I have an old Android project made with Eclipse ADT and I'm trying to migrate it to Android Studio.
I follow several guides and howtos and maybe I have almost migrated it.
When I try to build it I get the following error:
Error:Error converting bytecode to dex:Cause: com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat$AccessibilityServiceInfoVersionImpl;
I have read a lot of solutions but none seems to suit to my problem.
But maybe this answer is for my case...
Here is the Project status in Eclipse project explorer:
and here is the migrated Project in Android Studio project view:
Maybe the problem is the dependencies property of every gradle script:
app-app:
dependencies {
compile project(':androidsupportv7appcompat')
compile project(':library')
compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
}
androidsupportv7appcompat:
dependencies {
compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
compile files('libs/android-support-v7-appcompat.jar')
}
googleplayservice_lib:
dependencies {
compile files('libs/google-play-services.jar')
}
library: (a Google Maps library for markers clustering)
dependencies {
compile project(':googleplayservices_lib')
compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
}
Do you know if something could be wrong in these dependencies configurations?
Otherwise, what could be the cause?
First of all, you should remove the Support Library module from your Android Studio project. Instead add a dependency to your apps gradle build file. If your library uses components from the support library, its build file should have the proper dependencies also.
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.1'
}
Be sure to remove the Support Library JAR files from your lib's folder.
Similarly you should add a dependency for Google Play Services.
Dependency management with Gradle is one of the many advantages of moving to Android Studio. If the library module is not written by you, you should also find the correct take dependency to add to your build file instead of the module you have now.
in one of my old projects, I had to put this in the gradle file under app section
multiDexEnabled true in the default config and then add the dex options below... maybe this will help.
defaultConfig {
applicationId "xxx"
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 24
versionCode 4
versionName "2.2"
multiDexEnabled true
}
dexOptions {
javaMaxHeapSize "2g"
}
In my build gradle file I have two dependencies (appcompat-v7 and design) and then whatever externar jar files I add to the project
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.1'
}
Is it normal to find in the project libraries (Project structure -> Libraries) the external jar files, appcompat-v7, design-22.2.1, support-v4 and support-annotations-22.2.1, I don't understand why the two last ones are being added, I think they're the cause of another issue I'm having (dexDebug).
Would anyone know if that is normal ?
Thanks
Running ./gradlew -q app:dependencies shows that com.android.support:appcompat-v7 depends on com.android.support:support-v4, so that is why it is pulled in. You will have to find a separate solution for your dex debug issue.
I'm trying to build an app with Google Maps but whenever I try to run it there's an error message. I've added the following code to my build.gradle:
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.2.42'
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}
And here's the error message:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'.
com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command:
C:\Users\Fredrik\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio\sdk\build-tools\19.0.3\dx.bat --dex --output
C:\Users\Fredrik\AndroidStudioProjects\Skollunch\app\build\dex\debug
C:\Users\Fredrik\AndroidStudioProjects\Skollunch\app\build\classes\debug
C:\Users\Fredrik\AndroidStudioProjects\Skollunch\app\build\dependency-cache\debug
C:\Users\Fredrik\AndroidStudioProjects\Skollunch\app\build\pre-dexed\debug\android-support-v4-0245b39e700edf6a0cb399c720bb8d324f78e6d1.jar
C:\Users\Fredrik\AndroidStudioProjects\Skollunch\app\build\pre-dexed\debug\classes-05dd9eee723585a17563ec87ce727a6f7bafa3c6.jar
C:\Users\Fredrik\AndroidStudioProjects\Skollunch\app\build\pre-dexed\debug\support-v4-19.0.1-b477505a5fac609297d4a580b1fdd1110916d42b.jar
Error Code:
2
Output:
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat$AccessibilityServiceInfoVersionImpl;
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.readSortableTypes(DexMerger.java:594)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.getSortedTypes(DexMerger.java:552)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeClassDefs(DexMerger.java:533)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:170)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:188)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:439)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:287)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:230)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:199)
at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:103)
When I delete the code in build.gradle it runs fine, but then Maps won't work of course ;). This isn't just the case with Play Services but it does the same thing when I try to add the Support Library.
Does anyone know something that could help me solve the problem?
When using Gradle, don't include android-support-v4 by including the jar file directly; if you do it this way, the build system isn't able to disambiguate multiple copies of the support library it may encounter through direct or transitive dependencies, and you get exactly this error. Instead, remove the jar from your libs directory and include it by supplying its Maven coordinate in the dependencies block of your build file:
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.2.42'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+'
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}
I have a basic Android app that I created with Android Studio, and I'm having problems adding butterknife to my build. I get this error:
Error:: duplicate files during packaging of APK C:\apps\orion\app\build\apk\app-debug-unaligned.apk
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:packageDebug'.
