Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat

Question

If I run gradle assembleDebug from the command line, I am suddenly getting this error:

UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
com.android.dx.util.DexEx         


        

Answer 1

Finally, I solved it modifiying these attributes on the module gradle file

1. compileSdkVersion 25
2. targetSdkVersion 25
3. compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'
4. compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:+'

Answer 2

I solved similar error by adding following piece of code to my build.gradle file inside the android block.

android {
    dexOptions {
        preDexLibraries = false
    }
}

Answer 3

In my case the problem was caused by version inconsistency:

Build tools 25
compileSdk 24
targetSdk 24
Support library 24

The solution was simple: Make everything version 25

Answer 4

I've had the same issue. In my project, I had the following dependencies :

• appcompat-v7
• android-support-v13

For legacy reasons, the appcompat was fetched from the Google Maven repo, whereas the android-support was a local .jar.

When I figured out this, and replaced this local reference with a maven reference, it just solved my build issue.

Here's the diff of my app/build.gradle :

Answer 5

Got it working for a compile file('...') conflict by increasing minSdkVersion to 21 and enabling multidex. Not sure if that is the best solution but the only way I could get it working in my case.

Note: for compile file('...') it appears that you cannot put in an exclude clause so that option was not available.

Answer 6

I had the same problem and it seems that my app had too many methods because of the libraries: http://developer.android.com/tools/building/multidex.html

Solved it with:

android {
   defaultConfig {
   ...
   multiDexEnabled = true
   }
}

More here Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'. > comcommand finished with non-zero exit value 2