Adding JsonPath in Android Studio causes non-zero exit value 2 error

Question

When I add the JsonPath library to my Android Studio (1.4) project I get an error as following:

Error:Execution failed for task \':app:dexDebug\'. \\>
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Answer 1

If you add compile 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.2', the problem will be resolved.

For more background on the problem, see https://github.com/jayway/JsonPath/issues/116 and https://github.com/jayway/JsonPath/pull/108. Version 2.1.0 of json-path, which hasn't been released yet, will point to the 2.2 version of json-smart, resolving this issue. Until then the above workaround is necessary.