Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzau

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I get the error com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzau; when i run my app The gradle files are

app.gradle

dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.3'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:21.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.+'
compile 'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:21.0.3'
compile 'com.squareup:otto:1.3.5'
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.3.4'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.2.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.2.0'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0'
compile 'com.github.ksoichiro:android-observablescrollview:1.4.0'
compile 'com.astuetz:pagerslidingtabstrip:1.0.1'
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.1.0'
compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-android:1.+'
compile 'com.edmodo:rangebar:1.0.0'
compile 'com.melnykov:floatingactionbutton:1.3.0'
compile project(':library_viewpager')
compile project(':androidHorizontalListView')
compile project(':CastCompanionLibrary')
compile project(':mobihelp_sdk_android_v1.4')
compile fileTree(include: 'Parse-*.jar', dir: 'libs')
compile files('libs/Parse-1.9.2.jar')
compile files('libs/GoogleConversionTrackingSdk-2.2.2.jar')
}

CastCompanionLibrary

dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.+'
compile 'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:22.+'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:7.5.0'
}

How do i fix this? i guess the error occurs because i use google play services in both the module and the app. but the versions are different. is that causing an issue?

I have such a problem. How could I solve it? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48630943/when-i-want-to-create-apk-in-the-android-studio-i-get-this-error — Isa C., Feb 05 '18 at 20:33

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '15 at 09:11

I had similar problem and your question helped me solve mine and probably will help you solve yours. Problem is that you have defined:

dependencies {
...
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:7.5.0'
}

and

dependencies {
...
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.+'
...
}

Since google services 7.5.0, if you're using single modules from play services you can't use whole play services as dependency simultaneously. Solution is to select only those services that you need instead of whole package e.g.:

instead of

dependencies {
...
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.+'
...
}

use

dependencies {
...
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:7.0.+'
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:7.0.+'
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.0.+'
...
}

Also I'm not sure but probably it would be good idea to use the same version of google services in both gradle configs.

Also issue may be in different versions of "com.google.android.gms" and "com.google.firebase" — Юрій Мазуревич, Feb 21 '17 at 13:43
i have similar issue, i am making change dependencies in 'platforms/android/build.gradle' file but after build (by sudo ionic cordova build android) my changes are reverted back. how to fix this?? — Abhitesh khatri, Apr 02 '18 at 15:59

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '16 at 05:07

I had a similar problem after building using phonegap/cordova: com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzsk;

I fixed it by editing build.gradle(module Android), as I had 2 libraries that should have the exact same version with different version numbers (8.4.0 and 9.2.1 in my case)

dependencies{
....
//make sure are both same version (8.4.0 or 9.2.1 in my case)
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:9.2.1'
// this is the one I changed:  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.2.1' // it was 8.4.0
....
}

I have used 9.2.1 and 9.4.0 – Paresh Dudhat Aug 15 '16 at 09:32 — Paresh Dudhat, Aug 15 '16 at 09:32

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered May 03 '18 at 08:01

Firebase Android SDKs now have independent version numbers, allowing for more frequent, flexible updates.

Update all your Firebase dependencies to the latest version (as of 2 May 2018):

 Firebase Core          com.google.firebase:firebase-core:15.0.2
    Ads                 com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:15.0.0
  Analytics             com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:15.0.2
 App Indexing           com.google.firebase:firebase-appindexing:15.0.0
 Authentication         com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:15.1.0
Cloud Firestore         com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:16.0.0
Cloud Functions         com.google.firebase:firebase-functions:15.0.0
Cloud Messaging         com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:15.0.2
Cloud Storage           com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:15.0.2
Crash Reporting         com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:15.0.2
Crashlytics             com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.1
Invites                 com.google.firebase:firebase-invites:15.0.2
Performance Monitoring  com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:15.1.0
Realtime Database       com.google.firebase:firebase-database:15.0.0
Remote Config           com.google.firebase:firebase-config:15.0.2

Release note: https://firebase.google.com/support/release-notes/android

Correct me if wrong, but using the latest version in gradle wouldn't require the user to have installed the very latest **Google Play Services** version on the device as well? — andreszs, Jul 02 '18 at 01:54
you may be right. but the version of other dependencies of Google Play Services shouldn't be greater. — Gurjap singh, Jul 04 '18 at 18:32

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 02 '18 at 09:08

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I encountered the same issue after manually adding Firebase to my app.
For me the solution was changing:

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.0'

to:

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'

in the root-level build.gradle file.

answered Mar 02 '18 at 09:08

Roses

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 13 '18 at 20:47

If this is happening with react-native-device-info, you can only change from:

compile(project(':react-native-device-info'))

to

compile(project(':react-native-device-info')) {
  exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms'
}

As described here: https://github.com/rebeccahughes/react-native-device-info/blob/81b0c20fab8a10ccf0341dbd6710d7a5915b06a6/README.md#troubleshooting

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered May 05 '17 at 17:10

Had the same issue while integrating firebase. For my case, it was caused by version mismatch.

on the app gradle, i had:

ext {
    PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION = '10.2.0'
}
dependencies {
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:$PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:$PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:$PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION"
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:10.0.1'
}

the firebase dependancy was added through the integrated firebase plugin in Android studio. When i matched the versions, it worked.

