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May 26, 2021 · Mobile Development

Understanding DEX, VDEX, ODEX and ARouter Optimization in Android Development

The article explains Android’s DEX compilation flow, the transformation of DEX into VDEX and ODEX during ART pre‑optimization, why ODEX lacks the original classes.dex causing ARouter routing failures, and how disabling dex stripping in the build restores the missing classes for stable navigation.