Do I know if I need Multi-Dex enabled? (ClassNotFoundException)

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java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn’t find class

This is a known issue in the creation of the Java classes.zip file in the following release:

December 4th, 2017 – Xamarin.Android 8.1.0.24

  • This version is included in the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 release.

Java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

We have had multiple reports regarding applications running into a “Java.Lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn’t find class on path: DexPathList” exception.

Bug: xamarin.android_8.1/#Known_Issues

GitHub PR fix: https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/pull/1142

Workaround:

You can clean/rebuild as a workaround on Windows in order to recreate the Java classes.zip file

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