I am trying to build a react native application in VSCode. I am getting the following error when I try to build the app. I keep getting the following issue while getting the build complete. I tried to change the firebase version and Gradle updates but did not work.
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDexRelease'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
> com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives:
Learn how to resolve the issue at https://developer.android.com/studio/build/dependencies#duplicate_classes.
Type io.invertase.firebase.BuildConfig is defined multiple times: /path/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/app/android/build/.transforms/7d2ce1f5b074ed872b704906f3d41618/classes/classes.dex, /path/node_modules/react-native-firebase/android/build/.transforms/0b00760c914c9cf3e84f7c87e9135514/classes/classes.dex
BUILD FAILED in 3m 50s
apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
import com.android.build.OutputFile;
// import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;
project.ext.react = [
enableHermes: false, // clean and rebuild if changing
]
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);
android {
compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.odotime"
minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
versionCode 40
versionName "1.41"
multiDexEnabled true
}
splits {
abi {
reset()
enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
universalApk false // If true, also generate a universal APK
include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
}
}
signingConfigs {
debug {
storeFile file('debug.keystore')
storePassword 'android'
keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
keyPassword 'android'
}
release {
if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE')) {
storeFile file(MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE)
storePassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD
keyAlias MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS
keyPassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD
}
}
}
buildTypes {
debug {
signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
}
release {
// Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
// see https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android.
signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
}
}
// applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.each { output ->
// For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
// https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
if (abi != null) { // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
output.versionCodeOverride =
versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
}
}
}
}
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
//noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules
// Import the Firebase BoM
implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:28.0.1')
compile project(':react-native-sms-retriever')
// Declare the dependency for the Firebase SDK for Google Analytics
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:18.0.3'
implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
implementation "com.android.support:support-v4:22.1.0"
implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.0'
implementation project(':react-native-push-notification')
debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
exclude group:'com.facebook.fbjni'
}
debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
exclude group:'com.facebook.flipper'
exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
}
debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
exclude group:'com.facebook.flipper'
}
if (enableHermes) {
def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/android/";
debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
} else {
implementation jscFlavor
}
}
// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
from configurations.compile
into 'libs'
}
apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)
package.jsonas follows
"dependencies": {
"@capacitor/android": "^3.6.0",
"@capacitor/core": "^3.6.0",
"@react-native-community/art": "^1.2.0",
"@react-native-community/async-storage": "^1.12.0",
"@react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.10",
"@react-native-community/netinfo": "^5.9.6",
"@react-native-community/push-notification-ios": "^1.8.0",
"@react-native-firebase/app": "^12.1.0",
"@react-native-firebase/messaging": "^12.1.0",
"@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^5.8.0",
"@react-navigation/material-bottom-tabs": "^5.2.16",
"@react-navigation/native": "^5.7.3",
"@react-navigation/stack": "^5.9.0",
"amazon-cognito-identity-js": "^4.3.3",
"aws-amplify": "^3.0.23",
"axios": "^0.20.0",
"cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter": "^1.1.3",
"i18n-js": "^3.7.1",
"jetifier": "^2.0.0",
"lodash.memoize": "^4.1.2",
"moment": "^2.29.1",
"moment-range": "^4.0.2",
"moment-timezone": "^0.5.33",
"react": "16.13.1",
"react-devtools": "^4.8.2",
"react-native": "0.63.2",
"react-native-calendars": "^1.343.0",
"react-native-contacts": "^6.0.3",
"react-native-country-picker-modal": "^2.0.0",
"react-native-date-picker": "^3.2.3",
"react-native-drop-shadow": "^0.0.2",
"react-native-dropdown-picker": "^3.7.1",
"react-native-email-link": "^1.11.3",
"react-native-firebase": "^5.6.0",
"react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.7.0",
"react-native-hyperlinked-text": "^1.0.2",
"react-native-image-picker": "^2.3.4",
"react-native-loading-spinner-overlay": "^1.1.0",
"react-native-localize": "^2.0.1",
"react-native-paper": "^4.1.0",
"react-native-pie": "^1.1.2",
"react-native-push-notification": "^7.3.1",
"react-native-raw-bottom-sheet": "^2.2.0",
"react-native-reanimated": "^1.13.0",
"react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.1.6",
"react-native-screens": "^2.10.1",
"react-native-sectioned-multi-select": "^0.8.1",
"react-native-simple-radio-button": "^2.7.4",
"react-native-simple-toast": "^1.1.2",
"react-native-sms-retriever": "^1.1.1",
"react-native-svg-transformer": "^0.14.3",
"react-native-switch-selector": "^2.0.6",
"react-native-vector-icons": "^7.1.0",
"react-redux": "^7.2.1",
"redux": "^4.0.5",
"redux-form": "^8.3.6",
"redux-persist": "^6.0.0",
"redux-persist-transform-filter": "0.0.20",
"redux-saga": "^1.1.3",
"reselect": "^4.0.0",
"save": "^2.4.0",
"toggle-switch-react-native": "^2.3.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@babel/core": "^7.8.4",
"@babel/runtime": "^7.8.4",
"@capacitor/cli": "^3.6.0",
"@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^1.1.0",
"babel-jest": "^25.1.0",
"eslint": "^6.8.0",
"jest": "^25.1.0",
"metro-react-native-babel-preset": "^0.59.0",
"react-test-renderer": "16.13.1",
"remote-redux-devtools": "^0.5.16"
},
This happens when we try to have multiple packages that overlap when they compile together. This is a very common issue when we are using some older versions of packages.
This specific instance occurs when the user tries to install and use
@react-native-firebase/appandreact-native-firebase. I used an older version ofreact-native-firebasefor push notifications but as of my knowledge and experience@react-native-firebase/appcovers that. So removingreact-native-firebaseand doing annpm iand then building worked for me.
In general cases, we have to check each package by package and check which one is causing the overlap and either remove it or find some alternatives for the package in the development and build.