KeepSafe/dexcount-gradle-plugin

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A Gradle plugin that reports the number of method references in your APK, AAR, or Java module on every build. It helps Android developers track app growth and stay under the 65,536 method-reference limit without needing multidex.

Use cases

• count method references in my android apk
• track dex method count growth on every build
• avoid hitting the 64k method limit in android
• monitor method count of an aar library
• check if my app needs multidex
• report method counts per package in gradle build

When to choose

• you build Android apps or libraries with Gradle and need visibility into method-reference counts
• you want to catch method-count growth before hitting the 65,536 limit
• you need per-package breakdowns of dex method usage

When to avoid

• you need full APK size or dependency analysis rather than method counts
• your project uses Gradle below 7.0 or AGP below 7.0
• you develop non-Android Java projects where dex counting is irrelevant

Facets

plugin · maturity active

build-tool developer-tools analytics monitoring mobile-development developer-tools android-tools jvm cli gradle-plugin android dex method-count multidex apk-analysis

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