Error:Build-in class shrinker and multidex are not supported yet

Question

After adding useProguard true and multidexEnabled true to my built types this error comes up when trying to build:

Error:Build-in class shrinker and multidex are not supported yet.

compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '23.0.2'
defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.android
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 23
    versionCode gitVersionCode()
    versionName gitVersionName()
    multiDexEnabled true
}

buildTypes {
    debug {
        ...
        useProguard false
        debuggable true
    }
    release {
        ...
        useProguard true
    }

Running Android Studio 2.0 Beta 5.

Any solution besides removing multidex?

Answer 1

useProguard became minifyEnabled. Try the following:

android {
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            shrinkResources true
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

just remove multidexEnabled and use progaurd from there and give it a try.

Answer 3

Simply disable shrinkResources, and multiDexEnable, it solved the problem.

shrinkResources false
multiDexEnabled false

Also, disable dex option false if you have dexoption as below:

dexOptions {
        incremental false
    }

Answer 4

Just in case someone is still looking into this. First of all, try to avoid the 64k limit (and avoid using multiDexEnabled) by enable code shrinking. Try the following:

android {
    ...
    buildTypes {
        release {
            shrinkResources true
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),
                'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

If the above doesn't work and you have to use miltiDexEnabled then don't use proguard and don't try to shrink resources. Try the following:

buildTypes {
    ...
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        ...
    }
}