Multiple dex files error

Question

Hi i am trying to execute an android app in emulator but i am getting the following error.

[2013-01-31 11:19:21 - Dex Loader] Unable to execute dex: Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/imageloader/BitmapCache;
[2013-01-31 11:19:21 - LoginActivity] Conversion to Dalvik format failed: Unable to execute dex: Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/imageloader/BitmapCache;

I tried all the steps in this link but it hasnt hepled me.

see this if it helps http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8059719/unable-to-execute-dex-multiple-dex-files-define — Avi Kumar, Jan 31 '13 at 05:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '13 at 06:28

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Hi i think you have two copies of the jar files even i had the same issue i had two copies ie; one copy in the libs folder and another in the drawable folder now delete the extra copy in the drawable folder and clean build the project and it'll work...

answered Jan 31 '13 at 06:28

user1844638

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I am facing the same. I am trying all the solutions but none of them worked. I could not the file-path. Please give me the file-paths where I can find those Jar files. – Pravinraj Venkatachalam Oct 23 '16 at 05:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '13 at 05:56

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I updated eclipse (Help->Check for updates) today (31st january,2013) and now I don't see the error. Before it I had error "Unable to execute dex: Multiple dex files define". Hope this helps.

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Try the Below 1

here is a file in bin/dexedLibs The same file exists in libs

Delete it in libs and it should work.

For me it was the android-support-v4.jar.

Hope this helps

answered Jan 31 '13 at 05:56

Usman Kurd

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I am using the latest version juno 4.2 – Jan 31 '13 at 05:57
i updated the poste take a look hope this can Solve your problem – Usman Kurd Jan 31 '13 at 05:59

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '13 at 22:13

This occurs when you have multiple copies of the same class in your build path, or elsewhere in your setup.

For me, this occurred when I had added android-support-v4.jar to my libs/ folder, and somehow eclipse added a second copy to bin/classes/android-support-v4.jar.

Deleting the extra copy in bin/classes solved the problem - unsure why Eclipse made a copy there.

You can test for this with

grep -r YourOffendingClassName YourApp | grep jar

Multiple dex files error

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