> Duplicate files copied in APK META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
File 1: C:\Users\andres\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.jakewharton\butterknife\4.0.1\f43b36925363701633d01adb8e54df7150397a78\butterknife-4.0.1.jar
File 2: C:\Users\andres\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.jakewharton\butterknife\4.0.1\f43b36925363701633d01adb8e54df7150397a78\butterknife-4.0.1.jar
My dependencies look like this:
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+'
compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger-compiler:1.2.1'
compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger:1.2.1'
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:4.0.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.30'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'
compile project(':lib')
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}
Later versions of the plugin will tell you how to fix this. I think we introduced the fix in 0.8 so you should probably upgrade. Then the fix is to put this in your build.gradle
android {
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor'
}
}
This will exclude this file from the packaging which is fine since it's not actually needed in the APK.
That's because you wrote compile for dagger-compiler, replace it with provided and the issue will be fixed.
compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger:1.2.1'
provided 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger-compiler:1.2.1'
The best option in version >= 0.9.1 of Gradle build tools is probably:
android {
packagingOptions {
pickFirst 'META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor'
}
}
For more, see the Android Tools Project page: New Build System.
Edit:
One last note here if you start having problems with generated code, make sure to structure your dependencies properly. I ended up removing any exclusion of the Processor line and structuring my annotation processed dependencies like:
compile "org.parceler:parceler-api:0.2.15"
apt "org.parceler:parceler:0.2.15"
and
provided 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger-compiler:1.2.2'
apt 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger-compiler:1.2.2'
If after applying above given solutions you still face the same issue as I was, then if you are using glide library then change the version of the glide to it's max.
eg.
implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.10.0'
annotationProcessor 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.10.0'
I have built a new project in Android Studio using the new project templates provided as part of the tool. All of the code has been generated by Studio I have not made any amendments yet.
I am attempting to run the code but the app fails with the following errors, not sure what the problem is so any help appreciated.
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v7/app/ActionBar$Callback;
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.readSortableTypes(DexMerger.java:594)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.getSortedTypes(DexMerger.java:552)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeClassDefs(DexMerger.java:533)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:170)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:188)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:439)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:287)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:230)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:199)
at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:103)
FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'.
> com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command:
C:\Users\RichardKavanagh\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\build-tools\19.0.1\dx.bat --dex --output D:\Android\Projects\MyHealthRecord\app\build\libs\app-debug.dex D:\Android\Projects\MyHealthRecord\app\build\classes\debug D:\Android\Projects\MyHealthRecord\app\build\dependency-cache\debug D:\Android\Projects\MyHealthRecord\app\build\pre-dexed\debug\android-support-v7-appcompat-5a78dab7e2789bbe64f4bc80d106ca75c04dcf6f.jar D:\Android\Projects\MyHealthRecord\app\build\pre-dexed\debug\classes-f9b947272e9f33ba50355b52d82755584f9c0c58.jar D:\Android\Projects\MyHealthRecord\app\build\pre-dexed\debug\support-v4-19.0.0-31a2c13df80d37d62ca50fec3bde6da0ca706223.jar
Error Code:
2
Output:
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v7/app/ActionBar$Callback;
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.readSortableTypes(DexMerger.java:594)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.getSortedTypes(DexMerger.java:552)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeClassDefs(DexMerger.java:533)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:170)
at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:188)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:439)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:287)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:230)
at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:199)
at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:103)
* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
BUILD FAILED
Total time: 12.948 secs
Like everyone else said here, the support library (com.android.support) is being included more than once in your project. Try adding this in your build.gradle at the root level and it should exclude the support library from being exported via other project dependencies.
configurations {
all*.exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
}
If you have more then one support libs included in the dependencies like this, you may want to remove one of them:
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.1.+'
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}
This gets conflicted if you have the support jar in your libs folder.
If you have the support jar in your project libs folder and you have the module dependency added to compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:13.0.+' the UNEXPECTED_TOPLEVEL_DEPENDANCY exception will be thrown.
Because you may include two same libs in your project.
check your build.gradle file.
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'
compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
}
if your file includes compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+' and compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar'), it will have this problems.
delete this sentence: compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
That's how I fix this problem.
The error occurs when you have the same library/directory included more than once in your build.gradle's dependencies. Ok, let’s say you have an App structure that looks like this:
So you have the main “app” and then you have a bunch of sub-apps/modules/libraries. The libraries are: 1) gene_test_library, 2) genes_nine_old_androids_library, & 3) swipe_list_view_library.
My name is Gene, so that’s why there are all these “gene” libraries.
