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  apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

    android {


      compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.0"

defaultConfig {

        minSdkVersion 13
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
    }


    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/BCKEY.DSA'
        exclude 'AUTHORS'
    }

}

    dependencies {
provided fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')

compile 'com.firebase:firebase-client-android:2.3.1+'

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:9.0.0'

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.0.0'

compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.0.1'

}

Do u have any jars in your lib folder? – Raghavendra May 30 '16 at 10:32 — Raghavendra, May 30 '16 at 10:32
Can you explain a bit more? – Dieter Meemken May 30 '16 at 10:39 — Dieter Meemken, May 30 '16 at 10:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '16 at 10:30

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This problem can be solved either by cleaning the project, and removing some unused libraries and methods from dependencies in build.gradle, OR by adding multidex support.

    defaultConfig {        
        // Enabling multidex support.
        multiDexEnabled true
        minSdkVersion 13
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }

answered May 30 '16 at 10:30

Saurabh Vardani

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ty this is valid for me – user6399873 May 30 '16 at 13:22
@user6399873..Mine pleasure dear...Happy Coding...:) – Saurabh Vardani May 31 '16 at 05:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '16 at 10:33

This can be because of following reason:

one of the jar files inside project was using an older version of google play services.
use multiDexEnabled true in defaultconfig
Be specific with classes you add in dependencies. like

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'

Not like compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+'

Gradle (Java finished with non-zero exit value 2)

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