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Failed on android with com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzpq;

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On Android gradles build process gives the following exception:

Unknown source file : UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
Unknown source file : com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzpq;
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.readSortableTypes(DexMerger.java:596)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.getSortedTypes(DexMerger.java:554)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeClassDefs(DexMerger.java:535)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:171)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:189)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:502)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:334)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:277)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:245)
Unknown source file :   at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:106)

When removing react-native-device-info-stuff from build.gradle, settings.gradle and MainActivity.java, everything works fine.

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:7 (1 by maintainers)

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Sebastien-Lampazonacommented, Jan 27, 2017

Resolve with that in android/app/build.gradle :

compile (project(':react-native-device-info')){
       exclude group: "com.google.android.gms" 
}

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Nodoniskocommented, Mar 1, 2017

I write whole article about this problem: https://medium.com/@suchydan/how-to-solve-google-play-services-version-collision-in-gradle-dependencies-ef086ae5c75f#.9l0u84y9t

Hope I helped you 😃

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