Error: Program type already present: android.support.v4.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat

Question

After upgrading to Android Studio 3.1, I started to get following error during build. Project uses multidex and DX is enabled by default as you would notice in the error. I

Answer 1

As for me this helps to resolve such issues

all support libraries (also included thirdy-part) reduces to specified version

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
        def requested = details.requested
        if (requested.group == 'com.android.support') {
            if (!requested.name.startsWith("multidex")) {
                details.useVersion '28.0.0-beta01'
            }
        }
    }
}