java.lang.VerifyError when running Android tests with testCoverageEnabled = true

Question

I've recently tried the new Jacoco code coverage feature for Android Gradle plugin, and unfortunately it makes my tests fail with the following error:

 java.lang.VerifyError: com/foo/bar/rest/SomeClass at
 com.foo.bar.test.rest.BaseTest.setUp(BaseTest.java:87) at
 android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:190) at
 android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:175) at
 android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner.onStart(InstrumentationTestRunner.java:555)
 at
 android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1584)

I enabled the code coverage using these lines in build.gradle:

 buildTypes {

         debug {
             testCoverageEnabled = true
         } 
...

Has anyone encountered the same problem?

Are you using Dagger? It seems there's an incompatibility between the offline instrumentation done by Jacoco and Dagger. — Xavier Ducrohet, May 01 '14 at 17:21
Yes, I'm using Dagger. Is there any workaround for this issue? — Egor, May 01 '14 at 17:35
Here is the bug report : https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=69174 — ben75, Jun 09 '14 at 20:52

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '14 at 18:32

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Turning @ben75's comment into an answer: The corresponding bug has been fixed with build-tools 21.0.0. However, that version introduced another Windows-specific bug, so you should use build-tools 21.0.2 instead (even though that version does not yet show up on the revisions page).

answered Oct 22 '14 at 18:32

sschuberth

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Thanks, this is the correct answer: upgrade `android{buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"}}` – Some Noob Student Jan 16 '15 at 22:33
Yes: Upgrading my build tool to `21.1.2` from `19.1.0` fixed my Tests failures with `java.lang.VerifyError`. Thanks @Some-Noob-Student – DaddyMoe Feb 19 '16 at 22:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 17:59

I was running into this same problem, but found this solution: add -noverify to your gradle file like so:

testOptions {
    unitTests {
        all {
            // configure the test JVM arguments
            jvmArgs '-noverify'
        }
    }
}

Source: https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric-gradle-plugin/issues/144

score -2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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You'll receive a java.lang.VerifyError anytime there is inconsistency between the library used during compilation and run-time.

Here's another thread that lists similar issue : Java.lang.verifyerror how do I fix or even find out the root cause?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Jul 03 '14 at 17:02

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java.lang.VerifyError when running Android tests with testCoverageEnabled = true

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