multiple dex files define landroid/support/annotation/AnimRes

Question

The moment I added the android support annotations to my dependencies

compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:20.0.0'

I got this error:

Error Code: 2 Output: UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION: com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/annotation/AnimRes; at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.readSortableTypes(DexMerger.java:594) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.getSortedTypes(DexMerger.java:552) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeClassDefs(DexMerger.java:533) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:170) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:188) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:439) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:287) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:230) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:199) at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:103)

build.gradle

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion '20.0.0'

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 10
        targetSdkVersion 19
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
    compile 'com.crashlytics.android:crashlytics:1.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:20.0.0'
}

Anybody else experienced this issue? I have tried the solutions from here.

score 71 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '14 at 12:06

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The problem is that android-support-annotations.jar used to be a separate library containing the android annotations, but for some reason these annotations are already included in recent versions of the android-support-v4.jar file.

Deleting the annotations jar solved the issue.

answered Nov 03 '14 at 12:06

Mister Smith

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problem may happen when you include two `android-support-v4.jar` jar files with different version into your project – ahmed hamdy Dec 30 '14 at 19:56
@ahmedhamdy including v4.jar with different SHA key throws a different error and not leads to a dex issue – amIT Jan 12 '15 at 13:39
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@mister-smith how can i remove one of them? i'm stuck with this issue :( – bobsouza Aug 05 '15 at 21:19
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this solved it for me. if you're working on a cordova app, delete the mentioned file from /platforms/android/libs/ – Mirthquakes Sep 04 '15 at 19:09
Deleted the annotations jar. But still getting the error. – Sanved Oct 04 '15 at 14:05
I have a set of libraries as modules but annotation.jar is found nowhere in any of it's gradle file.What to do now? – Karthika PB Oct 21 '15 at 06:36
this has helped so many times now! thanks for your answer @Mister Smith – SM3RKY Apr 19 '16 at 03:26

score 34 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '15 at 07:44

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Build->clean Project ,and it worked

answered Mar 24 '15 at 07:44

user2955733

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I'm not sure how (I tried this a few times before with no results), but after I tried again (after seeing this comment) .. MIRACLE!! :D – smiron Apr 21 '15 at 21:20
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my life is going to get a whole lot easier once I start remembering to try this first any time I have a gradle issue – hair raisin Nov 05 '15 at 13:43
It worked when I run 'clean' task which deletes /app/build folder. – Venugopal Aug 23 '16 at 04:29

score 23 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 12 '14 at 03:30

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I deleted the android-support-v4.jar and it worked.

answered Dec 12 '14 at 03:30

Evans Kakpovi

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I unchecked it from Java Build Path > Libraries. (Y). Works like charm – khunshan May 21 '15 at 13:24

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 06:45

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If this is cordova / ionic project this worked for me

add these line to build.gradle under platforms/android after line number 22 i.e after apply plugin: 'android'

configurations {
   all*.exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
}

answered Feb 02 '16 at 06:45

Raj Nandan Sharma

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This is the only solution that worked for me using the "cordova-plugin-googleplus" and "phonegap-facebook-plugin" plugins. You save my day thanks! – S. F. Apr 15 '16 at 07:55
I was trying to install cordova-plugin-document-viewer and this solution worked for me. Thanks! – dzylich May 15 '17 at 23:51

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 12 '15 at 18:12

Solved this exact issue in a Cordova project that used the facebook plugin. I was able to successfully build by commenting out this line from platforms\android\project.properties, as shown:

# cordova.system.library.1=com.android.support:support-v4:+

And by commenting out this line from platforms\android\build.gradle, as shown:

// compile "com.android.support:support-v4:+"

Then doing the build. The problem started when I installed (katzer/cordova-plugin-local-notifications) which added these lines, but it created a conflict since the library it was adding to the build was already part of the facebook plugin build.

Worked for me too, I'm also using *cordova-plugin-local-notifications*. Thank you ! — Morgan Touverey Quilling, Oct 15 '15 at 14:26

Christian Vincenzo Traina · Answer 6 · 2017-10-22T16:59:57.993

As other users said, the first elements to troubleshoot are dependencies. Although, sometimes you can struggle for hours and you don't find any problem so you can focus on the build process instead.

