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Migrating from Ant to Gradle in Android Studio

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "SOMEID"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 17
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.1'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
compile 'com.google.guava:guava:18.0'
compile 'com.google.guava:guava:18.0'
compile 'com.google.guava:guava:15.0'
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}
I am fairly new to android, so please be aware. The application that I have been working on was under Ant build, and now have to change to Gradle to work with other new dependencies. And now, I am getting the following errors after migration through Android Studio->Import->Projects:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformResourcesWithMergeJavaResForDebug'.
com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: com.android.builder.packaging.DuplicateFileException: Duplicate files copied in APK overview-frame.html
File1: /Users/taeyounglee/StudioProjects/adr-android/app/libs/ormlite-android-4.45-javadoc.jar
File2: /Users/taeyounglee/StudioProjects/adr-android/app/libs/ormlite-core-4.45-javadoc.jar
Below are the ones that are in libs folder, I even tried hard-coding the dependencies on the build.gradle as well, but didn't work out:
HockeySDK-3.5.0.jar
http-request-4.2.jar
jsr305-2.0.1.jar
libGoogleAnalyticsV2.jar
ormlite-android-4.45.jar
ormlite-android-4.45-javadoc.jar
ormlite-android-4.45-sources.jar
ormlite-core-4.45.jar
ormlite-core-4.45-javadoc.jar
ormlite-core-4.45-sources.jar
otto-1.3.4.jar
picasso-2.1.1.jar
Any suggestions on this? The app uses ormlite, and requires both .jar files, as when I tried removing either one of those, it just throws compile errors. I tried looking up online about APK overview-frame.html, but can't seem to find reasonable answer. Help much appreciated, and thanks in advance!

If you can avoid it, stop using the jars. Gradle makes pulling dependencies down from Maven or JCenter super easy. When adding libraries like this to your projects, start thinking in terms of adding the dependency via accessing JCenter or Maven instead of manually downloading and placing the jar in your project.
compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-android:4.45'
compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-core:4.45'
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
compile 'com.squareup:otto:1.3.8'
compile 'net.hockeyapp.android:HockeySDK:3.7.2'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.4.0'
compile 'com.github.kevinsawicki:http-request:6.0'
Here's their associating website references:
OrmLite
Picasso
Otto
Hockey
Analytics
HTTP Request

google play service error

I got this below error
Error:(1, 1) A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.application']
> Gradle version 2.10 is required. Current version is 2.8. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in C:\Users\TARUN\Desktop\GingerBuds\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-2.10-all.zip
Then I changed the above gradle path, Then following problem occurred,
I am getting this exception, while building my project . I rebuild and clean the project and updated google-play-services , then also i got error. can anyone please help me how to solve this.
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\TARUN\Desktop\Gingerbuds\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services\8.4.0\jars\classes.jar (The system cannot find the path specified)
Build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.kitchenvilla.gingerbuds"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 24
versionName "1.2.2"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
android {
useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
}
android {
publishNonDefault true
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.0.0'
compile 'com.mcxiaoke.volley:library:1.0.15'
compile 'org.apmem.tools:layouts:1.10#aar'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.0.0'
compile 'com.pkmmte.view:circularimageview:1.1'
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.3.2'
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.7.0'
}

This bug has been fixed according to Google dev blog: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system
2.0.0-alpha6 (2016/1/15)
Instant Run
Fix alpha5 reported issues :
- cannot build when importing play-services.
You should update android gradle tools version
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha6'
}

This exception is thrown during a failed attempt to open the file denoted by a specified Path-name.
You can use
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'
Update your classpath
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha2'

this will solve it
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:2.0.0-alpha2'
}
and
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'

update gradle version to alpha9 in project level gradle file
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha9'

i tried to import admob ads to a new app i was making and i ran into this problem...... i found the solution the be the StartAppInApp file being located in the wrong spot or not being there..... my app needed the StartAppInApp-3.1.1.jar file to be located in the libs folder and when i looked at my app there was no libs folder located there at all .....
open your main app folder... then click app and you should have 3 folders.... src ... build.... and libs .....
in my case there was no libs folder..... so i created the libs folder and then went and copied the StartAppInApp-3.1.1.jar file from a different android project i had and i pasted it to the new libs folder i made in my current project... the error is now GONE!
i also made sure to include
compile files('libs/StartAppInApp-3.1.1.jar')
in the dependencies of my app gradle file
not sure if this is a solid answer but if anyone has this problem double check your StartAppInApp-3.1.1.jar location and version and check your gradle dependencies

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithJarMergingForDebug'

Good day.
After updating google repository in AndroidStudio, I have an issue
> Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithJarMergingForDebug'.
> com.android.build.transform.api.TransformException: java.util.zip.ZipException: duplicate entry:
> android/support/v7/cardview/BuildConfig.class
I'm trying to exclude group android.support from play-services, it did not help.
When I started my project on another PC I have:
> Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithJarMergingForDebug'.
> com.android.build.transform.api.TransformException: java.util.zip.ZipException: duplicate entry:
> android/support/annotation/AnimRes.class
my build.gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.android.databinding'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "ru.alexeyk.myevents"
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 16
versionName "1.121"
multiDexEnabled true
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile('com.github.nkzawa:socket.io-client:0.4.2') {
exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'
}
compile files('libs/sentry-1.1.4.jar')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:23.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.1.0'
compile 'com.nostra13.universalimageloader:universal-image-loader:1.9.4'
compile 'com.github.machinarius:preferencefragment:0.1.2'
compile 'com.edmodo:cropper:1.0.1'
compile 'com.makeramen:roundedimageview:2.1.1'
compile 'org.ocpsoft.prettytime:prettytime:4.0.0.Final'
compile 'com.yandex.android:mobmetricalib:2.00#aar'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.1.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:8.1.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.1.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:8.1.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.1.0'
}

In terminal execute in root project folder:
./gradlew clean
It helped me.

AndroidStudio Menu:
Build/Clean Project
Update old dependencies

All the above not working for me.. Because I am using Facebook Ad dependency..
Incase If anybody using this dependency compile 'com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:4.16.0'
Try this code instead of above
compile ('com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:4.16.0'){
exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms'
}

Open your system command prompt/terminal -> Go to your Project folder path (root project folder ) -> Execute following command : command :- gradlew clean or ./gradlew clean
Make sure that all your gradle dependencies are of same version. -> Example :- your appcompat and recyclerview dependencies should have same version.
-> Change your gradle dependencies to same version like :-
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.4.0'
-> Rebuild your project and it will work fine.

Use project root in terminal like this:-/Users/rajnish/Desktop/RankProjects/ProjectCloud
After that enter this command ./gradlew clean
It will work.

There may be different reason for reported issue, few days back also face this issue 'duplicate jar', after upgrading studio. From all stackoverflow I tried all the suggestion but nothing worked for me.
But this is for sure some duplicate jar is there, For me it was present in one library libs folder as well as project libs folder. So I removed from project libs folder as it was not required here. So be careful while updating the studio, and try to understand all the gradle error.

I got this error because I did not have the correct line in my build.gradle. I am using the org.apache.http.legacy.jar library, which requires this:
android{
useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
...
}
So check that you have everything in your gradle file that is required.

I resolved the issue by double checking the "libs" directory and removing redundant jars, even though those jars were not manually added in the dependencies.

see if their duplicate jars or dependencies your adding remove it and your error will be gone:
Eg:
if you add android:supportv4 jar and also dependency you will get the error so remove the jar error will be gone

I resolve this is by changing the version no of recyleview to recyclerview-v7:24.2.1.
Please check your dependencies and use the proper version number.

