IssueTracker

Host OS: Linux
SDK tools version (available in the "About" section of the 'android' tool
UI): 22.3
Eclipse version: 20110218-0911
ADT plug-in version: 22.3

There is a well-known issue in Android when an app that reached DEX limit can't be built.

And looks like there is still no official solution from Google yet.

One of the best-known not official solutions is to split project and libraries classes like the following:
- keep only main project's classes.dex file
- move libraries classes.dex to assets folder
- during application startup dynamically read lib's classes.dex from the assets folder

(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18174022/custom-class-loading-in-dalvik-with-gradle-android-new-build-system/18174023?noredirect=1#comment30794189_18174023)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Try to build an app which has more class links than DEX limit
2. DEX limit error will occur

EXPECTED RESULTS:
Of course the best is to have an official solution to extend current DEX limit or at least there is a 'jar' task from 'java' plugin inside 'android' plugin.
Then it would really help to easy prevent packaging all library *.class files in the same classes.dex, simply by customizing 'jar' task like the following:
configure(jar) {
 include 'classes.dex'
}

OBSERVED RESULTS: No 'jar' task, and resolving Android DEX limit issue is really difficult on gradle