遭遇した問題

最近Flutterも初めてわからないなりにFirebaseと合わせてFirestoreを使用しようとしたところ、下記のエラーが発生しました。

Flutterでcloud_firestoreを追加するとビルドエラーが発生する場合の対処方法

> com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives: 
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/0.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/1.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/4.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/5.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/6.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/7.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/8.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/9.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/10.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/11.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/12.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/13.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/14.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/15.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/16.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/17.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/18.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/19.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/20.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/21.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/22.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/23.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/24.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/25.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/26.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/27.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/28.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/29.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/30.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/31.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/32.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/33.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/34.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/35.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/36.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/37.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/38.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/39.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/40.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/41.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/42.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/43.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/44.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/45.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/46.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/47.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/48.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/49.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/50.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/51.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/52.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/53.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/54.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/55.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/56.jar
 /Volumes/workspace/flutter_fcm/client/build/app/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/57.jar
  The number of method references in a .dex file cannot exceed 64K.
  Learn how to resolve this issue at https://developer.android.com/tools/building/multidex.html

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BUILD FAILED in 18s
Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1
Exited (sigterm)

長い

原因

原因はエラーの中にあるThe number of method references in a .dex file cannot exceed 64K.がポイントでした。
Android アプリ（APK）ファイルには、Dalvik Executable（DEX）形式の実行可能なバイトコードファイルが含まれており、その中にアプリの実行に使用されるコンパイル済みのコードがあります。
Dalvik Executable の仕様により、単一の DEX ファイル内で参照できるメソッドの総数が 65,536 に制限されます。
これらのメソッドには、Android フレームワークメソッド、ライブラリメソッド、独自のコードのメソッドが含まれます。コンピュータサイエンスにおいては、Kilo、K は 1024（または、2^10）を表します。65,536 は 64 X 1024 に等しいため、この制限は「64K 参照制限」と呼ばれます。
引用：64K を超えるメソッドを使用するアプリの設定

今回はcloud_firestoreを追加することで、64K参照制限を超過してしまったため、このエラーが発生してしまったようです。

対処方法

対処方法は簡単で、Androidのアプリレベルのbuild.gradleに``を追加するのみです。

/android/app/build.gradle

android {
  :
    defaultConfig {
         :
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
}

念の為gradle cleanもしてからflutter runを実行すると無事に起動することができました！

まとめ

Flutter楽しいですね MaterialDesignであれば簡単に作成出来るのでハイブリッドはこれが良さそうな気がします。
ただ、やはりといいますか今回の様にAndroid/iOSに依存する問題に引っかかった場合にどこが問題なのか切り分けるのが大変なので、kotlinとswiftもそろそろ勉強すべきな気がしてきました。(やるなら昔javaもしてたのでkotlinかな？)

参照

64K を超えるメソッドを使用するアプリの設定
 Cloud Firestore : DexArchiveMergerException Unable to merge dex