Is there a bug created for this? It sounds like we should have the local scripts handle dependency adding on Android.
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:14 AM Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 gradle declared dependencies only, cli to warn users about plugins > having libraries that will conflict, future is gradle no ANT I'm ok to > start deprecating ant going forward. > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:27 AM Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < > v-seg...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > > Hi guys, I want to raise the following question - what we should > > recommend plugin developers to avoid 'Multiple dex files defined' issue > on > > Android, for example [3] > > > > UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION: > > com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define > > > Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat$AccessibilityServiceInfoVersionImpl; > > > > > > To reproduce this problem you can add both Facebook [1] and PushPlugin[2] > > and then build android platform. > > > > This happens due to we still use jars to add plugin dependencies, but > > there are several very popular among them (like android-support, gson) so > > we bring the same dependencies several times so build fails. > > > > I think we should start recommending people to start adding > > utility/common/popular dependencies via corresponding gradle > configuration > > (not using libs folder) as the only way to support multiple plugins which > > could rely on the same dependency. In this case gradle will be able to > > handle this situation correctly using its smart Dependency > > Management/Versioning logic [4]. > > > > For example, > > > > <source-file src="src/android/com/plugin/android-support-v13.jar" > > target-dir="libs/" /> > > -> > > <framework src="com.android.support:support-v13:21.0.0" /> > > > > Disadvantage of this approach is that Ant build won't be supported (I > know > > some tricky/more complex way to correctly support both Ant and Gradle > but I > > don't think it is worth adding more complexity for plugins developers > just > > to continue supporting Ant). > > > > Guys, any recommendations/thoughts how we should proceed in this > > situation? Maybe someone has better solution for this problem? > > > > [1] https://github.com/Wizcorp/phonegap-facebook-plugin > > [2] https://github.com/phonegap-build/PushPlugin > > [3] https://github.com/Wizcorp/phonegap-facebook-plugin/issues/1028 > > [4] https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_management.html > > > > Thx! > > Sergey > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > >
