Exeception failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDexForDebug'

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This question has been asked a few times, but I have tried all of the answers and I still have a the same error.

Below is all my dependencies:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', 
    {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    compile files('libs/itextpdf-5.3.2.jar')
    compile 'com.androidadvance:topsnackbar:1.1.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.3.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:25.3.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:11.6.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:11.6.0'
    compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
    compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-io:1.3.2'
    compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'       
    compile 'com.anjlab.android.iab.v3:library:1.0.44'
    compile project(':adcolony-sdk-3.1.2')

    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

According to the other questions it has something to do with my dependencies. This question has the exact same question. The first answer in that question is:

You are including all play services in your project. Only add those you want.

This is not the case as you can see above.

I also tried adding:

defaultConfig {
    multiDexEnabled true
}

dexOptions {
    javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
    preDexLibraries = false
}

The above causes a new error:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithJarMergingForDebug'

There is also a question about this and according to the answers I should

Build/Clean Project

I have tried all the answers and I still can't get this error to go away, is there perhaps something I'm overlooking? Any help will be greatly appriecieted.

I SOLVED THIS ISSUE

The problem what that I have reached the 64k method limit - More info.

Android app (APK) files contain executable bytecode files in the form of Dalvik Executable (DEX) files, which contain the compiled code used to run your app. The Dalvik Executable specification limits the total number of methods that can be referenced within a single DEX file to 65,536—including Android framework methods, library methods, and methods in your own code. In the context of computer science, the term Kilo, K, denotes 1024 (or 2^10). Because 65,536 is equal to 64 X 1024, this limit is referred to as the '64K reference limit'.

If your minSdkVersion is set to 21 or higher, all you need to do is set multiDexEnabled to true in your module-level build.gradle file, as shown here:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 21 
        targetSdkVersion 26
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    ...
}

However, if your minSdkVersion is set to 20 or lower, then you must use the multidex support library as follows:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 15 
        targetSdkVersion 26
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    ...
}

dependencies {
  compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
}

The main issue was that I was trying to add jar files into my libs folder, by doing so I reached the max method limit. After adding compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1' and multiDexEnabled true my issue is solved.

Thank you for the answers and comments.

for test case use `11.4.2` instead of `11.6.0`. – IntelliJ Amiya Dec 11 '17 at 09:30 — IntelliJ Amiya, Dec 11 '17 at 09:30
@IntelliJAmiya Still the same problem – ClassA Dec 11 '17 at 09:53 — ClassA, Dec 11 '17 at 09:53
`compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-io:2.4'` – IntelliJ Amiya Dec 11 '17 at 10:23 — IntelliJ Amiya, Dec 11 '17 at 10:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '17 at 09:34

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Add this line below the gradle file.

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

if this not solved the problem then try to use all support libraries of same versions either v4 or v7

Hope this helps:)

answered Dec 11 '17 at 09:34

AkashK

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Can you please elaborate on this or provide some documentation? – ClassA Dec 12 '17 at 05:45
Because we have to add above line at the bottom of gradle.. It's available at firebase docs https://firebase.google.com/docs/android/setup – AkashK Dec 12 '17 at 05:48
That is if you what to use the entire `google-services` I'm only using ads and locations. I know Firebase requires you to include `apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'` – ClassA Dec 12 '17 at 05:54

Exeception failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDexForDebug'

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