Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat

Question

If I run gradle assembleDebug from the command line, I am suddenly getting this error:

UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
com.android.dx.util.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat$AccessibilityServiceInfoVersionImpl;
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.readSortableTypes(DexMerger.java:592)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.getSortedTypes(DexMerger.java:550)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeClassDefs(DexMerger.java:531)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexBuffers(DexMerger.java:168)
    at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:186)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:300)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:232)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:174)
    at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:91)

If I grep for v4 I see two files inside my build folder.

Binary file build/pre-dexed/debug/support-v4-19.0.0-2ba5fdd60a6c3836b3104a863fe42897da1fa9d1.jar matches
Binary file build/pre-dexed/debug/support-v4-r7-227d905d79b23b20866531d4f700446c040a2ccb.jar matches

My gradle file includes only this support library:

compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:19.0.0'

I am stumped as to how the r7 library is included somehow. I've run gradle clean and it always appears there when I rerun assembleDebug.

If I grep for r7 inside the build directory, I see it inside the file:

Binary file build/exploded-bundles/ComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServices4030.aar/classes.jar matches

If I don't include v13, then other things don't compile.

But doesn't v13 include v4 support library?

Is this an incompatibility between play services AAR bundle and the v13 library?

I grabbed the gradle file from gradleplease.appspot.com.

Removing play services does not fix it; same error.

My dependencies inside build.gradle:

 dependencies {


 // Google Play Services
//compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.30'

// Support Libraries
//compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
///compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.0.0'
//compile 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:19.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:19.0.0'
compile 'org.eclipse.mylyn.github:org.eclipse.egit.github.core:2.1.5'
compile 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.9'
compile 'com.madgag:markdownj-core:0.4.1'
compile 'com.wu-man:android-oauth-client:0.0.2'
compile 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-jackson2:1.17.0-rc'
compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.2'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
}

Answer 1

Run gradle -q dependencies (or gradle -q :projectName:dependencies) to generate a dependency report. You should see where r7 is coming from, such as:

compile - Classpath for compiling the main sources.
+--- com.commonsware.cwac:camera-v9:0.5.4
|    +--- com.actionbarsherlock:actionbarsherlock:4.4.0
|    |    \--- com.google.android:support-v4:r7
|    +--- com.commonsware.cwac:camera:0.5.4
|    \--- com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+ -> 18.0.0
\--- com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+ -> 18.0.0

Then, use the exclude directive to block that dependency. In my case, it is coming from my CWAC-Camera library, and so I use:

dependencies {
    compile('com.commonsware.cwac:camera-v9:0.5.4') {
      exclude module: 'support-v4'
    }

    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+'
}

(where the second compile statement indicates what version you actually want)

That should clear matters up, as you will see if you run the dependency report again:

compile - Classpath for compiling the main sources.
+--- com.commonsware.cwac:camera-v9:0.5.4
|    +--- com.actionbarsherlock:actionbarsherlock:4.4.0
|    \--- com.commonsware.cwac:camera:0.5.4
\--- com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+ -> 18.0.0

Answer 2

I solved similar error by adding following piece of code to my build.gradle file inside the android block.

android {
    dexOptions {
        preDexLibraries = false
    }
}