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sanjay sen
sanjay sen

Reputation: 113

app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug in Android studio 3.0.1

Messages Gradle build:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug'.

java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Unable to merge dex

Here is the gradle build files: 

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

    android {

        compileSdkVersion 26
        defaultConfig {

            minSdkVersion 26
            targetSdkVersion 26
            versionCode 1
            versionName "1.0"
            testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
            multiDexEnabled true

        }
        buildTypes {
            release {
                minifyEnabled false
                proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            }
        }
    }

    dependencies {

        implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
        implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
        implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
        testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
        androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
        androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso 
        core:3.0.1'
        implementation files('libs/bsh-core-2.0b4.jar')
        implementation files('libs/selenium-java-2.3.0.jar')
        implementation files('libs/selenium-remote-driver-3.0.0.jar')
        // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.appium/java-client
        implementation  group: 'io.appium', name: 'java-client', version: '5.0.4'

    }

Upvotes: 10

Views: 18879

Answers (5)

José Roberto Canuto Vasconcelo
José Roberto Canuto Vasconcelo

Reputation: 105

i had this problem using react-native with android 4.4 kit-kat, not only i had to add:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 15 
        targetSdkVersion 28
        multiDexEnabled true
        ...
    }
    
}
dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:2.0.1'  
  }

but also had to add to my MainAplication.java:

import androidx.multidex.MultiDexApplication; // <-- THIS IMPORT

and change:

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication

to:

public class MainApplication extends MultiDexApplication implements ReactApplication

you can find more info here: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex

Upvotes: 0

VahidHoseini
VahidHoseini

Reputation: 505

Add the two important line in your gradle the multidex enablity and the implementation. 

android {
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 15 
        targetSdkVersion 28
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    ...
}
dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'  
  }

Upvotes: 0

user1791389
user1791389

Reputation: 41

Try this on your build.gradle(Module: app) file:

android {
    defaultConfig 
    {
        ...
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

Alejandro Burd&#237;o
Alejandro Burd&#237;o

Reputation: 59

This error is generic, can be caused by many things

java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Unable to merge dex

First, you need to know what error you have. So, you have two choices:

  • CMD: go to android workspaces and put gradlew installDebug --stacktrace (optional --info --debug)
  • Run or build project: go to File > Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Compiler and write in Command-line Options: --stacktrace --debug

Next, you need to go in the part where says Cause by (Last of then because u can have more than one error).

If you have:

Caused by: com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536

Then you need to put this, like comments before said but if your mindSdkVersion >= 21

android {
    defaultConfig 
    {
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
}

If your minSdkVersion < 21 you need put also this

compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'

More info here

Upvotes: 4

Celestial
Celestial

Reputation: 933

In my case the problem were duplicate packages. I used react-native link and the app didn't recognize that packages are linked so it made duplicates of them.

Duplicate packages were generated in MainApplication.java - imports and class initialization.

Also check settings.gradle and build.gradle/app - there might be duplicate packages that will break your application as well.

Upvotes: 0

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