For me the issue was caused by com.google.android.exoplayer conflicting with com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk.
I fixed the problem by excluding the exoplayer library from the audience-network-sdk :
compile ('com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:4.24.0') {
exclude group: 'com.google.android.exoplayer'
}

Android Studio: deleting com.facebook.android package from build

I imported an Eclipse project in Android Studio. It uses the facebook SDK. In order to import it, I had to make sure the FacebookSDK folder was in the project path. The import was successful and I was able to do a build and there were no errors. However, when I try to run the app in the simulator I get the following error:
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Lcom/facebook/AccessToken$SerializationProxyV1;
From my research, this points to the fact that the com.facebook.android package resides in 2 places: in my project and in the FacebookSDK module, which is a dependency. To resolve this, my research indicates that I need to remove the package from my project and leave it in the FacebookSDK module.
I tried doing this in Android Studio by deleting the package from the Build folder (build\generated\source\r\debug\com.facebook.android). However, when I rebuild the project, it regenerates the package. So I decided to delete the package from Finder outside of Android Studio. But the same thing happens when I run a rebuild.
Please let me know what I am doing wrong, or if there is some way to exclude this package from the build, other than removing it.
By the way, in order to exclude the package from the build, I tried putting this in my project's build.gradle (which I found in an answer on stackoverflow), but the error still occurred:
configurations {
all*.exclude group: 'com.facebook.android'
}
Here's my gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 19
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId 'org.bicsi.fall2015'
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 17
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
}
productFlavors {
}
}
configurations {
all*.exclude group: 'com.facebook.android'
}
dependencies {
compile project(':facebookSDK')
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.1.0'
compile files('libs/Parse-1.3.8.jar')
compile files('libs/PushIOManager.jar')
compile files('libs/crittercism_v4_3_0_sdkonly.jar')
compile files('libs/facebooksdk.jar')
compile files('libs/httpclient-4.0.1.jar')
compile files('libs/libGoogleAnalyticsServices.jar')
compile files('libs/stackmob-android-sdk-1.3.5.jar')
compile files('libs/twitter4j-core-3.0.5.jar')
}

Your issue is here:
compile project(':facebookSDK')
compile files('libs/facebooksdk.jar')
You are using the same library (may be with different version) twice.
Remove the jar from your dependency.
Also, using Android Studio and the gradle system I suggest you removing your module locally and using
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.0.0'
instead of compile project(':facebookSDK')

I would recommend you to place your 'gradle.build' file, showing the dependencies part, so it would be easier to help you.
From your explanation, you are importing twice the facebook module, from the imported module and from your own build, right?
Using compile project to include module and also getting it from maven repository. Maybe something like this?
dependencies {
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.0.0'
compile project(':my_project_that_contains_facebook')
}
If thats the case, you can just do the following
dependencies {
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.0.0'
compile (project(':my_project_that_contains_facebook')) {
exclude module: 'com.facebook.android'
}
}

Java finished with non-zero exit value 2 - Android Gradle

I'm getting this error executing my Android app (I cleaned it and then built it, but the error is still present)
Sync: OK
Make Project: OK
Clean: OK
Run: Error
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug' .com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 2
My gradle file:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.rzr.rzevallosr.miappdepruebas"
minSdkVersion 19
targetSdkVersion 21
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
productFlavors {
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
flatDir {
dirs 'libs'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
// This library handles authentication and authorization
compile 'com.spotify.sdk:spotify-auth:1.0.0-beta9#aar'
// This library handles music playback
compile 'com.spotify.sdk:spotify-player:1.0.0-beta9#aar'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.+'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.2.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.2.0'
compile files('libs/spotify-web-api-android-master-0.1.0.jar')
compile files('libs/okio-1.3.0.jar')
}
EDIT: I didn't see "compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])" it was compiling twice my libraries, so i just comment:
//compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0'
//compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.2.0'
//compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.2.0'
//compile files('libs/spotify-web-api-android-master-0.1.0.jar')
//compile files('libs/okio-1.3.0.jar')
and it works fine.

