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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError in API 18

See original GitHub issue

When trying to upload the debug variant of an app I am developing using Timber. When trying in one of my old devices running API 18, I get the following error

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                             java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: timber.log.Timber$1
                                                                                 at timber.log.Timber.<clinit>(Timber.java:150)
                                                                                 at com.aitorvs.android.nlcommute.MyApplication.onCreate(MyApplication.java:36)
                                                                                 at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1007)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4444)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:141)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1316)
                                                                                 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
                                                                                 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
                                                                                 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                                                                                 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
                                                                                 at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

and MyApplication.java:36 is the Timber.plant(...) inside the true IF branch like bellow:

        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
            Timber.plant(new Timber.DebugTree() {
                             @Override
                             protected String createStackElementTag(StackTraceElement element) {
                                 return super.createStackElementTag(element) + ":" + element.getLineNumber();
                             }
                         }
            );
        } else {
            Timber.plant(new TimberReleaseTree());
        }

I have tested the app in other devices running L and M and runs OK for both release and debug versions so I assume is something related to TImber internals.

I am using version Timber 4.1.0.

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Binghammercommented, Apr 9, 2017

I have mulitdexing enabled and I am still running in to this issue

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sytlercommented, May 3, 2017

@Binghammer I was facing the same issue on KitKat, placing “MultiDex.install(this)” right below super.OnCreate fixed this issue

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