More than one file was found with OS independent path 'META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro'

Question

i am trying android WorkManager, The code is throwing error \"More than one file was found with OS independent path \'META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro

Answer 1

I got the same error when I added the following to my app's build.gradle dependencies section:

implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$lifecycle_version"

Following the Migration to AndroidX:

1. In Android Studio, from the Refactor menu, select Migrate to AndroidX...
2. better check the option to backup your project as a zip file in case the migration fails,
3. and then after clicking Migrate you will get to choose the location to save the zip backup.

now I am able to build without problems so far.

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My setup

Android Studio 3.2.1
JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1136-b06 x86_64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains
macOS 10.13.6