Android java.exe finished with non-zero exit value

Question

I've tried looking at similar ones and no solution has worked. I've previously run apps without a problem but my new app suddenly started giving me problems. It always fails when I try to run it saying:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'.
com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_67\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

Here is what the console displayed:

Executing tasks: [:app:assembleDebug]

Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.
:app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE
:app:checkDebugManifest
:app:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42200Library 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
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual        Machine.","position":{},"original":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.","position":{},"original":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit."}

AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.","position":{},"original":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.","position":{},"original":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit."}


FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'.
com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException:     org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_67\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 2.614 secs

AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.","position":{},"original":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.","position":{},"original":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit."}

This app is very simple and I have not changed it much from the stock layout. It is designed only for lollipop and uses only stock features. Here is the build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "22.0.0"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.package.app"
    minSdkVersion 21
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.0.0'
}

Answer 1

You must update all blocks in SDK Manager (Support Library, etc.), all non updated libs and packages. After this you must sync gradle files with project and rejoice!

Answer 2

I got this error after transferring my project from my laptop to my desktop in Android Studio.

My solution was to restart Android Studio, then clean the project and finally execute the project.

Answer 3

Cleaning and rebuilding the project works for me. In Android studio:

Build -> Clean Project 
Build -> Rebuild Project

Refer link

Answer 4

It must have been a problem with my Java install. I removed all traces of Java (C://program files/Java/jdk) and jre folders and reinstalled it from the official page and now it works fine.

Answer 5

Well there can be many problems associated with it. First of all check whether you messed up with some file placements. for example what I did is I placed non xml file in anim folder, which isn't allowed. So check whether such things happened to you as well.

Answer 6

There's many reason that leads to

com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

If you are not hitting the dex limit but you are getting error similar to this Error:com.android.dx.cf.iface.ParseException: name already added: string{"a"}

Try disable proguard, if it manage to compile without issue then you will need to figure out which library caused it and add it to proguard-rules.pro file

In my case this issue occur when I updated compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:8.3.0' to compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:8.4.0'

One of the workaround is I added this to proguard-rules.pro file

## Google AdMob specific rules ##
## https://developers.google.com/admob/android/quick-start ##

-keep public class com.google.ads.** {
   public *;
}