Inside the build.gradle for “app”, I have:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'
compile project(':libraries:gene_test_library')
//compile project(':libraries:genes_nine_old_androids_library')
compile project(':libraries:swipe_list_view_library')
}
Inside the build.gradle for gene_test_library, I have nothing:
dependencies {
}
Inside build.gradle for gene_nine_old_androids_library, I have:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'
}
Inside build.gradle for swipe_list_view_library, I have:
dependencies {
compile 'com.nineoldandroids:library:2.4.0+'
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'
}
This line of code “compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])” just means “hey, look inside the ‘libs’ folder inside this module for any jar files. I do not have anything in the libs folder of any of the modules so you can ignore that line of code.
So let’s say I uncomment out //compile project(':libraries:genes_nine_old_androids_library')
In the build.gradle for the “app” module. Then I would get the “UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:” error. Why is that?
Well, writing //compile project(':libraries:genes_nine_old_androids_library') inside the build.gradle for “app”, is the same as taking the build dependencies of “genes_nine_old_androids_library” module and putting it there. So uncommenting the //compile project(':libraries:genes_nine_old_androids_library') statement, the build.gradle for “app” module becomes:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'
compile project(':libraries:gene_test_library')
***compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])***
***compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'***
compile project(':libraries:swipe_list_view_library')
}
Notice how now “compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'” shows up 2x. That’s where the error is coming from.
I found 2 reason for this issue:
Sometimes its because of multiple included libraries. For example you add
compile 'com.nineoldandroids:library:2.4.0'
in your gradle and add another library that it also use "nineoldandroids" in it's gradle!
As Android Developer Official website said:
If you have built an Android app and received this error, then congratulations, you have a lot of code!
So, why?
The Dalvik Executable specification limits the total number of methods that can be referenced within a single DEX file to 65,536, including Android framework methods, library methods, and methods in your own code. Getting past this limit requires that you configure your app build process to generate more than one DEX file, known as a multidex configuration.
Then what should you do?
Avoiding the 65K Limit - How?
Review your app's direct and transitive dependencies - Ensure any large library dependency you include in your app is used in a manner that outweighs the amount of code being added to the application. A common anti-pattern is to include a very large library because a few utility methods were useful. Reducing your app code dependencies can often help you avoid the dex reference limit.
Remove unused code with ProGuard - Configure the ProGuard settings for your app to run ProGuard and ensure you have shrinking enabled for release builds. Enabling shrinking ensures you are not shipping unused code with your APKs.
Configuring Your App for Multidex with Gradle - How?
1.Change your Gradle build configuration to enable multidex.
put
multiDexEnabled true
in the defaultConfig, buildType, or productFlavor sections of your Gradle build file.
2.In your manifest add the MultiDexApplication class from the multidex support library to the application element.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.android.multidex.myapplication">
<application
...
android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication">
...
</application>
</manifest>
Note: If your app uses extends the Application class, you can override the attachBaseContext() method and call MultiDex.install(this) to enable multidex. For more information, see the MultiDexApplication reference documentation.
Also this code may help you:
dexOptions {
javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}
Put in your gradle(android{ ... } ).
Hi all I had the same issue that was being caused by a duplicate support version 4 file that I had included while trying to get parse integrated. Deleted the extra inclusion from the libs directory and it works fine now!
This happens when a library is getting compiled twice (i.e it is added two time). It can be support library or any other, it doesn't matter.
The common case is that you have added a compile statement of a library which is already in your libs/ directory. All the *.jar files are compiled automatically. Thus, adding a compile statement is causing the error. Removing that statement might fix this issue. If this is not applicable then we already have some awesome answers.
This might be the dumbest answer, but this worked for me :
I removed and added all the libraries on my project manually.(One after the other) And voila, it worked.
Build -> Rebuild project
Note: No library of mine was compiled twice.
Make sure you have downloaded Support Repository to use support library dependency in build.gradle.
If these all are there already installed sync your project with gradle once using the button available.
In my case TOP LEVEL EXCEPTION was throw because of a special char in project path. Just closed the project, changed "á" to "a" and reopened the project. Works!
Suddenly, without any major change in my project, I too got this error.
All the above did not work for me, since I needed both the support libs V4 and V7.
At the end, because 2 hours ago the project compiled with no problems, I simply told Android Studio to REBUILD the project, and the error was gone.
I had similar problem when I tried to build a signed apk for my app.
Strange, it happened only when I wanted to build a release apk, while on debug apk everything worked OK.
Finally, looking on this thread, I checked for support library duplications in build.gradle and removed any duplications but this wasn't enough..
I had to do clean project and only then finally I've got it to work.
I know that the problem was answered, but this could happen again and my solution was a little different from the ones that I found. In my case the solution wasn't related to include two different libraries in my project. See code below:
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
This code was giving that error "Unexpected Top-Level Exception".
I fix the code making the following changes:
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
}
I solved my problem with adding these in build gradle:
defaultConfig {
multiDexEnabled true
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
another solution can be removing unnecessary libraries