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NoClassDefFoundError - GameHelper Google Games

Using Eclipse IDE
Following the: https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/quickstart
Using the copy of google-play-services_lib (as recommended) and imported as Eclipse project.
Editing the game manifest with:
Adding our APP ID to res/values/strings.xml
Linked google-play-services_lib with our game project and set references in Order and Export tabs in the project settings
In accordance with https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/init using the project BaseGameUtils, from which our activity cannot inherit, because there’s another class already.
So, we moved to the second method without inheriting (see Using GameHelper without BaseGameActivity). We linked google-play-services_lib for BaseGameUtils and set the Library (compilation went down OK).
Linking added to our project to be able to use GameHelper as well as google-play-services_lib.
At this moment SDK from Facebook started causing trouble, so we had to add android-support-v4.jar (used by BaseGameUtils as well) and error during compilation occurs:
Found 2 versions of android-support-v4.jar in the dependency list,
but not all the versions are identical (check is based on SHA-1 only at this time).
All versions of the libraries must be the same at this time.
Versions found are:
Path: /Users/travis/Work/Craneballs/Mafia_android/facebook-android-sdk/facebook/libs/android-support-v4.jar
Path: /Users/travis/Work/Craneballs/Mafia_android/BaseGameUtils/libs/android-support-v4.jar
the project can be launched, but crashes on GoogleHelper = new GameHelper(this, GameHelper.CLIENT_ALL)
with the error message: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.example.games.basegameutils.GameHelper
I’ve spent many painful hours on this and am at my wits end. Any ideas?

I was having the same problem.
Here's the solution that fixed it for me:
I had the same issue, I did the following to fix the problem.
Go to "Properties" of the project.
Select "Java Build Path"
Select "Order and Export" Tab
You should see the selected project's "src" and "gen" paths and dependencies here.
The order how they listed were first "src" and then "gen" path
I switch them, so that "gen" folder is build before the "src"
gen - automated code in project (from dependencies and references)
src - source code in project
There was no need to restart the Eclipse. It just started working.
Honestly I have never tried "Android Tools > Fix Project Properties", sometimes it might be doing the same thing. I do not know, I just did above after seen the error message, thinking something is wrong with the build paths.
Resources that might help...
NoClassDefFoundError for code in an Java library on Android
Android app crashes after SDK-tools update version (NoClassDefFound, tool version 22)

How do you cause com.actionbarsherlock to be in the gen folder of an Android project?

I'm trying to build and run the demos included with ActionBarSherlock. I go to File -> New Android project from existing source, and navigate to the samples/demos directory. The project is imported into eclipse, however, none of the R. references are resolved, because com.actionbarsherlock doesn't appear in the gen folder.
The actionbarsherlock library is being referenced (Properties -> Android -> Libraries). actionbarsherlock.jar is in the Android Dependencies folder.
Thanks for the help.
EDIT: Just referencing the library in another eclipse project causes com.actionbarsherlock to be properly generated. I have no idea why the same behavior in this demos project isn't generating com.actionbarsherlock.R.
EDIT 2: And now it has magically decided to work. I did nothing special, just continually referenced and un-referenced the library until it worked.
Thanks for looking all, the problem's been solved

the gen folder (and R.java) are generated during compilation. Try doing a clean and build to see if R and gen/ get created.
If they don't, then compilation is failing. If there are any errors in eclipse that are not related to missing R.java, fix them or post them as a comment for more info.
This might be a problem with the import my.project.R statements at the top of each java file, but checking the errors will confirm or deny this.

I don't think the gen folder is created until you try to run the app.
If this isn't the issue, you could try fixing the project properties. Right click on the project --> Android Tools --> Fix Project Properties

"Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1" after update to ADT 14

After updating to the latest developer tools, ADT 14, my Android project that includes library projects will no longer run producing the error:
Dx UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION: ... already added: ...
...
Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1
The other threads describing this issue with solutions that include removing and re-adding the projects do not work.

This problem is listed as a known issue of ADT 14. Here's the quote from the Android Tools Project Site:
Project not building with error
[2011-10-20 23:32:04 - MyApp] Dx UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:<class>: already added: <class>
This is due to a failure to remove previous library source folders from the
main project. Incidentally, the fragility around those linked source
folders is one of the reason we are moving away from this mechanism
(see more info at
http://tools.android.com/recent/buildchangesinrevision14). The
solution is to remove those <libraryname>_src source folders from
your projects. Just right click them and choose Build Path > Remove
from Build Path. You should also be prompted to remove the linked
folder which you should do. If you're not prompted, remove it
manually. You can see some screenshot of the problem in this great
post:
http://android.foxykeep.com/dev/fix-the-conversion-to-dalvik-format-failed-with-error-1-with-adt-14
Solution:
As it says, the solution is to remove the <libraryname>_src source folders from your projects. You can do this by right clicking them and choose "Build Path -> Remove from Build Path" or in your project properties (Java Build Path -> Source tab).

I also ran into this problem, but none of the above fixed it:
Tried removing/re-adding libraries with clean builds along the way
Tried deleting and re-importing projects
No dice. Still the "Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1" was staring me in the face every time I tried to export to an apk.
I could tell the problem was related to ProGuard, because when I commented out this line in my project.properties file, everything worked fine:
proguard.config=proguard.cfg
However, I wasn't able to solve the problem until I found this post by David M Young. Apparently, ADK/ADT 14 shipped with an incorrect version of ProGuard (oops!). I downloaded ProGuard version 4.6. Replaced the android-sdk\android-sdk\tools\proguard\lib directory contents with proguard4.6.zip\proguard4.6\lib (3 *.jar files), restarted Eclipse and export to apk worked again!

To solve you should:
Right click on your project>Properties>Java Build Path and remove all libs but the one Android I.J (depending on your version)
Project>Clean
Add back the libs you've removed
If the problem comes back another times it's useful to put the libs outside your project and import them as "External JARs"

Hello thought I'd throw my two cents in here. as I did do that,
"_src -> Remove from path"
Then I cleaned it and rebuilt and I could get it to run in debug mode on my phone just fine. I could also export it; but only if I disabled proguard. of course I couldn't leave it like that with my code open for all to see. so it was quite madding. but I Finally found a cure, oddly enough they had the same problem (and fix) with r12 as they do with this one.
it's in: [Android SDK Installation Directory]\tools\proguard\bin\proguard.bat
Change
call %java_exe% -jar "%PROGUARD_HOME%"\lib\proguard.jar %*
to
call %java_exe% -jar "%PROGUARD_HOME%"\lib\proguard.jar %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
I tried tons of other stuff but this is what did it for me.

This is a known problem with the android sdk. Check out this blogpost for a fix.

I used a library for my project and had the same error - it was solved by removing library and src-folder, cleaning and adding it back and cleaned again.
Remove
Project properties -> Android: Remove libs, 'Apply'
Remove included library src-folder
better clean,
Add again
Project properties -> Android: Add libs again, 'Apply'
Clean project

Just had this problem come back again (fixed first time by removing the _src items as mentioned in other answers) - this time there were no _src files to remove. The error was relating the android-support-v4.jar which was included as part of a linked library project as well as part of the main project itself.
Error Dx UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v4/content/ModernAsyncTask$WorkerRunnable;
Problem went away after removing the android-support-v4.jar file from the build path for the main project. Don't think I came across this as possible cause to the errors.

Go to Project » Properties » Java Build Path » Libraries and remove all except the "Android X.Y" (in my case Android 1.5). click OK. Go to Project » Clean » Clean projects selected below » select your project and click OK. That should work.
It is also possible that you have a JAR file located somewhere in your project folders (I had copied the Admob JAR file into my src folder) and THEN added it as a Java Path Library. It does not show up under the Package Explorer, so you don't notice it, but it does get counted twice, causing the dreaded Dalvik error 1.
Another possible reason could be package name conflicts. Suppose you have a package com.abc.xyz and a class named A.java inside this package, and another library project (which is added to the dependency of this project) which contains the same com.abc.xyz.A.java, then you will be getting the exact same error. This means, you have multiple references to the same file A.java and can't properly build it.

I had the same issue, I'm using the ADT 20.0.3.
Steps I followed to resolve this.
Remove all the jar in project/lib folder and reference them as external jars.
Check android dependencies/reference libraries in project for duplicates,

I've dealt with this problem when using Sherlock ActionBar library in my project. You could do the following step, it's work for me.
Right click to your project, select properties.
A dialog will show up, select 'Java build path' on the left menu.
Remove 'Android dependencies' and 'Android private libraries' on the right panel then click OK
Clean your project (select menu Project --> Clean)
Right click your project, select Android Tools -> Fix project properties
Clean project once again.
Restart your computer
Open eclipse and Export apk
Hope that will help you.

Eclipse - HelloWorld - Android error?

I created a Hello world app but get this strange error:
The project cannot be built until the build path errors are resolved
I haven't changed the project, jut created it and tried to run it.

to avoid that annoying problem i have 3 solutions that worked for me.
Solution 1)
delete your generated R.java file
inside your gen/ folder
Solution 2)
a)Delete your project from Eclipse
(i said ONLY from Eclipse, uncheck option: Delete project
contents on disk)
b) import your project to Eclipse:
file > Import > Existing Projects into
Workspace (Look for your project
previously deleted from Eclipse) >
Finish.
Solution 3)
make Solution 1 then Solution 2

It is either a spurious message you can solve by forcing Eclipse to recompute its library paths
I found the resolution for this at Scott D. Strader's blog.
To summarize the solution I only needed to add a library to my project and then remove it to force Eclipse to perform the necessary actions to resolve the problem. I would post the detailed steps here but I don't want to steal his content.
The resolution was to force a resave of the selected projects (and their .classpath files):
Open the project properties
Select Java Build Path > Libraries
Add a new, arbitrary library (to be deleted later) > OK
Wait for the workspace to refresh (or force a refresh of the project)
The error(s) will go away
Remove the dummy library
Note: as the OP mentions, a simple restart of the IDE can be enough.
Or you actually miss one critical library like a JRE library:
I needed to add the JRE library to the project for it to run. Not sure if this was due to the updated version or something else…. Any way this fixed the issue:
Project > Properties
Java Build Path
Libraries tab
Click add library
Select JRE System Library
Next
Finish

Sounds like you are missing an import or a jar. In your project in the project explorer there should be a red x on the file icon that contains the error.

In addition to the listed answers, there is one other scenario I've seen this error appear when using the sample projects included with the Android SDK. For some reason, the generated R.java file can be invalid or corrupt. You can get around it by expanding the "gen" folder in the Package Explorer and deleting the R.java file. It will immediately get regenerated and the error goes away.

Right click on your project, choose "Build Path", "Configure Build Path" -> and choose Android 2.2, or that target you specified when you created your project

I have had similar issues. for me simply closing the emulator and re-running the project works

"Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1" on external JAR

In my Android application in Eclipse, I get the following error.
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Lorg/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser;
....
Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1
This error only appears when I add a specific external JAR file to my project. I searched for a long time for a possible solution, but none of them work.
I even tried to change to Android 1.6 instead of 1.5 (the current version I use).

Go to Project » Properties » Java Build Path » Libraries and remove all except the "Android X.Y" (in my case Android 1.5). click OK. Go to Project » Clean » Clean projects selected below » select your project and click OK. That should work.
It is also possible that you have a JAR file located somewhere in your project folders (I had copied the Admob JAR file into my src folder) and THEN added it as a Java Path Library. It does not show up under the Package Explorer, so you don't notice it, but it does get counted twice, causing the dreaded Dalvik error 1.
Another possible reason could be package name conflicts. Suppose you have a package com.abc.xyz and a class named A.java inside this package, and another library project (which is added to the dependency of this project) which contains the same com.abc.xyz.A.java, then you will be getting the exact same error. This means, you have multiple references to the same file A.java and can't properly build it.
In other ways this may be occurred if you accidentally or knowingly edit/ add any thing in the class path file manually .In certain cases we may add android.jar path manually to classpath file for generating java doc.On removing the that after javadoc generated code will works fine.Please check this too if any one still occurs.

I solved the problem.
This is a JAR file conflict.
It seems that I have two JAR files on my buildpath that include the same package and classes.
smack.jar and android_maps_lib-1.0.2
Deleting this package from one of the JAR files solved the problem.

Windows 7 Solution:
Confirmed the problem is caused by ProGuard command line in the file
[Android SDK Installation Directory]\tools\proguard\bin\proguard.bat
Edit the following line will solve the problem:
call %java_exe% -jar "%PROGUARD_HOME%"\lib\proguard.jar %*
to
call %java_exe% -jar "%PROGUARD_HOME%"\lib\proguard.jar %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

You can solve this issue easily (with Eclipse Android Developer Tools, Build: v22.0.1-685705) by turn off menu > "Project" > "Build Automatically" while exporting (un)signed Android application. After that, don't forget to turn it on again.

If you have ADT revision 12+, you should update your proguard from 4.4 -> 4.6 (as described here). Also, you should leave ...\bin\proguard.bat file in the orginal form.
Just download it from the web, and copy lib folder from downloaded package to the :
[Android SDK Installation Directory]\tools\proguard\lib

EDIT (new solution):
It looks like the previous solution is only a bypass. I managed to finally fix the problem permanently:
In my case there was a mismatch in android-support-v4 files in my project and in the Facebook project that is referenced in my project.
I found this error by performing Lint Check (Android Tools / Run Lint: Check for Common Errors)
My previous solution:
I've tried any possible solution on this site - nothing helped!!!
Finally I've found an answer here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/actionbarsherlock/drzI7pEvKd4
Easy steps:
Go to Project -> uncheck Build Automatically
Go to Project -> Clean... , clean both the library project and your
app project
Export your app as a signed APK while Build Automatically is still
disabled

Here's another scenario, and solution:
If you run into this problem recently after updating the ADT for Eclipse:
In your app project, check for any linked source folders pointing to your library projects (they have names in the form "LibraryName_src").
Select all those projects, right-click, choose "Build Path"->"Remove from Build Path".
Choose "Also unlink the folder from the project", and click "Yes".
Clean, rebuild and redeploy the project.
It seems the reason is that some previous version of ADT linked Library project source folders to the "child" projects, and the current ADT/Dex combination isn't compatible with that solution anymore.
EDIT: this is confirmed by an Android Dev Blog entry, specifically this one - see the 8th paragraph onwards.

Go to Project and then uncheck "Build Automatically".Then try to export the project and the error is gone.

This can also be caused if you have added Android.jar file to your build path, perhaps by an accidental quick fix in Eclipse. Remove it with right clicking Project -> build path -> configure build path -> android.jar, remove.

Simply cleaning the project has worked for me every time this error has come up.

My own and only solution that I found today after four hours of testing all the solutions, is a combination of many solutions provided here:
Delete project from Eclipse
Delete files in \bin and \gen from project folder
Remove references to libraries into .classpath file in root project folder
Restart Eclipse with command line : eclipse -clean
Import project
Right click on project - select Properties > Java Build Path > Libraries and remove everything else than Android XX.Y
Finally clean project, wait for automatic Building or Build it
Launch and now it works! At least for me...
I tried every step at a time and many combinations, but only the succession of all steps at once made it! I hope I won't face this again...

Just for the other people who still have this problem and they have tried the above answers but still getting the error (which was my case), then my solution was to delete the project from Eclipse and re-import it again.
This made the Android library to be added again to my referenced libraries, so now I have two Android JAR files referenced, hence I deleted one of them and now it compiles fine.
Solution: Delete the project from Eclipse IDE and then re-import it again, then check for the above solutions.

Ran into this problem myself today. Cleaning and rebuild did not fix the problem. Deleting and reimporting the project didn't help either.
I finally traced it back to a bad additions to my .class file. I think this was added by the plugin tools when I was trying to fix another problem, removing it got rid of the "Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1" build error:
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="C:/dev/repository/android-sdk-windows/platforms/android-3/android.jar">
<attributes>
<attribute name="javadoc_location" value="file:/C:/dev/repository/android-sdk-windows/docs/reference"/>
</attributes>
<accessrules>
<accessrule kind="nonaccessible" pattern="com/android/internal/**"/>
</accessrules>

For me, an extra JAR reference had appeared in my build path. I deleted this, and it works now.

My problem was caused by ADT version 12.0 and ProGuard integration.
This bug is well documented and the solution is in the documentation
Solution is in here
ProGuard command line

Updating Proguard to latest version solved it for me.
My proguard path was C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools\proguard\
I downloaded the new version from here
and replaced both bin and lib folders
THANK GOD!

I've dealt with this problem when using Sherlock ActionBar library in my project.
You could do the following step, it's work for me.
Right click to your project, select properties.
A dialog will show up, select 'Java build path' on the left menu.
Remove 'Android dependencies' and 'Android private libraries' on the right panel then click OK
Clean your project (select menu Project --> Clean)
Right click your project, select Android Tools -> Fix project properties
Clean project once again.
Restart your computer
Open eclipse and Export apk
Hope that will help you.

In my case the problem is actually with OpenFeint API project. I have added OpenFeint as library project:
.
It is also added into build path, ADT tools 16 gives error with this sceneario.
Right click on your project and click build path, configure the build path and then see the image and remove your project OpenFeint from here and all is done :)

I found something else. Android uses the /libs directory for JAR files. I have seen the "Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1" error numerous times, always when I made a mistake in my JAR files.
Now I upgraded Roboguice to a newer version, by putting the new JAR file in the /libs directory and switching the class path to the new version. That caused the Dalvik error.
When I removed one of the Roboguice JAR files from the /libs folder, the error disappeared. Apparently, Android picks up all JAR files from /libs, regardless of which ones you specify in the Java build path. I don't remember exactly, but I think Android started using /libs by default starting with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS).

In general, it seems that this problem comes when there are unnecessary JAR files in build path.
I faced this problem while working on IntelliJ IDEA. For me it happened because I added JUnit and Mockito libraries which were being compiled at runtime. This needed to be set to "testing" in module properties.

None of previously proposed solutions worked for me. In my case, the problem happened when I switched from referencing a library source code folder to using the library JAR file.
Initially there was an Android library project listed under the Android application project Properties\ Android page\ Library section, and the library compared also in project explorer tree as a link to the library source directory.
In the first place, I just deleted the directory link from the project tree and I added the JAR library to the build path, but this caused the exception.
The correct procedure was (after changing back the build path and putting back the reference to the library source):
properly remove the library source directory link by actually removing the reference from application project Properties\ Android page
adding the library JAR to the application project build path as usual.

None of the listed solutions worked for me.
Here's where I was having a problem:
I added the jSoup external JAR file to my project's path by first putting it in a source folder called "libs", and then right clicking on it, Build Path -> add to build path. This threw the Dalvik conversion error. It said I had "already included" a class from that JAR file. I looked around the project's directory and found that the place where it was "already included" was in fact the bin directory. I deleted the JAR file from the bin directory and refreshed the project in Eclipse and the error went away!

All the solutions above didn't work for me. I'm not using any precompiled .jar. I'm using the LVL and the Dalvik errors where all related to the market licensing library.
The problem got solved by deleting the main project and reimporting (create a new project from existing sources).

I had the same problem and none of these solutions worked.
Finally, I saw in the console that the error was due to duplicated class (one in the existing project, one in the added jar file) :
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: package/MyClassclass;
[2011-01-19 14:54:05 - ...]: Dx1 error; aborting
[2011-01-19 14:54:05 - ...] Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1
So check if you are adding jar with duplicated classes in your project.
If yes, try removing one of them.
It worked for me.

Often for me, cleaning the project DOES NOT fix this problem.
But closing the project in Eclipse and then re-opening it does seem to fix it in those cases...

I ran into this problem but my solution was twofold.
1.) I had to add an Android target version under project -> properties -> Android.
2.) I didn't have all google 'third party add-ons'. Click in AVD SDK manager under available packages -> third-party add-ons -> Google Inc. I downloaded all of the SDKs and that solved my issue.

I am using Android 1.6 and had one external JAR file. What worked for me was to remove all libraries, right-click project and select Android Tools -> *Fix Project Properties (which added back Android 1.6) and then add back the external JAR file.

I ran into this problem because the Android-Maven-plugin in Eclipse was apparently not recognizing transitive references and references referenced twice from a couple of projects (including an Android library project), and including them more than once. I had to use hocus-pocus to get everything included only once, even though Maven is supposed to take care of all this.
For example, I had a core library globalmentor-core, that was also used by globalmentor-google and globalmentor-android (the latter of which is an Android library). In the globalmentor-android pom.xml I had to mark the dependency as "provided" as well as excluded from other libraries in which it was transitively included:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.globalmentor</groupId>
<artifactId>globalmentor-core</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<!-- android-maven-plugin can't seem to automatically keep this from being
included twice; it must therefore be included manually (either explicitly
or transitively) in dependent projects -->
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
Then in the final application pom.xml I had to use the right trickery to allow only one inclusion path---as well as not explicitly including the core library:
<!-- android-maven-plugin can't seem to automatically keep this from being
included twice -->
<!-- <dependency> -->
<!-- <groupId>com.globalmentor</groupId> -->
<!-- <artifactId>globalmentor-core</artifactId> -->
<!-- <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> -->
<!-- </dependency> -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.globalmentor</groupId>
<artifactId>globalmentor-google</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<exclusions>
<!-- android-maven-plugin can't seem to automatically keep this from
being included twice -->
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.globalmentor</groupId>
<artifactId>globalmentor-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.globalmentor</groupId>
<artifactId>globalmentor-android</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

In my case
project->properties->java build path -> in order and export tab -> uncheck android-support-v4.jar

Just clean the project
If this does not work try the other solutions