Program type already present: BuildConfig

Question

I\'m trying to generate a release build but im not able because of mutidex issues my project has all the multidex enabled and dependencies added

The error i\'m rece

Answer 1

This issue can also occur if your buildDir is the same for two or more modules in a project.

Answer 2

In my case It was happening when I try to run older project on new installed Android studio The problem solved by running Build->Clean Project

Note: As friends say on comments this is solution for a flutter project

Answer 3

In my case (Developing a plugin), doing these steps worked:

• cd example/android (example is the project path)
• ./gradlew app:clean
• cd ..; flutter clean; flutter packages get

Answer 4

Change your package name, ex:

Your current package name:

com.example.appname

to:

com.example.appname.app

Answer 5

try add packageBuildConfig(false) in your library module:

android{
  ...
  packageBuildConfig(false)
}

Answer 6

I got the same error. This type of application is not as generic as we do except. IN my application development I was using the below mentioned dependencies

  youtube_player_flutter: ^6.1.0+7
  webview_flutter: ^0.3.20+2

since youtube_player_flutter internally it makes use of webview_flutter as one of the dependencies. I removed the dependencies webview_flutter and it worked.