Android: Failing to build with library due to dex limit exceeding

[micnguyen]

Hi, after a fresh install of this library I am having issues building the Android app with the below message. One other developer is experiencing this as well.

npx react-native run-android info Running jetifier to migrate libraries to AndroidX. You can disable it using "--no-jetifier" flag.
Jetifier found 1705 file(s) to forward-jetify. Using 16 workers...
info JS server already running.
info Installing the app...
Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster)

> Task :app:stripDebugDebugSymbols UP-TO-DATE
Compatible side by side NDK version was not found.

> Task :app:mergeDexDebug

> Task :app:mergeDexDebug FAILED

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 7.0.
Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
See https://docs.gradle.org/6.0.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings
286 actionable tasks: 33 executed, 253 up-to-date
D8: Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file (# fields: 66375 > 65536)
com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives:
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
	at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveMerger.getExceptionToRethrow(D8DexArchiveMerger.java:131)
	at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveMerger.mergeDexArchives(D8DexArchiveMerger.java:118)
	at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexMergerTransformCallable.call(DexMergerTransformCallable.java:102)
	at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DexMergingTaskRunnable.run(DexMergingTask.kt:444)
	at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade.run(Workers.kt:335)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.AdapterWorkAction.execute(AdapterWorkAction.java:50)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerServer.execute(DefaultWorkerServer.java:50)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1$1$1.create(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:65)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1$1$1.create(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:61)
	at org.gradle.internal.classloader.ClassLoaderUtils.executeInClassloader(ClassLoaderUtils.java:98)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1$1.execute(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:61)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker$1.call(AbstractWorker.java:44)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker$1.call(AbstractWorker.java:41)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:416)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:406)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.call(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:102)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.call(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:36)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker.executeWrappedInBuildOperation(AbstractWorker.java:41)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1.execute(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:53)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor$3.call(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:217)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor$3.call(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:212)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.runExecution(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:215)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.runBatch(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:164)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.run(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:131)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:48)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:56)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed to complete
	at com.android.tools.r8.utils.t.a(:55)
	at com.android.tools.r8.D8.run(:11)
	at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveMerger.mergeDexArchives(D8DexArchiveMerger.java:116)
	... 34 more
Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.utils.AbortException: Error: null, Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file (# fields: 66375 > 65536)
	at com.android.tools.r8.utils.Reporter.a(:21)
	at com.android.tools.r8.utils.Reporter.a(:7)
	at com.android.tools.r8.dex.VirtualFile.a(:33)
	at com.android.tools.r8.dex.VirtualFile$h.a(:5)
	at com.android.tools.r8.dex.ApplicationWriter.a(:13)
	at com.android.tools.r8.dex.ApplicationWriter.write(:35)
	at com.android.tools.r8.D8.d(:44)
	at com.android.tools.r8.D8.b(:1)
	at com.android.tools.r8.utils.t.a(:23)
	... 36 more


FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDexDebug'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
   > com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives:
     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

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1m 11s

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
Error: Command failed: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081
D8: Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file (# fields: 66375 > 65536)

iOS builds fine. Package.json dependancies:

  "dependencies": {
    "@react-native-community/async-storage": "^1.11.0",
    "@react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.10",
    "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^5.6.1",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^5.7.2",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^5.6.2",
    "@reduxjs/toolkit": "^1.4.0",
    "axios": "^0.19.2",
    "date-fns": "^2.14.0",
    "prettier-standard": "^16.3.0",
    "react": "16.11.0",
    "react-native": "0.62.2",
    "react-native-flipper": "^0.49.0",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.6.1",
    "react-native-image-base64": "^0.1.4",
    "react-native-image-crop-picker": "^0.32.2",
    "react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view": "^0.9.2",
    "react-native-linear-gradient": "^2.5.6",
    "react-native-maps": "0.27.1",
    "react-native-picker-select": "^7.0.0",
    "react-native-reanimated": "^1.9.0",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.0.7",
    "react-native-screens": "^2.9.0",
    "react-native-simple-radio-button": "^2.7.4",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^7.0.0",
    "react-native-webview": "^10.3.3",
    "react-redux": "^7.2.0",
    "redux-flipper": "^1.2.0",
    "rn-async-storage-flipper": "0.0.9",
    "validator": "^13.1.1"
  },