multiple dex files define landroid/support/annotation/AnimRes

Question

The moment I added the android support annotations to my dependencies

compile \'com.android.support:support-annotations:20.0.0\'

I got this erro

Answer 1

Updating Android SDK Tools fixed it for me, now it just sees the copy in android-support-v4.jar.

I had the same problem when using ant, and the annotations library was being included automatically by an outdated sdk.dir/tools/ant/build.xml.

Answer 2

Clean project works as a temporary fix, but the issue will reappear on next compilation error.

To fix more reliably, I had to update the dependency to android support-v4 to com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0.

Answer 3

Put in your build.gradle the dependency of support-annotations according with your compileSdkVersion. For instance: A project with the compileSdkVersion 25 you can put the following dependence:

compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:25.0.1'

This will solve your problem.

Answer 4

I had the same problem , but i deleted build files from the build folder

projectname/app/build

and it removed all the related error. "can't clean the project" and also "dex errow with $anim"

Answer 5

Put android-support-v4.jar in your libs folder in eclipse. Clean and build the project. It will resolve the issue.

Answer 6

If this is cordova / ionic project this worked for me

add these line to build.gradle under platforms/android after line number 22 i.e after apply plugin: 'android'

configurations {
   all*.exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
}