Error on some devices - couldn't find class 'com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzz'

Question

I am working on an Android Custom Launcher. The application runs perfectly on some phones but do not start on others. On launching the application the following error occurs.

E/dalvikvm﹕ Could not find class 'com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzz', referenced from method com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzv.zzaL

E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main

java.lang.VerifyError: com/google/android/gms/measurement/internal/zzv
            at com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)
            at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1651)
            at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1622)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5016)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4590)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4530)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:155)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1385)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5300)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:830)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:646)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Hi Aqib. Did you ever manage to find any information on why this was being thrown? — mm8154, Oct 21 '15 at 08:09

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 09 '15 at 03:58

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So after a lot of searching i came to know that this problem was due to the multidexing. On some phones multidexing don't work. May be due to their Android Version. However i fixed this by introductng an application class

public class MyApplication extends Application {

    protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
        super.attachBaseContext(base);
        MultiDex.install(this);
    }
}

and in menifest i entered the name in application tag like:

<application
        android:name=".MyApplication"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/xxxxxx"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:manageSpaceActivity="xxxxxxxxxx"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

edited Dec 09 '15 at 03:58

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Thanks a lot its save my day. – amardeep Dec 16 '15 at 13:15
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This helped me also and i would like to know why this helps? – bajicdusko Jan 05 '16 at 16:06
This happens because of multi-dexing. When your code is so big that it can't be compiled with a single dex file, we use multidexing. But after that it wouldn't run on all phones. – Aqib Bangash Jan 08 '16 at 06:18
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Thanks a lot, you saved my life – Akber Jun 03 '16 at 07:17
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Thanks! your answer help me a lot! – Skycorsarius Jul 29 '16 at 23:07
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What if I don't have multidex turned on, and still getting this error?? – IgorGanapolsky Aug 18 '16 at 15:48

anand krish · Answer 2 · 2018-04-12T06:48:51.157

+) Building Apps with Over 65K Method will cause this Error.

+) When your application and the libraries it references reach a certain size ( DEX file of your application can have total number of methods upto 65,536 including Android framework methods, library methods, and methods in your own code), you encounter build errors that indicate your app has reached a limit of the Android app build architecture.

+) To resolve it, include Multidex Configuration in your build.gradle like the highlighted one in picture, along with this override the attachBaseContext(Context base) method in your Application class with the below content.

public class YourParentApplication extends Application {

@Override
protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
    super.attachBaseContext(base);
    MultiDex.install(this);
 }
}

Add this in you Androidmanifest.xml:

<application
    android:name=".YourParentApplication"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/radiius_logo"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:largeHeap="true"
    android:theme="@style/MyMaterialTheme">

For more information about Multidex refer these sites: http://developer.android.com/tools/building/multidex.html

How to enable multidexing with the new Android Multidex support library

The OP stated that he gets a runtime error, NOT a build error. The solution you proposed only works for build errors. — IgorGanapolsky, Aug 18 '16 at 16:01
@IgorGanapolsky actually it DOES also fix the runtime error. Did it for me. — Gyome, Aug 29 '16 at 09:16

Mansuu.... · Answer 3 · 2016-11-11T11:31:29.460

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It is due to multidexing, your application uses more than 64k methods update your

build.gradle(app level) with

defaultConfig{

.....

multiDexEnabled true

}

dependencies{

.....

compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'

}

and

@Override

protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
    super.attachBaseContext(base);
    MultiDex.install(this);
}

in your Application Class

edited Nov 11 '16 at 11:31

answered Nov 11 '16 at 11:16

Mansuu....

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Error on some devices - couldn't find class 'com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzz'

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