Cordova - Multiple dex files define (annotation)

Question

I\'m working on a project with ionic. After I installed the Facebook Plugin I\'m not able to build the project for android anymore!

The command

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Answer 1

Adding this to project.properties will resolve all of the V4 error instances.

cordova.system.library.7=com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0

Answer 2

i solved same problem in my app the problem is

 com.android.support:support-v4:+

com.android.support:support-v4:+ file exist in /platforms/android/phonegap-facebook-plugin/Myapp-FacebookLib/libs

if you want only used facebook and Push Notification Plugin then simply commit the line in project.properties

#cordova.system.library.1=com.android.support:support-v4:+

Best way to solved this problem

1 First delete the android-support-v4.jar from /platforms/android/phonegap-facebook-plugin/Myapp-FacebookLib/libs

2 second step create a file name build-extras.gradle in /platforms/android/phonegap-facebook-plugin/Myapp-FacebookLib/

and type in file

dependencies {
compile "com.android.support:support-v4:+" }

Answer 3

Push- and Facebook Plugins are conflicting by using different versions of android support libraries.

See my answer to this question: Android Studio cordova Push plugin

Answer 4

Multiple dex files error is raised because of using multiple support jar files in the ionic / cordova project

you need to change build.gradle under platforms/android

find the below line

apply plugin:'com.android.application'

after add these below lines

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

Answer 5

We had the same problem with Google Analytics plugin with One Signal plugin and finally it was resolved by installing the plugins in different order;

1. first install Google Analytics
2. and then One Signal plugin, if you install in reverse order you will get that error.

This was our config:

• Cordova CLI: 7.0.1
• Ionic Framework Version: 3.3.0
• Ionic CLI Version: 2.2.1
• Ionic App Lib Version: 2.2.0

Cheers!