[Solved-4 Solutions] Duplicate files during packaging of APK
Error Description:
- We get this kind of error during application run.
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:packageDebug'. Duplicate files copied in APK META-INF/notice.txt
build.gradle
apply plugin: 'android'
android {
compileSdkVersion 19
buildToolsVersion "19.0.1"
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/ASL2.0'
}
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 7
targetSdkVersion 19
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
runProguard false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.0.1'
compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-android:4.48'
compile 'org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-core-asl:1.9.13'
compile 'org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.13'
compile 'com.octo.android.robospice:robospice:1.4.11'
compile 'com.octo.android.robospice:robospice-spring-android:1.4.11'
}
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Solution 1:
- The string comparison is case sensitive. try with exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
Solution 2:
- You need to include only these options in build.gradle:
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
}
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Solution 3:
- See the detailed gradle output using gradle assemble and note the files that are duplicate and exclude them using:
android {
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
}
}
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Solution 4:
- These exclude options might solve your problem.
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/ASL2.0'
}