Changing the way in which the .dex files are produced sometimes solves the problem. You can go through these steps:

Open your Build.gradle (app) file
Search for the task dexOptions
Change it to:
```
dexOptions {
  incremental false 
}
```

If you don't find the task in your file then you can add it.

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 02 '15 at 20:23

For me the reason was the new data-binding lib

com.android.databinding:dataBinder:1.0-rc2

it somehow used a conflicting version of the annotations lib, which I could not force with

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force group: 'com.android.support', name: 'support-v4', version: '23.1.0'
        force group: 'com.android.support', name: 'appcompat-v7', version: '23.1.0'
        force group: 'com.android.support', name: 'support-annotations', version: '23.1.0'
    }
}

but the new rc3 and rc4 versions seem to have fixed it, so just use those versions

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 02 '16 at 06:37

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I had the same problem , but i deleted build files from the build folder

projectname/app/build

and it removed all the related error. "can't clean the project" and also "dex errow with $anim"

answered Jan 02 '16 at 06:37

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 21 '14 at 09:34

I managed to fix this issue. The reason was that I included the android support library 19.0.0 as a dependency, but 19.1.0 is required. See here for more information

So it has to be

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.1.0'
    compile 'com.crashlytics.android:crashlytics:1.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:20.0.0'
}

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 07 '15 at 00:16

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If you import AppCompat as a library project and you also have android-support-annotations.jar in libs elsewhere, make sure to import everywhere AppCompat library only (it already includes this annotations lib). Then delete all android-support-annotations.jar to avoid merging multiple versions of this library.

answered Jan 07 '15 at 00:16

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I was having this same problem on android studio however I didn't have a support-annotations in my build.gradle. Cleaning the project didn't fix it. I found that despite not having the android-support-annotations.jar in my app build.gradle it was still in my app.iml. Once I deleted the android-support-annotations.jar from my app.iml (and cleaned the project again for good measure). This fixed my problem completely – Luke Apr 23 '15 at 05:02

score 1 · Answer 11 · edited May 30 '15 at 22:55

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Updating Android SDK Tools fixed it for me, now it just sees the copy in android-support-v4.jar.

I had the same problem when using ant, and the annotations library was being included automatically by an outdated sdk.dir/tools/ant/build.xml.

edited May 30 '15 at 22:55

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answered May 30 '15 at 22:41

Greg Alexander

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score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Sep 15 '15 at 20:14

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Clean project works as a temporary fix, but the issue will reappear on next compilation error.

To fix more reliably, I had to update the dependency to android support-v4 to com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0.

edited Sep 15 '15 at 20:14

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answered Jul 15 '15 at 12:47

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 06 '16 at 18:18

Put in your build.gradle the dependency of support-annotations according with your compileSdkVersion. For instance: A project with the compileSdkVersion 25 you can put the following dependence:

compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:25.0.1'

This will solve your problem.

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Aug 10 '15 at 16:20

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In my case I had a file called cache.xml under /build/intermediates/dex-cache/cache.xml in the root project folder. I deleted this file, rebuild the project and it worked for me.

answered Aug 10 '15 at 16:20

Oliver

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 27 '16 at 17:41

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I deleted the android-support-v4.jar and it worked.

Explain - android-support-v4.jar is conflicting with my other .jar files of project\libs files ** specially when you are running with java 8 on AS.

answered Feb 27 '16 at 17:41

Parth

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Apr 06 '16 at 07:46

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Put android-support-v4.jar in your libs folder in eclipse. Clean and build the project. It will resolve the issue.

answered Apr 06 '16 at 07:46

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 17 '16 at 13:36

Another reason that messages such as these can come up in Android Studio when building and launching can be the cause of application tags in your libraries.

If you have several Android Library projects that you imported as modules. Go into those projects and remove the <application> ... </application> tags and everything between them. These can cause issues in the build process along with the support library issues already mentioned.

Rahi.Shah · Answer 18 · 2017-03-31T05:57:03.507

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From /platforms/android/libs/ delete android-support-v4.jar. It works for me.

edited Mar 31 '17 at 05:57

answered Mar 29 '17 at 09:12

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multiple dex files define landroid/support/annotation/AnimRes

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