[android] android : Error converting byte to dex

So, I am getting the following error while running the project after upgrading build.gradle (Project) from

dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha2'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
}

to

dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha3'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
}

I just changed the gradle from 2.0.0-alpha2 to 2.0.0-alpha3 and then, trying to build the project.

Error log:

Information:Gradle tasks [:app:assembleDebug]
:app:incrementalDebugBuildInfoGenerator
:app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDebugBuild
:app:checkDebugManifest
:app:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportAppcompatV72311Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportCardviewV72311Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportCustomtabs2311Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportDesign2311Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportRecyclerviewV72311Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42311Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComDigitsSdkAndroidDigits192Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComTwitterSdkAndroidTweetComposer102Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComTwitterSdkAndroidTweetUi180Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComTwitterSdkAndroidTwitter1110Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComTwitterSdkAndroidTwitterCore162Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareIoFabricSdkAndroidFabric1310Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareDebugDependencies
:app:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:app:injectDebugBootstrap
Instrumented app with a fast deploy bootstrapping application
:app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:fabricGenerateResourcesDebug
:app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResources
:app:mergeDebugResources
:app:processDebugResources
:app:generateDebugSources
:app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:app:fastDeployDebugExtractor
:app:generateDebugInstantRunAppInfo
:app:transformClassesWithExtractJarsForDebug
:app:transformClassesWithInstantRunVerifierForDebug
:app:transformClassesWithInstantRunForDebug
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:app:transformClassesWithInstant+restartDexForDebug
:app:transformClasses_enhancedWithInstant+reloadDexForDebug
:app:incrementalDebugSupportDex
:app:transformClassesWithDexForDebug
Error:Error converting bytecode to dex:
Cause: com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/design/R$anim;
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDexForDebug'.
> com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 2
Information:BUILD FAILED
Information:Total time: 1 mins 22.84 secs
Information:2 errors
Information:0 warnings
Information:See complete output in console

Any help would be appreciated.

My project used an external library with heterogeneous Java compatibility versions in my build.gradle files (1.7 and 1.8). I fixed it by using the same version for the lib and for the app project. In my case for both :

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

Just restart your AS, then Rebuild your app!

First, build -> clean project -> rebuild it again.

If its not working, then in your build.gradle, set the multiDexEnabled as true

eg:

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.myapplication"
    minSdkVersion 21
    targetSdkVersion 27
    multiDexEnabled true
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    testInstrumentationRunner"android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}

If you are applying any plugins. Then, in your module Gradle file (usually the app/build.gradle),make sure you add the apply plugin line at the bottom of the file to enable the Gradle plugin.

e.g.

This problem is mainly in gradle or in misversioned libraries, including, from libraries, when both define the same class. Expand and check, imported external libraries...

You cannot have two same classes to be exported to one place, or code, therefore, dexer does not know which one should be used...

For some reasons, @ChintanSoni's answer didn't worked. I tried deleting the build folder manually but couldn't delete some files since they were being used by some process. Cleaning and re-building the project didn't help so I opened task manager, selected JAVA(TM) Platform SE binary and pressed on 'End task`.

Then I tried to run the project once again and it started compiling fine.

Try installing via :app:installDebug. If it works then it is related to Android Studio's caches. I removed .gradle/ folder inside my project and it works.

In my case, this was due to my library not being configured as 'android'. E.g. apply plugin:'java' instead of apply plugin:'com.android.library'

Before:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:10.0.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:10.0.1'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:10.2.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:10.2.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:10.2.0'

After:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:10.2.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:10.2.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:10.2.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:10.2.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:10.2.0'

Finally got resolved.

I've noticed this can happen (sometimes) when editing java files while Android Studio is building.

I solved this by manually deleting the build folder and running agin.

In my case the problem was because of capital letters in some packages.

If you have multiple projects, make sure you are not adding a dependency multiple times, I needed to exclude the other project's dependency like this:

compile(project(':OtherProject-SDK')) {
    compile.exclude module: 'play-services-gcm'
    compile.exclude module: 'play-services-location'
    compile.exclude module: 'support-v4'
    compile.exclude module: 'okhttp'
}

In case it helps someone, in my case I was using a custom package in release mode instead of in debug mode.

I just changed the package from "release" to "debug" and it worked.

If you bring in to the code same library from 2 different sources that will cause the error.

For me was very easy. Just add:

//noinspection GradleDependency,GradleCompatible implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:11.0.4'

... and the magic happens.

In my case, I put

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

at the bottom of build.gradle file and set multiDexEnabled true in defaultConfig. Then just run and it works.

I had the same problem and realised that the two separate jar files I had in my app/libs folder had the same packages as sub dependencies, which caused the conflict.

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile fileTree(include: 'Parse-*.jar', dir: 'libs')
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:24.0.0-alpha1'
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-invites:9.2.0"
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:9.2.0"
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:9.2.0'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.2.0'
}

I add the com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.2.0 line and choose the same version (9.2.0) for all firebase libraries and the issue was solved.

Check you build.gradle (Module: your app).

All com.google.android.gms libraries must use the exact same version specification (mixing versions can lead to runtime crashes).

For example: If you have com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:9.6.1 and com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:10.0.1

You have to change the firebase version to: 10.0.1

Just clean and retry solved for me.

In My case, I First Clean the project then i press Make Project button as below image, then it start working. Rebuild doesn't work for me.

And I also updating Google Repository is must.

I had the same problem and it is caused by not same version of google analytics and firebase. I used 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.1.0' and then add these dependencies:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:10.2.6'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:10.0.1'

So change firebase version to 10.2.6 fix this problem.

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:10.2.6'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:10.2.6'

Thing that worked for me.

1. Go to android folder of your app.
2. Run ./gradlew clean

I met the same problem.
First delete build folder from project location (You can access it via android studio or using explorer), then build the project.

After I upgraded to Android Studio 2.1, the next time I rebooted, I was asked to upgrade to JDK 1.8. After I upgraded to JDK 1.8, that's when my AS project had trouble compiling. I followed all of the suggestions in this page, but to no avail. Finally, I decided to check the version of JDK that my project was using, and to my surprise, it somehow was pointing to JDK 1.8!

Moral of the story: If compileSdkVersion<=23, double check that your project is using JDK1.7 as follows:

• Right Mouse on top level module
• Project STructure => JDK Location

This question have many answers but, if you not solved your error yet, this could work:

Sometimes we import different versions from google products/APIs so, try to organize your gradle file to solve the: Mixing versions warning

In my case, using :

I had the issue during transformClassesWithDexFor when the maximum heap size for the Gradle daemon is superior to 4Go. By changing my ~/gradle.properties with org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m (meaning I reduce the heap size to 2Go instead of 4Go) the dex then runs in a separate process and I no longer have the issue.

14:52:26.412 [WARN] [org.gradle.api.Project]

Running dex as a separate process.

To run dex in process, the Gradle daemon needs a larger heap.

It currently has 2048 MB.

For faster builds, increase the maximum heap size for the Gradle daemon to at least 4608 MB (based on the dexOptions.javaMaxHeapSize = 4g).

To do this set org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4608M in the project gradle.properties.

I found in my case, this issue was caused by an improper configuration of build.gradle. I had two different versions of com.google.firebase. Once the versions were the same, the issue was solved

I met the same problem,and i clean project ,some other problems causeed can not clean,so i manually delete dir 'build' ,so it can can clean Ok,then run it ok for me.

Please add this block inside android in build.gradle

dexOptions { preDexLibraries = false }