android studio was getting build error while build execution with following:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug'. java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Unable to merge dex"
My app:build.gradle file:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 26
buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.pdroid.foodieschoice"
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 25
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-auth:2.3.0'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy {
force 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1'
force 'com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1'
force 'com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.1'
force 'com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1'
force 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.0.1'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
any solutions
Edit: i have done with sample through firebase github site and solved
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Are you in between SDK or platform updates? If yes complete those completely and then try to continue. I normally update the individual packages that need to be updated as to taking the entire update which could go up to 2.5 GB sometimes. Doing this complete update sometimes fails. I had a number of SDK updates once I upgraded to Android Studio 3.0 and was getting the above error since all packages had not been updated. Once I updated all packages the above error was gone.
To remove this Dex issue just implement one dependency. This issue occur when we are using multiple different service from the same server. Suppose we are using ads and Firestore in a project and both have a repository maven. so we need to call different data with on repository we need dex dependency to implement. The new update Dependency:-
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
I'm sure it will resolve your issue permanent
The easiest way to avoid suck kind of error is:
-Change library combilesdkversion as same as your app compilesdkversion
-Change library's supportLibrary version as same as your build.gradle(app)
I Have Done and fixed this issue by just doing this jobs in my code
Open ->build.gradle Change value from
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.6.1'
to
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.2'
I also got the similar error.
Problem :
Solution :
Main root cause for this issue ismultiDex is not enabled. So in the Project/android/app/build.gradle, enable the multiDex
For further information refer the documentation: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex#mdex-gradle
For me, adding
multiDexEnabled true
and
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
exclude 'META-INF/notice'
exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/license'
exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
}
into the app level Build.gradle file solved the issue
For Cordova based project, run cordova clean android
before build again, as @mkimmet suggested.
Same thing happened to me, figured out that I was in the middle of updating to AS 3.0.1 and after I did the update, cleaned and rebuilt the app, everything was fixed.
I was receiving the same error and in my case, the error was resolved when I fixed a build error which was associated with a different build variant than the one I was currently building.
I was building the build variant I was looking at just fine with no errors, but attempting to debug caused a app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug
error. Once I switched to build the other build variant, I caught my error in the build process and fixed it. This seemed to resolve my app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug
issue for all build variants.
Note that this error wasn't within the referenced external module but within a distinct source set of a build variant which referenced an external module. Hope that's helpful to someone who may be seeing the same case as me!
I had this when requested SDK version didn't match the dependencies. You can click the line highlighted and fix this clicking the red light bulb. No need to find the actual version, just let the IDE figure it out for you. And add google repo to maven config.
For me what fixed this error was changing one line in my app's gradle dependencies.
from this:
compile('com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:+') {
force = true
}
To this:
compile('com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:11.8.0') {
force = true
}
Also be sure your app is subclassing MultiDexApplication
import android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication
class App : MultiDexApplication()
or if not subclassing Application class, add to AndroidManifest.xml
<application
android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication"
When the version of Android Studio is 3.0.1, Gradle Version is 4.1 and Android PluginVersion is 3.0.0, it will encounter this problem. Then I downgrade Gradle Version is 3.3, Android Android is zero, there is no such problem.
Use multiDexEnabled true as below.
{
minSdkVersion 17
targetSdkVersion 28
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
multiDexEnabled true
}
and
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
this Solution worked for me.
Go to your module level build.gradle
file and add the following lines to the code
defaultConfig {
...
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 28
multiDexEnabled true
}
...
}
dependencies {
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
}
That solved the problem easily. Check this documentation
Try to add this in gradle
android {
defaultConfig {
multiDexEnabled true
}
}
1)Please add multiDexEnabled true 2)if you get compilation error then check your app level build.gradle weather same dependencies are implemented with different versions. 3)Remove one if you find same dependencies.
android { compileSdkVersion 28 defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 17
targetSdkVersion 28
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
multiDexEnabled true
}
hope it works fine :) Happy Coding
For me, the problem was the use of Java 1.8 in a module, but not in the app module. I added this to the app build gradle and worked:
android{
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
This error happens when you add an external library which may not be compatible with your compileSdkVersion
.
Be careful when you are adding an external library
.
I spent 2 days on this problem and finally it got solved following these steps.
Make sure all your support libraries are same as compileSdkVersion
of your build.gradle(Module:app)
in my case it is 26
.
In your defaultConfig category type multiDexEnabled true. This is the important part.
Go to File | Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Instant Run and try to Enable/Disable Instant Run to hot swap... and click okay
Sync
Your project.
Lastly, Go to Build | click on Rebuild Project.
Note: Rebuild Project first cleans and then builds the project.
Same problem. I have enabled multidex: defaultConfig { applicationId "xxx.xxx.xxxx" minSdkVersion 24 targetSdkVersion 26 multiDexEnabled true
I have cleared cache, ran gradle clean, rebuild, make, tried to make sure no conflicts in imported libraries (Removed all transitive dependencies) and made all updates. Still:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug'. java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Unable to merge dex
Turns out the build did not like: implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-android:1.7.21'
Simply try doing a "Build -> Clean Project". That solved the problem for me.
This is what works for me. clean prepare and run.
cordova clean android;
ionic cordova prepare andriod;
ionic cordova run andriod;
hope it helps.
In my case changing firebase library version from 2.6.0 to 2.4.2 fixed the issue
You can always revert to DX for now via this setting in your project's gradle.properties
file:
android.enableD8=false
For more info, see https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/04/android-studio-switching-to-d8-dexer.html
Refer to this link: As there are various options to shut the warning off depending on the minSdkVersion, it is set below 20:
android {
defaultConfig {
...
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 26
multiDexEnabled true
}
... }
dependencies { compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3' }
If you have a minSdkVersion greater than 20 in your build.gradle set use the following to shut down the warning:
android {
defaultConfig {
...
minSdkVersion 21
targetSdkVersion 26
multiDexEnabled true
}
... }
Update dependencies as follows:
dependencies {
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
}
Again the only difference is the keywords in dependencies:
minSdkVersion below 20: use compile
minSdkVersion above 20: use implementation
I tried many solutions as mentioned above including the multiDexEnabled true but none of that worked for me.
Here is the solution which worked for me - copy this code in app\build.gradle file
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
def requested = details.requested
if (requested.group == 'com.android.support' && requested.name != 'multidex') {
details.useVersion "${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
}
}
}
Make sure to run gradlew clean before running the code
Source: Stackoverflow.com