029: All about the infamous 65,536 dex method count

If you've been an Android developer in the last 2 years, you must have seen this dreaded exception: dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536

Quick googling would immediately bring up the phrase "65K method count" and the recommended solution "multi-dexing". But if you want to really understand this mysterious number and the reason behind its existence, listen on!

• Official Dalvik specification [source.android.com] (look for invoke- prefix methods)
• Android and the Dex limit (great post)
• ADB Ep 11 : ART, pART 2 (Trash Talk) (discussion on ART)
• MultiDexing [developer.android.com] (solution to your 65K method count woes)

• @fragmentedcast [twitter.com]
• @donnfelker [twitter.com]
• @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]