java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lorg/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory

Question

Similar questions have need asked already. But this one seems to be more complicated than previous ones because of changes in compatibility of Android Platforms.

Here is

Answer 1

An alternative workaround is to add the commons-logging library as a .jar file to your libs/ folder instead of using implementation. Make sure that implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs') is in your dependencies.

Sources of commons-logging-1.2.jar:

1. Maven Repository
2. Apache Commons Logging

Credit: Dale Lim - https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-android/issues/265#issuecomment-411978696