Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'. > com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException:

Question

I am trying to integrate apache POI library with my android application. For that i have added apache poi jar files in to my libs folder and using "compile files" I'am compiling through build.gradle. But when I do gradle sync there is no problem in it. After doing gradle sync, when I try to run the application I am gettinf the error Execution Failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'.

I have seen the following similar problems, but no use.

Error: Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27437049/android-studio-gradle-execution-failed-for-task-apppredexdebug

Following is my gradle dependency:

dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
compile files('libs/poi-3.12-20150511.jar')
compile files('libs/poi-ooxml-3.12-20150511.jar')
compile files('libs/poi-ooxml-schemas-3.12-20150511.jar')
compile files('libs/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar') 
}

Error message :

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException:org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: 
  Process 'command 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31\bin\java.exe'' 
  finished with non-zero exit value 1

Gradle Console Output :

:app:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugSources
:app:preDexDebug
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AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlBeans$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an","position":{},"original":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlBeans$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a","position":{},"original":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended","position":{},"original":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended"}
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AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring","position":{},"original":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly","position":{},"original":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class.","position":{},"original":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class","position":{},"original":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlSimpleList$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an","position":{},"original":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlSimpleList$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a","position":{},"original":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended","position":{},"original":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler","position":{},"original":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring","position":{},"original":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly","position":{},"original":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class.","position":{},"original":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class","position":{},"original":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlSimpleList$2) that doesn\u0027t come with an","position":{},"original":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlSimpleList$2) that doesn\u0027t come with an"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a","position":{},"original":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended","position":{},"original":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler","position":{},"original":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring","position":{},"original":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly","position":{},"original":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class.","position":{},"original":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class","position":{},"original":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.regex.SchemaRegularExpression$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an","position":{},"original":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.regex.SchemaRegularExpression$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a","position":{},"original":"associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended","position":{},"original":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler","position":{},"original":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring","position":{},"original":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly","position":{},"original":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class.","position":{},"original":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class","position":{},"original":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.regex.SchemaRegularExpression$2) that doesn\u0027t come with an","position":{},"original":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.regex.SchemaRegularExpression$2) that doesn\u0027t come with an"}
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AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly","position":{},"original":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class.","position":{},"original":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class."}
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AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended","position":{},"original":"compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended"}
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AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly","position":{},"original":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class.","position":{},"original":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class","position":{},"original":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeLoaderImpl$SchemaTypeLoaderCache$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an","position":{},"original":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeLoaderImpl$SchemaTypeLoaderCache$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an"}
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AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler","position":{},"original":"solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring","position":{},"original":"and without specifying any \"-target\" type options. The consequence of ignoring"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly","position":{},"original":"this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class.","position":{},"original":"indicate that it is *not* an inner class."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class","position":{},"original":"warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class"}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.validator.ValidatingXMLInputStream$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an","position":{},"original":"(org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.validator.ValidatingXMLInputStream$1) that doesn\u0027t come with an"}

FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'.

com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1
Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 22.982 secs

it happens because of conflicting libraries. when there is a library used twice you get errors. — Mohammed Imran N, Jun 29 '15 at 10:47
You can see my dependency file, i didnt use any libraries twice,. @MohammedImranN — Rubanraj Ravichandran, Jun 29 '15 at 10:51
Why aren't you letting gradle download the libraries for you? For example, use the following for the poi library: compile 'org.apache.poi:poi:3.12' This will let gradle manage the dependent libraries (which may be the problem). You can also use gradle commands to see the duplicate libraries. gradlew dependencies — AndroidGuy, Jun 29 '15 at 17:05
Thanks for your clue buddy, but still getting the same error. — Rubanraj Ravichandran, Jun 30 '15 at 10:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '15 at 10:05

I got stuck with this error for past two days, finally i deceided to search for alternate way to create excel sheets in android application.

I have tried using "aspose" library, which really easy to use compared with "apache Poi" and "jxl" libraries.

Links for "Aspose" libraries and how to use in android projects.

http://www.aspose.com/android/total-component.aspx

https://github.com/asposecells/Aspose_Cells_Android

Thanks for everyone who helped me in this case.

Phileo99 · Answer 2 · 2015-06-30T06:46:19.863

0

Did you try the following sequence (in that order): invalidate cache & restart => gradle sync => gradle clean => gradle build?
In File => Project Structure => SDK Location: Did you set the JDK location to point to valid install of JDK 7 ?

Do you have this in the module's build.gradle which is triggering the error:

android {
    ...
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
    }
}

edited Jun 30 '15 at 06:46

answered Jun 30 '15 at 01:26

Phileo99

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i have tried clean, Invalidate caches and gradle sync. Everything is fine, gradle sync is successfull. But when try to run the application, getting this problem. @Phileo99 – Rubanraj Ravichandran Jun 30 '15 at 05:18
Nope, I dont have the "compileOptions" module in my build.gradle file. Anyways, I dropped using Apache Poi library to create excel files. Instead of that, i tried with "Aspose.jar" which solve my problem. – Rubanraj Ravichandran Jun 30 '15 at 09:59

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