UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION when adding play-services

Question

I have a project where I need to use the Google play service libary. But when I add it to my dependencies i get the following error:

UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'. com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command: C:\Eclipse\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\build-tools\21.1.2\dx.bat --dex --no-optimize --output C:\Users\Reigstad\Documents\secret-tyrion-android\Tyrion\app\build\intermediates\dex\debug --input-list=C:\Users\Reigstad\Documents\secret-tyrion-android\Tyrion\app\build\intermediates\tmp\dex\debug\inputList.txt Error Code: 2 Output: UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION: com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536 at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger$6.updateIndex(DexMerger.java:502) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger$IdMerger.mergeSorted(DexMerger.java:283) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeMethodIds(DexMerger.java:491) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:168) at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:189) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:454) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:303) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:246) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:215) at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:106)>

My build.gradle looks like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
    compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:3.21.1'
    compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0'
    compile 'org.immutables:gson:1.1.3'
    compile 'org.parceler:parceler:0.2.15'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.87'
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.tyrion.tyrion"
        minSdkVersion 13
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
        packagingOptions {
            exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
            exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
        }
    }
}

repositories { mavenCentral()}

I have tried all the solutions that I could find, but none of them seems to work for me. My project works fine, its just when I add the libary it wont work.

Hope you guys can help.

possible duplicate of [Build Tools 21.1.2 – UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27497553/build-tools-21-1-2-unexpected-top-level-exception) — atastrumf, Feb 10 '15 at 14:41
I did try that solution before asking my question. Dident help me. — user2926430, Feb 10 '15 at 14:49

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '15 at 14:42

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You may hitted the 65k methods limit. To use Google Play Services with more granularity, follow this guide, you can use only parts that you want. Probably this will fix your problem

answered Feb 10 '15 at 14:42

webo80

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I thought Ive allready tryed just using the 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:6.5.87'. But after a rollback and just using that it worked!! Thank you so much for making me try that solution again! – user2926430 Feb 10 '15 at 14:53
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Wow, wish I had found this days ago! Resolved the same issue for me as well. – GameSalutes Aug 30 '15 at 00:04
Brilliant! Thanks :) – Bhargav Ponnapalli Dec 31 '16 at 15:06

UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION when adding play-services

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