Android build fails over com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Landroid/support

Question

In Android project were team primarily still uses Eclipse were added some 3rd parties libs, then Android Studio fails to run on device anf when running gradle build there is

Answer 1

Thanks to Guillermo Merino for hint. Yes there is android-support-v4.jar there.

Solved with exclude as

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar', exclude: 'android-support-*.jar')
    //...
}

see also

• Gradle Exclude or add reference for JAR file hard included inside library classes.jar
• Top-Level Exception app:dexDebug --dex -no-optimize --output android studio
• Multiple dex files define Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat