After upgrading to google play services 8.4.0 my app crashes on startup

Question

I've been previously using google play services 8.3.0 without any issue. I'm looking to upgrade to google play services 8.4.0. I'm using the following play libraries:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.4.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.4.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0' 

When I start the app it crashes, with the following log.

12-27 03:01:33.915 20567-20567/com.ryanc.android.stage.debug E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main     Process: com.ryanc.android.stage.debug, PID: 20567     java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method zzz(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object; in class Lcom/google/android/gms/common/internal/zzx; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzx' appears in /data/app/com.ryanc.android.stage.debug-1/base.apk:classes17.dex)     at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzw.zzaT(Unknown Source)     at com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)     at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1696)     at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1671)     at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:4999)     at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4594)     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4534)     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:151)     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1364)     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698) 

Edit: Not sure it'll help, but at @gerardnimo request here is the full build.gradle file. Also worth noting I have tried a clean build and deleting and reinstalling play services sdks from my computer.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application' apply plugin: 'checkstyle'  def SDK = "$MIN_SDK_VERSION" def V_CODE = "$VERSION_CODE"  buildscript {     repositories {         mavenCentral()     } }  repositories {     mavenCentral()     jcenter()     maven { url 'https://zendesk.artifactoryonline.com/zendesk/repo' }     maven { url "http://kahuna.github.io/kahuna-android/sdk" } }  android {     compileSdkVersion 23     buildToolsVersion '23.0.2'     defaultConfig {         applicationId "com.ryanc.android"         minSdkVersion SDK.toInteger()         targetSdkVersion 23         versionCode V_CODE.toInteger()         versionName "$APP_VERSION.$BUILD_NUMBER"         multiDexEnabled true     }     signingConfigs {         debug {             storeFile file("$DEBUG_KEYSTORE_PATH")             storePassword "$DEBUG_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD"             keyAlias "$DEBUG_KEY_ALIAS"             keyPassword "$DEBUG_KEY_PASSWORD"         }         release {             storeFile file("$KEYSTORE_PATH")             storePassword "$KEYSTORE_PASSWORD"             keyAlias "$KEY_ALIAS"             keyPassword "$KEY_PASSWORD"         }     }     compileOptions {         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7     }     buildTypes {         debug {             applicationIdSuffix ".debug"         }         release {             minifyEnabled false             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'             signingConfig signingConfigs.release         }     }     packagingOptions {         exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'         exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'     }     productFlavors {         prod {             applicationId "com.ryanc.android"         }          stage {             applicationId "com.ryanc.android.stage"         }          qa {             applicationId "com.ryanc.android.qa"         }          dev {             applicationId "com.ryanc.android.dev"         }     }     dexOptions {         javaMaxHeapSize "4g"     } }  repositories {     flatDir {         dirs 'libs'     } }  dependencies {     def supportVersion = "23.1.1"      compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])     compile project(':api')     compile "com.android.support:support-v4:$supportVersion"     compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$supportVersion"     compile "com.android.support:design:$supportVersion"     compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.8.1'     compile 'uk.co.chrisjenx:calligraphy:2.0.1'     compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:$supportVersion"     compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:$supportVersion"     compile "com.android.support:support-v13:$supportVersion"     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.4.0'     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.4.0'     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0'     compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.4.5'     compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.4.5'     compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.4.5'     compile 'joda-time:joda-time:2.5'     compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.7.1'     compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.5.0'     compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.5.0'     compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'     compile 'com.netflix.rxjava:rxjava-core:0.20.7'     compile 'com.netflix.rxjava:rxjava-android:0.20.7'     compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger:1.2.2'     compile 'com.squareup.mortar:mortar:0.16'     compile 'com.squareup.flow:flow:0.8'     compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:6.1.0'     compile 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:2.5.1'     compile 'com.braintreepayments:encryption:2.0.0'     compile 'com.newrelic.agent.android:android-agent:5.3.2'     compile 'com.instabug.library:instabugsupport:1.7.1'     compile 'net.hockeyapp.android:HockeySDK:3.0.2'     provided 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger-compiler:1.2.2'     compile 'com.rengwuxian.materialedittext:library:2.1.4'     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'     compile 'com.mixpanel.android:mixpanel-android:4.6.2'     compile 'com.roomorama:caldroid:2.2.0'     compile 'com.squareup.phrase:phrase:1.1.0'     compile 'com.zendesk:sdk:1.5.0.1'     compile 'com.flipboard:bottomsheet-core:1.4.3'     compile 'com.kahuna.sdk:kahuna:2.3.1'     compile 'io.branch.sdk.android:library:1.+'' } 

Answer 1

Versions of play-services libs should be equal, for example:

DO

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0' 

DONT

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:7.8.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0' 

Answer 2

When selectively compile Google Play service APIs on 8.4.0, I've also encountered problems (8.3.0 -> 8.4.0).

Error:

Could not find method com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzx.zzy 

Before upgrade:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.3.0' 

After upgrade (doesn't work):

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0' 

After upgrade (works fine):

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0' 

Conclusion: it seems like some of the play services now have some certain dependencies that you have to explicitly specify, e.g.: maps -> gcm.