':app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug' error after adding firebase auth plugin in flutter

Question

I am getting some errors after installing the firebase_auth plugin and updating the other firebase plugin versions. I tried some solutions including do

Answer 1

I ended up fixing my error by following this: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/27128#issuecomment-457918930

Here's some other notes:

1. When updating the distributionUrl in gradle-wrapper.properties I used 4.10.2. Your version might be different depending when you do this I'm guessing.
2. If you can't find the "Sync Project with Gradle Files" command follow this Not able to sync dependency in build.gradle in flutter