Build error with Android Gradle plugin 2.4.0-alpha3

Any clues about why is this?

Error:Bad service configuration file, or exception thrown while constructing Processor object: javax.annotation.processing.Processor: Provider com.evernote.android.state.StateProcessor could not be instantiated: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/evernote/android/state/State

* Exception is:
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:compileDevDebugJavaWithJavac'.
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:84)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:55)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:62)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:58)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:88)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:46)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:51)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:236)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:228)
	at org.gradle.internal.Transformers$4.transform(Transformers.java:169)
	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:106)
	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:61)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:228)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:215)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:77)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:58)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:54)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:40)
Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:48)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:33)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.delegateAndHandleErrors(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:104)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.execute(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:53)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.execute(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:38)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.execute(CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.java:35)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.execute(CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.java:25)
	at org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.performCompilation(JavaCompile.java:206)
	at org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.compile(JavaCompile.java:187)
	at org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.compile(JavaCompile.java:130)
	at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.factory.AndroidJavaCompile.compile(AndroidJavaCompile.java:49)
	at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:163)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:134)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:123)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:95)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:76)
	... 20 more

I am on Android Studio 2.4 Preview 2 Build #AI-171.3804685, built on March 15, 2017 JRE: 1.8.0_112-release-b736 x86_64 JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o

My build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
        jcenter()
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
        maven {
            url "https://clojars.org/repo/"
        }
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
        classpath 'me.tatarka:gradle-retrolambda:3.6.0'

    }
}


apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'me.tatarka.retrolambda'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'
//apply plugin: 'com.f2prateek.javafmt'



android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion '25.0.2'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "site.paid2party.android"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 25
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            applicationIdSuffix '.debug'
            versionNameSuffix '-DEBUG'
            ext.enableCrashlytics = true
            testCoverageEnabled = false
            debug {
                debuggable true
            }
        }
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            debug {
                debuggable true
            }
        }
        buildTypes.each {
            it.buildConfigField 'String', 'TEST_KEY', TEST_KEY
        }
    }
    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "2048M"
        preDexLibraries = false
    }
    productFlavors {
        // When building a variant that uses this flavor, the following configurations
        // override those in the defaultConfig block.
        dev {
            // To avoid using legacy multidex, set minSdkVersion to 21 or higher.
            minSdkVersion 21
            versionNameSuffix "-dev"
            applicationIdSuffix '.dev'
            resConfigs "en", "xxhdpi"
        }

        prod {
            // If you've configured the defaultConfig block for the release version of
            // your app, you can leave this block empty and Gradle uses configurations in
            // the defaultConfig block instead. You still need to create this flavor.
            // Otherwise, all variants use the "dev" flavor configurations.
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }

}

// Define versions in a single place
ext {


    // App dependencies
    supportLibraryVersion = '25.2.0'
    playServicesVersion = '10.2.0'

}
//https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/packages.html
dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${supportLibraryVersion}"
    compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:${supportLibraryVersion}"
    compile "com.android.support:design:${supportLibraryVersion}"
    compile "com.android.support:support-v4:${supportLibraryVersion}"
    compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:${supportLibraryVersion}"
    compile "com.android.support:palette-v7:${supportLibraryVersion}"
    compile "com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:${supportLibraryVersion}"

    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:$playServicesVersion"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services:$playServicesVersion"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:$playServicesVersion"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:$playServicesVersion"

    compile('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.6.7@aar') {
        transitive = true;
    }

    compile 'com.evernote:android-state:1.0.5'
    annotationProcessor 'com.evernote:android-state-processor:1.0.5'

    debugCompile 'com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android:1.5'
    releaseCompile 'com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android-no-op:1.5'
    testCompile 'com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android-no-op:1.5'


}

[vRallev]

I finally figured out what’s wrong and now bundle the library classes in the annotation processor jar. This will be fixed in the next version. If you want, you can give the snapshot build a try:

repositories {
    jcenter()

    maven {
        url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.evernote:android-state:1.1.0-SNAPSHOT'
    kapt 'com.evernote:android-state-processor:1.1.0-SNAPSHOT'
}

[vRallev]

Update: The workaround in the ticket works for me:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        javaCompileOptions {
            annotationProcessorOptions {
                includeCompileClasspath true
            }
        }
    }
}

However, plugin alpha4 has another problem.