More than one file was found with OS independent path 'lib/x86/libusb.so'

Question

I am using libusb in my android application. When I am trying to build libusb native library then I get below error message, *.so files generated.

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformNativeLibsWithMergeJniLibsForDebug'. More than one file was found with OS independent path 'lib/x86/libusb.so'

build.gradle

import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.0"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.williams.libusbpoc"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 26
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    externalNativeBuild {
        ndkBuild {
            path 'src/main/jni/Android.mk'
        }
    }

    sourceSets.main {
        jniLibs.srcDir 'src/main/libs'
        jni.srcDirs = [] //disable automatic ndk-build call
    }

    // call regular ndk-build(.cmd) script from app directory
    task ndkBuild(type: Exec) {
        if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
            commandLine 'ndk-build.cmd', '-C', file('src/main').absolutePath
        } else {
            commandLine 'ndk-build', '-C', file('src/main').absolutePath
        }
    }

    tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
        compileTask -> compileTask.dependsOn ndkBuild
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    androidTestImplementation ('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    implementation"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre7:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-beta2'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
    compile "org.jetbrains.anko:anko-appcompat-v7-commons:$anko_version"
}

I am on windows machine. Does anyone know what could be the issue ?

Answer 1

I was having this issue in my React-Native Bridge project after I added AAR files of 3rd party SDK. And I was linking the Bridge into my Main React-native application.

Solution (May differ for you):

Add this in app/build.gradle the Main React-Native application:

android {
    // ...
    packagingOptions {
        pickFirst '**/*.so'
    }
}

• Test the Build on React-Native Bridge project after adding the AAR libraries.
• Clean the React-Native Bridge project
• Clean the React-Native application project
• Remove node_modules and re-install the bridge package into the project.
• Run the application.

I faced another issue related to this (If you include AAR into library project that's not being linked to main application)

https://stackoverflow.com/a/58588503/3197778

Answer 2

I removed jniLibs.srcDir 'src/main/libs' code inside sourceSets.main block. It was creating *.so files twice.

sourceSets.main {
    jniLibs.srcDir 'src/main/libs'
    jni.srcDirs = [] //disable automatic ndk-build call
}

Answer 3

you can use like this:

add the following code into build.gradle ,

packagingOptions {
    pickFirst 'lib/armeabi-v7a/your_name.so'
    pickFirst 'lib/arm64-v8a/your_name.so'
    pickFirst 'lib/x86/your_name.so'
    pickFirst 'lib/x86_64/your_name.so'
}

this pickFirst that means : if more than one path matches the first-pick, only the first found will be selected. please click Get more information