Android Studio 3.0 Execution failed for task: unable to merge dex

Question

android studio was getting build error while build execution with following:

Error:Execution failed for task \':app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLi

Answer 1

The easiest way to avoid suck kind of error is:

-Change library combilesdkversion as same as your app compilesdkversion

-Change library's supportLibrary version as same as your build.gradle(app)