Java – libGDX + com.google.android.gms :play-services:7. 0.0:android:dexDebug

libGDX + com.google.android.gms :play-services:7. 0.0:android:dexDebug… here is a solution to the problem.

libGDX + com.google.android.gms :play-services:7. 0.0:android:dexDebug

I made a game with libgdx.

When I add the next line to gradle:

compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.0"

It does sync correctly. But then I tried to run my app and I got the next error :

Error:Execution failed for task ':android:dexDebug'.
> com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command:
    C:\[...] \Android\sdk2\build-tools\21.1.2\dx.bat --dex --no-optimize --output C:\[...] \android\build\intermediates\dex\debug --input-list=C:\[...] \android\build\intermediates\tmp\dex\debug\inputList.txt
Error Code:
    2
Output:
    UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
    com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536
        at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger$6.updateIndex(DexMerger.java:502)
        at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger$IdMerger.mergeSorted(DexMerger.java:277)
        at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeMethodIds(DexMerger.java:491)
        at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.mergeDexes(DexMerger.java:168)
        at com.android.dx.merge.DexMerger.merge(DexMerger.java:189)
        at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.mergeLibraryDexBuffers(Main.java:454)
        at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMonoDex(Main.java:303)
        at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:246)
        at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:215)
        at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:106)

Installed and updated the Google Play Services and Android Support Library.

Solution

You need to selectively add only the portion of Google Play services that you actually need. See this for reference.

https://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html#Setup

Google Play services API    Description in build.gradle

Google+ com.google.android.gms:play-services-plus:7.0.0
Google Account Login    com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:7.0.0
Google Actions, Base Client Library com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:7.0.0
Google App Indexing com.google.android.gms:play-services-appindexing:7.0.0
Google Analytics    com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:7.0.0
Google Cast com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:7.0.0
Google Cloud Messaging  com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.0.0
Google Drive    com.google.android.gms:play-services-drive:7.0.0
Google Fit  com.google.android.gms:play-services-fitness:7.0.0
Google Location, Activity Recognition, and Places   com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:7.0.0
Google Maps com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:7.0.0
Google Mobile Ads   com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:7.0.0
Google Nearby   com.google.android.gms:play-services-nearby:7.0.0
Google Panorama Viewer  com.google.android.gms:play-services-panorama:7.0.0
Google Play Game services   com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:7.0.0
SafetyNet   com.google.android.gms:play-services-safetynet:7.0.0
Google Wallet   com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:7.0.0
Android Wear    com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:7.0.0

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