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

I had the same issue after adding the library icepick to my gradle dependencies. After removing the dependencie, everything seems to be fine. As soon as i know why this issue appeared i'll write here again

Answer 2

In my case setting Java Max Heap Size from 2g to 1g worked.

Add following to application module's build.gradle file

android {
    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "1g"
    }
}

Answer 3

I've had the same issue just now, and it turned out to be caused by a faulty attrs.xml file in one of my modules. The file initially had two stylable attributes for one of my custom views, but I had deleted one when it turned out I no longer needed it. This was apparently, however, not registered correctly with the IDE and so the build failed when it couldn't find the attribute.

The solution for me was to re-add the attribute, run a clean project after which the build succeeded and I could succesfully remove the attribute again without any further problems.

Hope this helps someone.

Answer 4

compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
    }

add this to your gradle Build. It worked for me

Answer 5

Have you enabled multidexing?. Do extend your main Application class with MultiDexApplication. I have got additional exception mesage before the error. They are as follows.

Uncaught translation error: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

Uncaught translation error: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
2 errors; aborting

This clearly tells that the error occurred due to out of memory. Try the following:

1. extend your main Application class with MultiDexApplication.
2. close unused applications from background and restart Android Studio.

This will do the trick ;)

Answer 6

Solution

1.Just clean the project and check its working or not

2.Just Restart android studio after closing all the rubbish tasks

3.If both the above things not working add this in gradle.build file

android {

    dexOptions {
        incremental = true;
        preDexLibraries = false
        javaMaxHeapSize "4g" 
    }

}