Execution failed for task Program type already present?

Question

I have this error while build Application

Error:Program type already present: android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout$ViewElevationComparator

any idea about this error ?

Answer 1

I just stumbled upon this error on the latest Android Studio 3.2 Canary 4 with classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0-alpha04'. It was fixed as soon as I updated the support libraries to 27.1.0