Java finished with non-zero exit value 2 - Android Gradle

Question

I\'m getting this error executing my Android app (I cleaned it and then built it, but the error is still present)

• Sync: OK
• Make Project: OK

Answer 1

For me the problem was, i had put a unnecessary complie library code in build.gradle

dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0'
}

which was causing over 65k methods, so removed it,gradle sync, cleaned project, and then ran again and then this error stopped. I needed just maps and gcm so i put these lines and synced project

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.5.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:7.5.0'

Hi people i again encountered this problem and this time it was because of changing build tools version and it really required me to enable multidex..so i added these my app's build.gradle file..

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.am.android"
    minSdkVersion 13
    targetSdkVersion 23
    // Enabling multidex support.
    multiDexEnabled true
}

dexOptions {
    incremental true
    javaMaxHeapSize "2048M"
    jumboMode = true
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
}

And create a class that extends Application class and include this method inside the class..

@Override
protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
    super.attachBaseContext(base);
    MultiDex.install(this);
}

also include in OnCreate method too

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    MultiDex.install(this);
    super.onCreate();
}