This issue is quite possibly due to exceeding the 65K methods dex limit imposed by Android. This problem can be solved either by cleaning the project, and removing some unused libraries and methods from dependencies in build.gradle, OR by adding multidex support.
So, If you have to keep libraries and methods, then you can enable multi dex support by declaring it in the gradle config.
defaultConfig {
// Enabling multidex support.
multiDexEnabled true
}
You can read more about multidex support and developing apps with more than 65K methods here.

For me the problem was, i had put a unnecessary complie library code in build.gradle
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0'
}
which was causing over 65k methods, so removed it,gradle sync, cleaned project, and then ran again and then this error stopped.
I needed just maps and gcm so i put these lines and synced project
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.5.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:7.5.0'
Hi people i again encountered this problem and this time it was because of changing build tools version and it really required me to enable multidex..so i added these my app's build.gradle file..
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.am.android"
minSdkVersion 13
targetSdkVersion 23
// Enabling multidex support.
multiDexEnabled true
}
dexOptions {
incremental true
javaMaxHeapSize "2048M"
jumboMode = true
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
}
And create a class that extends Application class and include this method inside the class..
#Override
protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
super.attachBaseContext(base);
MultiDex.install(this);
}
also include in OnCreate method too
#Override
public void onCreate() {
MultiDex.install(this);
super.onCreate();
}

Just in case if someone still struggling with this and have no clue why is this happening and how to fix. In fact this error
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'. > com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdkx.x.x_xx\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 2
can have many reasons to happen but certainly not something related to your JDK version so don't wast your time in wrong direction.
These are two main reasons for this to happen
You have same library or jar file included several places and some of them conflicting with each other.
You are about to or already exceeded 65k method limit
First case can be fixed as follows:
Find out which dependencies you have included multiple times. In order to do this run following command in android studio terminal
gradlew -q dependencies yourProjectName_usually_app:dependencies --configuration compile
this will return all the dependencies but jar files that you include from lib folder
try to get rid of duplication marked with asterisk (*), this is not always possible but in some cases you still can do it, after this try to exclude modules that are included many times, you can do it like this
compile ('com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.0.1'){
exclude module: 'support-v4'
}
For the second case when you exceeding method limit suggestion is to try to minimize it by removing included libraries (note sounds like first solution) if no way to do it add multiDexEnabled true to your defaultConfig
defaultConfig {
...
...
multiDexEnabled true
}
this increases method limit but it is not the best thing to do because of possible performance issues
IMPORTANT adding only multiDexEnabled true to defaultConfig is not enough in fact on all devices running android <5 Lollipop it will result in unexpected behavior and NoClassDefFoundError. how to solve it is described here

I didn't know (by then) that "compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])" compile all that has jar extension on libs folder, so i just comment (or delete) this lines:
//compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0'
//compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.2.0'
//compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.2.0'
//compile files('libs/spotify-web-api-android-master-0.1.0.jar')
//compile files('libs/okio-1.3.0.jar')
and it works fine. Thanks anyway! My bad.

I had the same issue and I fixed removing the library that were unnecessary
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
I removed that library and I could run the project without any problem.

Mine got solved by enabling multiDex for debug builds.
defaultConfig {
multiDexEnabled true
}

I Reject Embedded JDK ( in 32bit ) because embedded JDK is 64bit
Right click your Project -> Open Module Setting -> SDK Location -> Uncheck Use embedded JDk then set your JDK Path, eg in Ubuntu /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386

Possible problem: You have exceeded dex 65k methods limit, may be you added some library or several methods before problem occurred?

If You have already updated your SDK and You also using google-play-services then you need to take care of the dependency because there are some kind of conflics with :
Follow the below : compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+' Replace by compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.87'
Note: Here '6.5.87' is the google-play-service version. I hope it will help..