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 16 '17 at 08:36

2

I had this issue recently, the reason was the version difference:

'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:9.0.6'

'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:11.0.2'

so make sure you have the same version.

answered Jul 16 '17 at 08:36

Ege Kuzubasioglu

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 06 '17 at 07:38

I had the same problem but mine was cause by firebase-ui newest version 2.0.0. So I downgraded to 1.2.0 and added the following line to Project level build.gradle file:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()

        // Add the following code
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public'
        }
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 07 '18 at 09:04

My project is a cordova ionic1 project, I spent a full night and morning to solve this issue, this is what I did beacuse i was having firebase dependencies and google services: Go to this file : platforms\android\cordova-plugin-firebase\cordova-plugin-firebase\app-build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        // classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
        // i changed the above line from 3.0.0 to 3.1.1
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.1.1'
    }
}
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    compile 'me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.1.4@aar'
    //compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:+'
    // i changed the above line from + to 11.0.2
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:11.0.2'
}

Then Go to this file: platforms\android\project.properties Originally i was having this

target=android-26
android.library.reference.1=CordovaLib
cordova.gradle.include.1=cordova-plugin-firebase/app-build.gradle
cordova.system.library.1=com.google.gms:google-services:+
cordova.system.library.2=com.google.firebase:firebase-core:+
cordova.system.library.3=com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:+
cordova.system.library.4=com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:+
cordova.system.library.5=com.google.firebase:firebase-config:+
cordova.system.library.6=com.android.support:support-v4:24.1.1+
cordova.system.library.7=com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:11.+
cordova.system.library.8=com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:11.+

Then i commented out the google services as we need specific dependencies and I also put the versions for firebase and gms to the same version number of 11.0.2 so after my file looks like this

target=android-26
android.library.reference.1=CordovaLib
cordova.gradle.include.1=cordova-plugin-firebase/app-build.gradle
# cordova.system.library.1=com.google.gms:google-services:+
cordova.system.library.2=com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.0.2
cordova.system.library.3=com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.0.2
cordova.system.library.4=com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:11.0.2
cordova.system.library.5=com.google.firebase:firebase-config:11.0.2
cordova.system.library.6=com.android.support:support-v4:24.1.1+
cordova.system.library.7=com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:11.0.2
cordova.system.library.8=com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:11.0.2

I had the same issue with my ionic cordova project - this is how I fixed it. — Kinglish, Apr 11 '18 at 21:34

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered May 06 '18 at 05:17

If anyone had the same issues as mine, I removed the firebase-core dependency and it worked like a charm.

dependencies{
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:15.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:15.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:15.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:15.0.0'
}

to

dependencies{
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:15.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:15.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:15.0.0'
}

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 18 '18 at 20:01

I was having this issue and none of the solutions worked. What worked for me was adding this plugin

 cordova plugin add cordova-android-play-services-gradle-release --save

and then in both /platforms/android/cordova-plugin-fcm/ and /platforms/android/cordova-plugin-open/ replace

apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin

with:

ext.postBuildExtras = {
  apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin
}

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered May 12 '18 at 00:10

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If anyone else comes across this issue in Ionic removing and re-adding the platform worked for me:

> ionic cordova rm platform android
> ionic cordova add platform android

answered May 12 '18 at 00:10

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andreszs · Answer 13 · 2018-07-02T02:24:35.203

For anyone wondering how to fix this for Apache Cordova plugins, I fixed this problem by ensuring all plugin.xml files include the same major and minor version, but latest revision, like this:

<framework src="com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:15.0.+" />
<framework src="com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:15.0.+" />

When using 15.0.0 above, the com.android.dex.DexException error was raised for some reason. By using + for the revision number (which means, latest), everything worked perfectly with cordova 7.1.0 and cordova-android 6.3.0.

Remember to remove and re-add the android platform after editing plugin.xml from plugins, otherwise your changes won't be applied at all!

Also: Ensure only ONE gradle file is applying this, just in case:

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:+'
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
}

Rurouni · Answer 14 · 2018-09-07T06:44:09.687

I was also having this issue, I tried many ways to solve this issue. What worked for me was removing following line from my gradle.

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.3'

At first I have both firebase-core and firebase-ml-vision (what I need was only firebase-ml-vision) like following.

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ml-vision:17.0.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.3'

After I remove the line I got following warning,

Warning: The app gradle file must have a dependency on com.google.firebase:firebase-core for Firebase services to work as intended.

But, according to official docs the core dependency can be absent (https://firebase.google.com/docs/ml-kit/android/detect-faces), so it can be ignored.

Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzau

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