NoClassDefFoundError Landroid/arch/lifecycle/LifecycleDispatcher

Question

I want to try out the new lifecycle stuff from google (https://developer.android.com/arch) but getting a crash on app open. All I have done is add the dependencies. Is anyone else having this problem?

LOG:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.duetandroid.app.mock, PID: 17857
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroid/arch/lifecycle/LifecycleDispatcher;
at android.arch.lifecycle.LifecycleRuntimeTrojanProvider.onCreate(LifecycleRuntimeTrojanProvider.java:35)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1751)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1726)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5853)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5445)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5384)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap2(ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1545)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "android.arch.lifecycle.LifecycleDispatcher" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.duetandroid.app.mock-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.duetandroid.app.mock-1/lib/x86, /data/app/com.duetandroid.app.mock-1/base.apk!/lib/x86, /system/lib, /vendor/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:380)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
at android.arch.lifecycle.LifecycleRuntimeTrojanProvider.onCreate(LifecycleRuntimeTrojanProvider.java:35) 
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1751) 
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1726) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5853) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5445) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5384) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap2(ActivityThread.java) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1545) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)

build.gradle dependencies:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:preference-v14:25.3.1'
compile 'com.google.guava:guava:20.0'
compile 'com.google.code.findbugs:annotations:3.0.1'
compile 'com.sylversky.fontreplacer:fontreplacer:1.0'
compile 'com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:2.5.1'
compile 'commons-io:commons-io:2.5'
compile 'com.github.angads25:filepicker:1.1.0'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:10.2.6'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:10.2.6'
compile 'android.arch.lifecycle:runtime:1.0.0-alpha1'
compile 'android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.0.0-alpha1'
annotationProcessor 'android.arch.lifecycle:compiler:1.0.0-alpha1'
compile 'android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:1.0.0-alpha1'
annotationProcessor 'android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:1.0.0-alpha1'

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/41479463/2914140. – CoolMind Feb 16 '18 at 19:21 — CoolMind, Feb 16 '18 at 19:21

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '17 at 08:57

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Do you use Proguard? If so, try to turn it off:

debug {
    minifyEnabled false
    useProguard false
}

Or you can add custom rule to your Proguard config:

-keep class android.arch.** { *; }

answered May 24 '17 at 08:57

Igor Bubelov

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I had `minifyEnabled true`, `useProguard false`. But yup thanks setting `minifyEnabled false` worked. Thanks. – Alistair Sykes May 25 '17 at 18:35
I then had to add `multiDexEnabled true` as I assume it pushed me over the dex limit – Alistair Sykes May 25 '17 at 18:38
Why would Proguard be enabled in **debug** mode? – IgorGanapolsky Aug 14 '17 at 17:15
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@IgorGanapolsky it's pretty common to use minifyEnabled true + useProguard false for debug builds so Proguard may look disabled but minifyEnabled uses the same config to decide what parts of code base should be removed. In this case it obviously removed too much. – Igor Bubelov Aug 15 '17 at 05:40
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This is not working for me, I am unable pass my unit test classes because of this error. – Jimit Patel Apr 04 '18 at 13:43

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '21 at 15:58

Add the dependencies in the build.gradle of the app in my scenario was using a library that needed those dependencies

For android X

    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.0.0"

Make sure android X is enabled with gradle.properties and Jetfier enabled

     android.useAndroidX=true
     android.enableJetifier=true

For support versions

   implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1"

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 26 '19 at 12:45

This occurs even without Proguard. Today I could create the problem by creating the sample Flutter app in Android Studio and then running 'flutter pub upgrade'.

The solution that worked for me was to add to the app build.gradle file under 'dependencies'

dependencies { ... implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0' }

If your app uses androidx, add to the gradle.properties file:

android.useAndroidX=true android.enableJetifier=true

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 11 '20 at 22:04

1

I was using some gradle configurations

android.enableR8.desugaring=false
android.enableJetifier=true
android.useAndroidX=true

To work again I removed android.enableR8.desugaring=false of gradle.properties file

answered May 11 '20 at 22:04

Caique Oliveira

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