commons-validator and error “commons-logging defines classes that conflict with classes now provided by Android”

Question

After recent Android Studio update, I can build and run an app in the debug mode, but am no longer able to build the release version due to the following error:

Answer 1

The problem is with commons-logging. So it must be excluded. Add the following code in app/build.gradle. It should work.

configurations {
    all {
        exclude module: 'httpclient'
        exclude module: 'commons-logging'
    }
}