The DexWrapper is legacy code from the original ADT plugins I 
  believe.  Why they did it that way I don't know.
  
    
    Dave
     
    To get dex to work, I had to apply the same approach 
    as Gradle, which is to launch a command shell and run "java 
    com.android.dx.command.Main --dex ...". 
    The good news is that Build Tools version will probably 
    not be an issue. 
    However, I would like to know why the DexWrapper was 
    employed in the first place as the command shell approach is a natural 
    choice.
     
    I can now build, install and run my test 
    application targeting API 25 and with the bug fix. The next thing to 
    try is a Robolectric test on the MainActivity class.
     
    Andrew
     
    
    
    Andrew, go ahead and make any change that needs to be made.   
    We probably also need to add a check to see what version of the build tools 
    is required, and put a warning dialog up that can be dismissed, saying 
    something to the affect that they must upgrade to version 26 at 
    least.    We can also put this out in a release document as 
    well, when we do the release.
    When the android sdk makes these types of changes we just have to adapt 
    with them.
    Dave
    
    On 10/18/2017 6:27 PM, Andrew Bowley 
    wrote:
    
      
      I have hit an important change to the build tools 
      which needs to be addressed. The Dex tool main class has changed with 
      version 26 from being totally static to just having a static 
      main method.
      This means the DexWrapper class is no longer 
      needed and in fact throws an NPE when dexing with version 26 
      dx.jar.
       
      How should I proceed? To jettison DexWrapper 
      forces everyone to use build tools version 26 and above.To leave it in 
      adds unwelcome complexity to Andmore.
       
      Andrew
      
      Dave
       
      I have pressed on, patching the code to avoid 
      compilation errors, and one issue needs to be resolved from this activity. 
      
       
      There is a class named DeviceMenuListener in "adt" 
      package org.eclipse.andmore.internal.editors.layout.configuration which 
      has the following logic:
       
      "Group the devices by manufacturer, then put them in the 
      menu. If we don't have anything but Nexus devices, group them together 
      rather than make many manufacturer submenus."
       
      I had to comment out the Nexus code as it 
      references objects in an sdk-common helper class which have been removed. 
      Maybe a bug report needs to be raised so the design can be 
      reviewed.
       
      I am now at the stage of having set up a test 
      environment to proove the PR. I am hoping there are no big surprizes so I 
      can submit the PR shortly.
       
      Andrew
       
      
      Andrew, thanks.   Can you put a pull request together that 
      contains all the fixes, and I'll try to get it going through the 
      simulataneous review process.  This will allow us to merge the 
      change, while allowing the IP team to do their review.
      In this case, it would be better to have one commit with all the 
      changes, so it would be easier to back out if we need to for any 
      reason.   If you follow the format of the other commit messages, 
      the PR will automatically be linked back to bugzilla.
      Thanks for the all the effort on this.
      Dave
      
      On 10/15/2017 4:50 PM, Andrew Bowley 
      wrote:
      
        
        Please find 
        attached file containing information on dependency jars for the CQ 
        process.
         
        The bug fix 
        requires Andriod SDK builder-2.3.3.jar which declares 34 dependencies. 
        These include 7 other SDK artifacts which I indicate are not expected to 
        be deployed at this time.
         
        Andrew
         
         
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