Error : Program type already present: android.supp

Question

I am getting the following error while building the project. haven't used CoordinatorLayout in this project. just added as a dependency in build.gradle :

I am using Android Studio 3.2 Canary 4.

LogCat

AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"Program type already present: android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout$Behavior","sources":[{}],"tool":"D8"} :app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug FAILED FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug'.

com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives: /windows/Other/app/build/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/0.jar, /windows/Other/app/build/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/1.jar, /windows/Other/app/build/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/4.jar, . . ...................

/windows/Other/app/build/intermediates/transforms/dexBuilder/debug/294.jar

Program type already present: android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout$Behavior

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 27
    buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.dagkot"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 27
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            buildConfigField "String", "BASE_URL", "\"http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/\""
            buildConfigField "String", "API_KEY", "\"435e9075f348868c2714fe7c6895efa5\""
        }
        debug {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        buildConfigField "String", "BASE_URL", "\"http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/\""
        buildConfigField "String", "API_KEY", "\"xxxx\""
    }
}
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.1', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    implementation"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre7:$kotlin_version"


    // Dagger dependencies
    compileOnly 'org.glassfish:javax.annotation:10.0-b28'
    implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger:$rootProject.daggerVersion"
    implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger-android:$rootProject.daggerVersion"
    implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger-android-support:$rootProject.daggerVersion"
    kapt "com.google.dagger:dagger-android-processor:$rootProject.daggerVersion"
    kapt "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:$rootProject.daggerVersion"

    //Butterknife dependencies
    implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.8.1'
    kapt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.8.1'

    // Architecture Components Dependencies
    kapt "android.arch.lifecycle:compiler:$rootProject.lifeCycle"
    implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:$rootProject.lifeCycle"
    implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:reactivestreams:$rootProject.lifeCycle"
    implementation "com.android.support:cardview-v7:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion"

    // Retrofit/RxJava Dependencies
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$rootProject.retrofitVersion"
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava2:$rootProject.retrofitVersion"
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:$rootProject.retrofitVersion"
    implementation "io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:$rootProject.rxAndroidVersion"
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.6.0'
    implementation 'com.jakewharton.rxbinding2:rxbinding-kotlin:2.1.1'

    // GSON
    implementation "com.google.code.gson:gson:$rootProject.gsonVersion"

    // Rx Location Manager
    implementation 'io.nlopez.smartlocation:library:3.3.3'
    implementation 'io.nlopez.smartlocation:rx:3.3.1'

    //Anko Dependencies
    implementation "org.jetbrains.anko:anko-commons:$rootProject.anko_version"
    implementation "org.jetbrains.anko:anko-design:$rootProject.anko_version"
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.2'

    implementation("com.github.hotchemi:permissionsdispatcher:3.1.0") {
        // if you don't use android.app.Fragment you can exclude support for them
        exclude module: "support-v13"
    }
    kapt "com.github.hotchemi:permissionsdispatcher-processor:3.1.0"
}

Help would be much appreciated. Thanks :)

Answer 1

I had this problem too; and i resolved that in this way:

configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
    def requested = details.requested
    if (requested.group == 'com.android.support') {
        if (!requested.name.startsWith("multidex")) {
            details.useVersion '26.0.1'
        }
    }
  }
}

be careful my min SDk was 26 , you have to change it with yours!

Answer 2

As android latest update doesn't support 'compile' keyword use 'implementation' in place inside your module build.gradle file.

And check thoroughly in build.gradle for dependancy with + sign like this.

implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.+'

If there are any dependencies like this, just update them with a specific version. After that:

1. Sync gradle.
2. Clean your project.
3. Rebuild the project.

Answer 3

Changed all dependencies to compile rather than implementation, then I rebuild the project without errors. Then I switched back to implementation rather than leaving it as compile.

Answer 4

If any of the answers mentioned here doesn't work then go to File > Invalidate Catches/Restart

Answer 5

I got this error after update com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout from 1.1.0 to 1.1.3. Maybe worth to try.

Answer 6

I faced the same problem, I added android support design dependencies to the app level build.gradle

Add following:

implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.0'

in build.gradle. Now its working for me.