[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to merge dex files?

No idea, but what is the APK file size?

On Sep 24, 10:46 am, gbear <chris.regni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a way to merge multiple dex
> files into one.  Or if anyone can point me in the proper direction (or
> am I just going to have to write the tool myself?)
>
> Use case:
> I have a very large app that I'm trying to put on android.  We're
> talking about tens of thousands of classes here.
> The app is split up into multiple components/projects/libraries.
> The build time for this is horrendous thanks to the conversion to dex!
> Anywhere from 5-10 mins on a dual core 3ghz with 4 gigs of ram.
> Debugging and one line changes are becoming a nightmare!
> There's obviously no need to build most of the libraries every time.
> So I'd like to only build the ones that have changed, and then merge
> all the separate dex files.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
> Thanks

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