Multi dex installation failed. SDK 1 is unsupported. Min SDK version is 4.

[jonneymendoza]

Description

Multi dex installation failed. SDK 1 is unsupported. Min SDK version is 4.

Steps to Reproduce

execute a unit test through gradle using ./gradlew test

Robolectric & Android Version

robolectric 2.4, Android minSdk 4.4

[emartynov]

Can you try latest Robolectric? Do you also have the dependency to shadows-multidex?

[jonneymendoza]

We are stuck on using 2.4 unless we completely refactor all our test classes. Is there no way other fix?

[emartynov]

Up to you, but new Robolectric is more shiny and bright. For example, Shadow multidex is only available from 3.x.

But you can still fix it with next workaround:

1. Change your application from extending MultiDexApplication and do multidex install in method:

  @Override
  protected void attachBaseContext(Context base)
  {
    super.attachBaseContext(base);
    installMultidex(base);
  }

  protected void installMultidex(Context base) {
    MultiDex.install(base);
  }

1. Create class in test sources in the same package as yours app with name Test<YourAppName> (example your application name is com.mycompany.android.SuperUsefulApplication then class in test sources should be com.mycompany.android.TestSuperUsefulApplication. And override next mutlidex install method:

class TestSuperUsefulApplication extends SuperUsefulApplication {
  @Override
  protected void installMultidex(Context base) {
     //do nothing for tests
  }
}

[jaredsburrows]

This is not a Robolectric issue. Robolectric 2.4 is old, please update. Robolectric min sdk is API 16.

[jongerrish]

Closing this as it hasn't been updated in a while. If its still an issue with Robolectric 4.0 please reopen with a reproducible test case and we'll prioritize.