Gradle: Error: more than one library with package name 'com.google.android.gms'

Question

What does this error message mean? I don't have duplicated packages in my project

Error:Execution failed for task ':SimpleReader:processDebugResources'.
Error: more than one library with package name 'com.google.android.gms'
You can temporarily disable this error with android.enforceUniquePackageName=false However, this is temporary and will be enforced in 1.0

My build.gradle looks like this:

buildscript {

    repositories {
        maven { url 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2' }
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.9.1'
    }
}
apply plugin: 'android'
android {
    buildToolsVersion '19.0.3'
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 17

    }
    compileSdkVersion 17
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
    }
    buildTypes {
    }
}
dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.2.42'
    compile files('libs/gson-2.2.4.jar')
    compile files('libs/httpmime-4.1.jar')
    compile files('libs/httpclient-4.1.1.jar')
    compile files('libs/jsoup-1.7.3.jar')
    compile project(':libraries:actionbarsherlock')
    compile project(':libraries:sherlocknavigationdrawer')
    compile project(':libraries:googleplayservices')
    compile project(':libraries:androidslidinguppanel')
    compile files('libs/protocol-1.0.4.jar')
    compile files('libs/sentry-0.1.4.jar')
    compile files('libs/commons-lang-2.3.jar')
}

Answer 1

In my case, the problem was because I was including:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:+'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.4.52'

both the wearable play services, and the regular. I commented out the wearable part, and it works.
Not sure if I'll need it, but it was included by default by the project wizard

Answer 2

today I met the same problem. I need to use Google Analytics, so I import google analytics lib following the tutorial:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:9.0.0'

then compile the project, gradle tell me Error: more than one library with package name 'com.google.android.gms'

I can definitely sure that I only directly import com.google.android.gms one time by google analytics lib.

so I navigate to Project tab in Android Studio to see what are the libs this project depend on, then I found play-services-6.5.87 display in External Libraries, like following screenshot:

so now I know there is another lib depend on play-services-6.5.87, but I don't which lib it is.

then I use a gradle command in console to see the project dependencies:

$ ./gradlew -q app:dependencies

the result tells me that com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:4.6.0 depend on it.

so how we fix this problem, two way:

1. if you don't need this audience-network-sdk, just remove it. my project in fact doesn't need it.

2. if you also need audience-network-sdk and google-analytics, use exclude group grammar, like following snippet code.

   //facebook SDK
   compile ('com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:4.6.0') 
           {exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms'}
   
   // google analytics
   compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:9.0.0'
   

in your case, the audience-network-sdk can be any other lib that depends on same lib with other libs. here is just a thinking of how to resolve similar problems.

Answer 3

Try removing compile project(':libraries:googleplayservices') or compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.2.42'. I am pretty sure they are the same library.

Answer 4

I faced similar issue, i got it resolved by following steps:

1. ionic platform rm android

2. ionic platform add android

3. ionic build android