NoClassDefFoundError When Using Dagger 2 After Switching to Android Studio 2.0

Question

Before upgrading to Android Studio 2.0 I could use Dagger 2 no problem. Now I am getting a NoClassDefFoundError This has shut me down for more than a day and I'm reaching out for some help.

It seems as though Gradle cannot my AppModule class even though it is pretty clear that it is in my project. I have even included set multiDexEnabled true even though my project is only a few files.

Everything I can find online says that you can click your libraries to be imported. Android Studio has no such luxury.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and you will have my undying loyalty.

04-21 17:26:54.006 7875-7875/com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp, PID: 7875
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.AppModule_ProvidesApplicationFactory
at com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.DaggerAppComponent.initialize(DaggerAppComponent.java:31)
at com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.DaggerAppComponent.<init>(DaggerAppComponent.java:23)
at com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.DaggerAppComponent.<init>(DaggerAppComponent.java:0)
at com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.DaggerAppComponent$Builder.build(DaggerAppComponent.java:66)
at com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.App.onCreate(App.java:28)
at com.android.tools.fd.runtime.BootstrapApplication.onCreate(BootstrapApplication.java:326)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1020)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5010)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:172)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1482)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5835)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1399)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1194)


package com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection;

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.Context;

import javax.inject.Singleton;

import dagger.Module;
import dagger.Provides;

AppModule

@Module
public class AppModule {
private static Application application;

public AppModule(Application application) {
    this.application = application;
}

@Provides @Singleton
Application providesApplication() {
    return application;
}

@Provides @Singleton
Context providesApplicationContext() {
    return application.getBaseContext();
}
}

AppComponent

package com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection;

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.Context;

import com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.ui.activity.LoginActivity;
import com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.ui.fragment.LoginFragment;
import com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.ui.fragment.SignUpFragment;

import javax.inject.Singleton;

import dagger.Component;

@Singleton
@Component(
    modules = { AppModule.class,
                LoginPresenterModule.class }
)
public interface AppComponent {
Application getApplication();
Context getApplicationContext();

void inject(LoginFragment activity);
}

App extends Application

import android.app.Application;
import android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication;

import com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.AppComponent;
import com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.AppModule;
import com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp.main.injection.DaggerAppComponent;
import com.firebase.client.Firebase;

import timber.log.Timber;

public class App extends Application {

private static AppComponent appComponent;

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

    Firebase.setAndroidContext(this);

    appComponent = DaggerAppComponent.builder()
            .appModule(new AppModule(this))
            .build();

    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
        Timber.plant(new Timber.DebugTree());
    }

}

public static AppComponent getAppComponent(){
    return appComponent;
}
}

build.gradle(Module:App)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.neenbedankt.android-apt'

android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "24.0.0 rc1"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.androidtitan.spotscoreapp"
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 23
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    multiDexEnabled true


}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

packagingOptions {
    exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES.txt'
    exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
    exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
    exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
    exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
apt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'

provided 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0'
provided 'org.glassfish:javax.annotation:10.0-b28'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.3.0'
compile 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.1.2'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.3.0'
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:7.0.1'
compile 'com.firebase:firebase-client-android:2.3.1'
}

build.gradle(Project:spotscoreapp)

buildscript {
repositories {
    jcenter()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0'
    classpath 'com.neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt:1.4'

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
    jcenter()
}
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}

AndroidManifest

`

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

<application
    android:name=".App"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".main.ui.activity.LoginActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_login"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar" />
    <activity android:name=".main.ui.activity.MainActivity" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

`

Answer 1

Your Application doesn't extend from MultiDexApplication, nor does it do

@Override
protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
    super.attachBaseContext(base);
    MultiDex.install(this);
}

And you should disable Instant Run.

Answer 2

I had a very similar issue and resolved it by doing pretty usual things in Android Studio. You basically need to

Invalidate Caches and then Clean Project

You know, Dagger2 generates a lot of code at compile time and sometimes things can mess up, especially if you are using Instant Run, provided by Android Studio 2.0