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Make sure you are pointing to the correct path of your d8.jar and that you are specifying the full class name com.android.tools.r8.D8 exactly as written (case-sensitive).

To enable R8 for code shrinking:

You might be familiar with the older dx tool. Google created D8 to be superior in several key areas. It is significantly faster, generates smaller .dex files, and leads to equivalent or better runtime performance for your applications. This is why starting from Android Studio 3.1, D8 became the default dex compiler. d8.jar download

By default, d8 outputs a classes.dex file in your current working directory. Use the --output flag to change this destination or to package the output directly into a ZIP or JAR archive.

Once you have located d8.jar , you can use it to manually compile Java class files into an Android-readable classes.dex file. Prerequisites: Make sure you are pointing to the correct path of your d8

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Download a newer version of the Android SDK Build-Tools to get an updated d8.jar . It is significantly faster, generates smaller

By adopting D8 and R8, you gain access to modern Java language features without worrying about your app's minimum API level. This is made possible by a process called . D8 includes this transformation step as an integral part of its compilation process.