencies { > compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar') > } > > This removes the DEX errors for Cordova. The issue specific to our > plugin is that I have to modify the main build.gradle dependency to remove > the references for the following, which is a custom library we’ve declared. > > > debugCompile project(path: ":org.apache.cordova.xapkreader:library", > configuration: "debug") > releaseCompile project(path: ":org.apache.cordova.xapkreader:library", > configuration: "release") > > Removing those references allows the > AndroidLibrary/GoogleExtras/play_apk_expansion/downloader_library > build-extras.gradle file to reference it and build successfully. > > dependencies { > compile(project(':org.apache.cordova.xapkreader:library')) > compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar') > } > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >
