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Ziem
Ziem

Reputation: 6697

Android Dex: [Project name] Cannot create classes.dex file

I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 12.1.4, in my project I'm using few libraries/project:

I checkouted all projects from SVN and fixed dependencies or missing libraries, but when I try to make my project I'm getting all the time:

Android Dex: [Project name] Cannot create classes.dex file

No additional warnings/errors. This project works on 2 other computers but on my laptop it doesn't. I can't check Setting on other computers because I don't have access to them right now.

How can I fix this problem or get more details? I have no idea what is wrong. I tried:

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2440

Answers (3)

Autocrab
Autocrab

Reputation: 3747

Found one solution that worked for me:

Remove "readonly" attribute from project folder and inner folders and files

Upvotes: 2

kungfoo
kungfoo

Reputation: 597

I took a look at the DX Wrapper code that is used by IntelliJ. That code can be viewed at GrepCode.

Taking a look at where the error is fired, shows the following code block.

String outFile = outputDir + File.separatorChar + "classes.dex";


if (new File(outFile).isFile()) {
    // if compilation finished correctly, show all errors as warnings
    messages.get(CompilerMessageCategory.WARNING).addAll(errors);
    errors.clear();
}
else if (errors.size() == 0) {
    errors.add("Cannot create classes.dex file");
}

The problem seems to be that the outputDir doesn't have permissions to write the classes.dex. I went into my Project Structure and changes the output path from /target/idea-classes to just /target and that worked like a charm.

Upvotes: 1

Oleg Rak
Oleg Rak

Reputation: 11

If you have artifacts in your project, then try remove it and then create again. I'm getting same error sometimes after compilation of signed apk

Upvotes: 1

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