Error when building debug

Question

When I try to debug my app in Android Studio I get a gradle error. I have now idea how I can fix it. Does anyone have any ideas or fixes for me so I can continue debugging my app. I googled it already and people are saying the cause could be that there are duplicate imports in the gradle file but I checked this and there are none. When I rebuilt gradle it is successful but when I debug I get this error.

Executing tasks: [:app:assembleDebug]

Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.
:app:preBuild
:app:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDebugBuild
:app:checkDebugManifest
:app:preReleaseBuild
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportAppcompatV72220Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportDesign2220Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportMediarouterV72200Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportRecyclerviewV72100Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42221Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComBalysvMaterialmenuMaterialMenu154Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComFacebookAndroidFacebookAndroidSdk460Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGithubJohnkilAndroidRobototextviewRobototextview240Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServices750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAds750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAnalytics750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAppindexing750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAppinvite750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAppstate750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesBase750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesCast750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesDrive750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesFitness750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesGames750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesGcm750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesIdentity750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesLocation750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesMaps750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesNearby750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesPanorama750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesPlus750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesSafetynet750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesWallet750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesWearable750Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareDebugDependencies
:app:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugJava UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDexDebug UP-TO-DATE
:app:dexDebug
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: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)


 FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'.
> com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command:
    /Users/x/Development/Android SDK/build-tools/21.1.2/dx --dex --no-optimize --output /Users/app/app/build/intermediates/dex/debug --input-list=/Users/app/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: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: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)



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BUILD FAILED

Total time: 42.045 secs

My build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'android-apt'

def AAVersion = '3.3.2'
def JacksonVersion = '2.5.2'

apt {
    arguments {
        androidManifestFile variant.outputs[0].processResources.manifestFile
//        androidManifestFile variant.outputs[0].processResources.manifestFile
        // if you have multiple outputs (when using splits), you may want to have other index than 0

        // you should set your package name here if you are using different application IDs
         resourcePackageName "com.app"

        // You can set optional annotation processing options here, like these commented options:
        // logLevel 'INFO'
        // logFile '/var/log/aa.log'
    }
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.app"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
        exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/spring.handlers'
        exclude 'META-INF/spring.schemas'
        exclude 'META-INF/spring.tooling'
    }
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    mavenLocal()
    maven {
        url 'http://repo.spring.io/milestone'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'

    compile(
            [group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: "$JacksonVersion"],
            [group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: "$JacksonVersion"],
            [group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "$JacksonVersion"]
    )

    apt "org.androidannotations:androidannotations:$AAVersion"
    compile "org.androidannotations:androidannotations-api:$AAVersion"

    compile "org.springframework.android:spring-android-rest-template:2.0.0.M2"
    compile "com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.4.0"
    compile "com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.4.0"

    compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'

    compile 'com.readystatesoftware.systembartint:systembartint:1.0.3'

    compile 'com.github.johnkil.android-robototextview:robototextview:2.4.0'

    compile 'com.balysv.materialmenu:material-menu:1.5.4'

    compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-android:4.48'

    compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.6.0'

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

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 22 '15 at 07:33

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It means that you reached dex methods count limit, one dex file can contain max 65536. You can try to remove redundant libraries and reduce methods count or implement multidex application and add as many methods as you want.

Here's a great example of multidex implementation with possible workarounds and tricks.

answered Sep 22 '15 at 07:33

Veaceslav Gaidarji

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I tried this but I got an OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exeeded – Bart Bergmans Sep 22 '15 at 08:07
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Please follow instructions step-by-step. If you get OOM, it means that you didn't set `dexOptions { preDexLibraries = false incremental true javaMaxHeapSize "4g" }` – Veaceslav Gaidarji Sep 22 '15 at 08:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 11 '17 at 10:57

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Whats your Logcat Throws

Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'.

some of your jar files does not compile. You should go into your build.gradle file in your project, and look in your dependencies.

Just enable multiDexEnabled true

defaultConfig {

    // Enabling multidex support.
    multiDexEnabled true
}

See Unable to execute dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536
and
https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex.html

edited Jul 11 '17 at 10:57

Vadim Kotov

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answered Sep 22 '15 at 07:34

IntelliJ Amiya

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When I add this I get an OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exeeded – Bart Bergmans Sep 22 '15 at 07:38
@BartBergmans yes yes .https://plumbr.eu/outofmemoryerror/gc-overhead-limit-exceeded – IntelliJ Amiya Sep 22 '15 at 07:39
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restart the android studio – Nithinlal Sep 22 '15 at 07:46

Error when building debug

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Whats your Logcat Throws