D8: Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file (# methods: 66038 > 65536) com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives: The number of method references in a .dex file cannot exceed 64K. code example

Example 1: D8: Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file (# methods: 85258 > 65536)

defaultConfig {
    ...

    multiDexEnabled true
}

Example 2: D8: Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file (# methods: 85258 > 65536)

dependencies {
    ...

    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
}

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