CRASH for Android 4.4

[sujay-bidchat]

@corymsmith Hi, I get a crash on released application for Android 4.4. I've provided the details below.

react-native: 0.47.1
react-native-fabric: 0.5.0

I get a crash for Android 4.4

at io.fabric.sdk.android.Kit.<init> (Kit.java:43)
  at com.crashlytics.android.answers.Answers.<init> (Answers.java:20)
  at com.crashlytics.android.Crashlytics.<init> (Crashlytics.java:29)
  at com.collabspace.collabspaceapp.MainApplication.onCreate (MainApplication.java:101)
  at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate (Instrumentation.java:1007)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:4572)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500 (ActivityThread.java:151)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1402)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:110)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:5323)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative (Native Method)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:515)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:828)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:644)
  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main (Native Method)

[nes123]

with the last package, with react-native 0.56, for andorid 4.4 I get

Exception java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: io.fabric.sdk.android.services.common.FirebaseInfo

[appai]

any solution for this issue?

[nes123]

After fixing all the multidex setup I got rid of this crash.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44140496/how-do-i-enable-multidex-for-react-native

[mathiastambjergsteengaard]

@nes123 Which answer did it for you. I already have multidexenabled: true (The first answer) but still get the crash

[chinloongtan]

Update the extends Application to extends MultiDexApplication works for me.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/56875424/4508934