UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION : DexIndexOverflowException while running the app on Android studio

Question

I am using google play services version 7.5.0 and getting below mentioned error while running a project.

My project contains 2 modules. Here are the build.gradle file of each modules.

Module 1:

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.0 rc3"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 9
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0'
}

Module 2:

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

android {

    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.0 rc3"


    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 9
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile project(':module1')
}

And here is build.gradle file of app

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.0 rc3"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.vserv.offerwall"
        minSdkVersion 9
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }

    dexOptions {
        jumboMode true
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile project(':module2')
}
repositories {
    flatDir {
        dirs 'libs'
    }
}

When I am building the app, it get build successfully. But when I am trying to run the app, I am getting below mentioned error.

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:277) 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:502) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:334) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:277) at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:245) at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:106) Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'. com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 2

I have done some Google and found below mentioned link.

Unable to execute dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536

I have tried this and edited the app gradle file by adding multiDexEnabled true into defaultConfig and compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0' in dependencies.

After that the above mentioned error is resolved and then I got another error while running the app.

:app:shrinkDebugMultiDexComponents FAILED Error:Execution failed for task ':app:shrinkDebugMultiDexComponents'. java.io.IOException: Can't read [D:\StudioWorkspace\SampleSDKDemoProject\app\build\intermediates\multi-dex\debug\allclasses.jar] (Can't process class [org/fmod/FMODAudioDevice.class] (256))

Kindly help me to solve this.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Instead of importing ALL modules from google services

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0'

Import only the modules you need. Check this page.

Note: If the number of method references in your app exceeds the 65K limit, your app may fail to compile. You may be able to mitigate this problem when compiling your app by specifying only the specific Google Play services APIs your app uses, instead of all of them.