java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application

In Google Play Developer Console I see this crash:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application com.example.MyApp: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.example.MyApp" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/mnt/asec/com.example.testapp-1/pkg.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/mnt/asec/com.example.testapp-1/lib, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:516)at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4545)at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:160)at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1390)at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5330)at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:829)at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:645)at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.example.MyApp" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/mnt/asec/com.example.testapp-1/pkg.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/mnt/asec/com.example.testapp-1/lib, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:497)at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:457)at android.app.Instrumentation.newApplication(Instrumentation.java:975)at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:511)... 11 moreSuppressed: java.io.IOException: unable to open DEX fileat dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFileNative(Native Method)at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFile(DexFile.java:296)at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:80)at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:59)at dalvik.system.DexPathList.loadDexFile(DexPathList.java:263)at dalvik.system.DexPathList.makeDexElements(DexPathList.java:230)at dalvik.system.DexPathList.<init>(DexPathList.java:112)at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.<init>(BaseDexClassLoader.java:48)at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.<init>(PathClassLoader.java:65)at android.app.ApplicationLoaders.getClassLoader(ApplicationLoaders.java:57)at android.app.LoadedApk.getClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:326)at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:508)... 11 more

This crash occurs mostly on Android versions 4.4 and 4.2.This answer suggests that this crash occurs when the apk is updated by dalvik. It seems to be a low-priority Android bug.

Are there any workarounds for this?Does it help to set

<application                android:allowBackup="false"

in Manifest.xml?

(Maybe the backup of application is stored on SD-card, which is causing the problem on apk update).