I think it's conflicts of .jar file in your project.
I have removed android-support-v4.jar from libs folder and its working !!!
if your project gives error, check in your build.gradle file
dependencies {
}

In my case, the problem was that the new library (gradle dependency) that I had added was relying on some other dependencies and two of those underlying dependencies were conflicting/clashing with some dependencies of other libraries/dependencies in my build script. Specifically, I added Apache Commons Validator (for email validation), and two of its dependencies (Apache Commons Logging and Apache Commons Collections) were conflicting with those used by Robolectric (because different versions of same libraries were present in my build path). So I excluded those conflicting versions of dependencies (modules) when adding the new dependency (the Validator):
compile ('commons-validator:commons-validator:1.4.1') {
exclude module: 'commons-logging'
exclude module: 'commons-collections'
}
You can see the dependencies of your gradle module(s) (you might have only one module in your project) using the following gradle command (I use the gradle wrapper that gets created for you if you have created your project in Android Studio/Intellij Idea). Run this command in your project's root directory:
./gradlew :YOUR-MODULE-NAME:dependencies
After adding those exclude directives and retrying to run, I got a duplicate file error for NOTICE.txtthat is used by some apache commons libraries like Logging and Collections. I had to exclude that text file when packaging. In my build.gradle, I added:
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
}
It turned out that the new library (the Validator) can work with slightly older versions of its dependencies/modules (which are already imported into my build path by another library (Robolectric)). This was the case with this specific library, but other libraries might be using the latest API of the underlying dependencies (in which case you have to try to see if the other libraries that rely on the conflicting module/dependency are able to work with the newer version (by excluding the older version of the module/dependecy under those libraries's entries)).

In my case, I got this error when there are 2 or more libraries conflict (same library but different versions). Check your app build.gradle in dependencies block.

There are two alternatives that'll work for sure:
Clean your project and then build.
If the above method didn't worked, try the next.
Add the following to build.gradle file at app level
defaultConfig {
multiDexEnabled true
}

Updating my Java SDK to the latest version 1.7.0_79 and updating the SDK Location under Project Structure solved the problem for me.

My problem was that apart from having
com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException:
com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException:
org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command
'/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.X.X_XX.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java''
finished with non-zero exit value 2
I had this trace as well:
Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:
already added: Lcom/mypackage/ClassX;
The problem was that I was adding the same class in two differents libraries. Removing the class/jar file from one of the libraries, the project run properly

For me i was adding the whole playstore dependencies
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
But i needed google map only , so i made it more specific and the error was resolved.
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'

in my case problem was build tools version which was 23.0.0 rc3 and i changed to 22.0.1 and my problem fixed.

You may be using a low quality cable/defected cable to connect your device to the PC, I replaced the cable and it worked for me.

This error is because of using more number of libraries.in my case 'compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-9.4.0' caused this error.To avoid this error use necessary libraries.for example if you want to use Maps in your app.Then use
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.4.0'.while adding google play services dependency specify the needed libraries only.by default it includes all the libraries.

In Your gradle.build file, Use this
"compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])"
And it works fine.

If you want to see what exactly is causing the error, try building your project via gradle terminal, like this ./gradlew assembleDebug --stacktrace --debug . I've seen the following error in my case com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536
This happened when I was trying to entegrate Google Maps to my project. To fix it, I simply checked libraries I was including
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.8.0'
I simply changed it to
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.8.0'
and problem was gone

I had the same error after converting my project to Kotlin. My problem was that my jre location was changed to an invalid path during the process (I wonder why this could happen... made me waste time). Fixed it by doing this:
File > Project Structure > SDK Location
Unchecked the Use embedded JDK option, which was pointing to an old JDK installation, and selected the correct one:
/home/my_user/jdk1.8.0_101
After changing this, the error disappeared

WORKED FOR ME :)
i upgraded the java to the latest version 8 previously it was 7 and then go to OPEN MODULE SETTING right clicking on project and changed the jdk path to /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle the new java 8 installed. And restart the studio
check in /usr/lib/jvm for java 8 folder name
I am using ubuntu