How to resolve java.util.zip.ZipException?

Question

Whever I try to debug and deploy my android application (in Android Studio 0.9) I get the following error:

Execution failed for task ':app:packageAllDebugClassesForMultiDex'. java.util.zip.ZipException: duplicate entry: android/support/multidex/BuildConfig.class 

To make things clear here is a brief history of my actions:

1. This morning the project was working fine
2. Added some additional classes and methods
3. Broke the limit and received this error: Unable to execute dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536
4. Decided to add multiDex support to my project as reducing the dependencies was not an option

Since then I keep getting the described error just after adding multiDex to my project by following this SO post Using Gradle to split external libraries in separated dex files to solve Android Dalvik 64k methods limit.

Here is my build.gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'  repositories {     jcenter() }  android {     compileSdkVersion 21     buildToolsVersion '21.1.0'      defaultConfig {         applicationId "com.stackoverflow.application"         minSdkVersion 15         targetSdkVersion 21         versionCode 1         versionName "1.0"         multiDexEnabled = true     }      buildTypes {         release {             minifyEnabled false             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'         }     }      dexOptions {         preDexLibraries = false     } }  afterEvaluate {     tasks.matching {         it.name.startsWith('dex')     }.each { dx ->         if (dx.additionalParameters == null) {             dx.additionalParameters = []         }         dx.additionalParameters += '--multi-dex'         dx.additionalParameters += "--main-dex-list=$projectDir/<filename>".toString() // enable the main-dex-list     } }  dependencies {     compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])     compile project(':viewPagerIndicatorLibrary')     compile 'com.google.android:multidex:0.1'     compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-android:4.48'     compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-core:4.48'     compile 'de.greenrobot:eventbus:2.2.1'     compile 'se.emilsjolander:stickylistheaders:2.5.1'     compile 'joda-time:joda-time:2.5'     compile 'com.makeramen:roundedimageview:1.4.0'     compile 'javax.inject:javax.inject:1'     compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.3.4'     compile 'com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:6.3.1'     compile('com.google.api-client:google-api-client-gson:1.18.0-rc') {         exclude module: 'httpclient'     }      compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.1.71'     compile('com.google.api-client:google-api-client:1.17.0-rc') {         exclude(group: 'xpp3', module: 'xpp3')         exclude(group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient')         exclude(group: 'junit', module: 'junit')         exclude(group: 'com.google.android', module: 'android')     }     compile('com.google.api-client:google-api-client-android:1.17.0-rc') {         exclude(group: 'com.google.android.google-play-services', module: 'google-play-services')     }     compile('com.google.http-client:google-http-client-android:1.17.0-rc') {         exclude(group: 'com.google.android', module: 'android')     }     compile 'com.google.guava:guava:18.0' } 

I also have another project dependencies to use the viewPagerIndicator library as well as a few jars in my /libs folder:

• android-async-http-1.4.6.jar
• guice-3.0-no_aop.jar
• jsr305-1.3.9.jar
• roboguice-2.0.jar

Any advice on how I could resolve this problem without removing any of my needed dependencies is welcomed !

Answer 1

Thread is a bit old, but I got this error too.

My problem was that I used two different com.google.android.gms:play-services Versions in my gradle file.

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.5.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:7.3.0' // WRONG! 

Make sure, that you always use same versions like:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.5.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:7.5.0' 

Answer 2

Edit: This is a bug and a fix is due. See https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=81804

I have this problem too, and I don't have an answer. But here's what I can add:

The class BuildConfig is a magic class generated as part of the build process. For some reason, there exists a version with the same fully-qualified name (android.support.multidex.BuildConfig) in both mutildex-1.0.0 and multidex-instrumentation-1.0.0 aars.

I don't believe we have done anything wrong. I think this is a symptom of being on the cutting-edge. I raised a bug report.