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Prabs
Prabs

Reputation: 5173

Library's Methodcount impact on app

I was reading Glide Vs Picasso
Then I came across a sentence

Picasso has method count of 849, while Glide has total 2678 method count. 2678 is quite a lot for 65535 methods limit of Android DEX file. You should enable ProGuard if you choose to use Glide.

Then I read

Android libraries are great, but they come at a cost. Use this tool to avoid the dreaded 65K method limit of the DEX file format!

at methodscount.com

If we use a library with a large method count then will there be any effect on app performance? or is it just a number which have certain limit as 65k?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 75

Answers (1)

Henry
Henry

Reputation: 43778

In principle, it is just a limit. But many methods typically means lots of code and therefore larger file size. This will also have impact on installation time and memory consumption.

Upvotes: 1

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