Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDesugarForDebug'

Question

I am using ionic for my mobile application. When I am using

ionic cordova build android

getting following error :

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDesugarForDebug'.
> com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: java.lang.Runtime

How can I fix this build issue ? I tried :

cordova clean android

But no luck issue is still existing. Please suggest one solution to fix this issue.

Actual error :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
    at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument(Preconditions.java:108)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.DefaultMethodClassFixer$DefaultMethodFinder.visit(DefaultMethodClassFixer.java:471)
    at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)
    at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.DefaultMethodClassFixer.defaultMethodsDefined(DefaultMethodClassFixer.java:319)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.DefaultMethodClassFixer.visitEnd(DefaultMethodClassFixer.java:88)
    at org.objectweb.asm.ClassVisitor.visitEnd(Unknown Source)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.InterfaceDesugaring.visitEnd(InterfaceDesugaring.java:85)
    at org.objectweb.asm.ClassVisitor.visitEnd(Unknown Source)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.LambdaDesugaring.visitEnd(LambdaDesugaring.java:150)
    at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)
    at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.Desugar.desugarClassesInInput(Desugar.java:401)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.Desugar.desugarOneInput(Desugar.java:326)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.Desugar.desugar(Desugar.java:280)
    at com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.Desugar.main(Desugar.java:584)

:app:transformClassesWithDesugarForDebug FAILED

build.gradle file dependencies:

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START
    implementation(project(path: ":CordovaLib"))
    compile "com.android.support:support-v4:24.1.1+"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:11.0.1"
    compile "com.android.support:support-v13:26.+"
    compile "me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.1.17@aar"
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.6.2"
    // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END
}

Many possible solutions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45833937/execution-failed-for-task-apptransformclasseswithdesugarfordebug-error-on-andro — Jake Lee, Jan 13 '19 at 23:42
Can you try posting the rest of your error please, specifically the actual stack trace that usually appears just before the "what went wrong"? — Jake Lee, Jan 15 '19 at 09:14
Can you show your app level `build.gradle`? [This issue](https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-push/issues/2247) looks very similar. — Jake Lee, Jan 15 '19 at 09:22
Could you list the plugins you have installed? could you post your project.properties file? And also: did the app used to compile? when did it stop? was it after you installed a cordova plugin? — Nicolás Longhi, Jan 16 '19 at 12:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '19 at 09:48

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This error occurs when your dependencies classes is not defined properly so first check your google dependencies in build.gradle,All dependencies should be same version.

 compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:11.0.4'
 compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.0.4'

if still got an error then open android studio and build it using SDK, in this solution if some of the your dependencies setup not correct that sdk resolve your error automatically or give you alternative to update your dependencies,I recommend to build it through SDK it will solve your problem.

answered Jan 12 '19 at 09:48

Aniruddh Thakor

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Which build.gradle ?. I tried In app build.gradle but its not working – user3541485 Jan 15 '19 at 09:14
Sorry for the late reply,now try to build your project in android studio if it's a version mismatch problem then android sdk gives you an error with option to update gradle then update it ,it will solve your issue. – Aniruddh Thakor Jan 19 '19 at 05:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDesugarForDebug'.

com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Error while executing java process with main class com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.Desugar with arguments

Open your build.gradle and add this:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"
}

Then Clean-Rebuild-Run .

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

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answered Jan 16 '19 at 09:52

sunil kalwani

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Still same issue – user3541485 Jan 17 '19 at 07:33

Martin Zeitler · Answer 3 · 2019-01-18T05:24:25.130

this is caused by a version mismatch; most likely these are at fault:

compile "com.android.support:support-v4:24.1.1+"
compile "com.android.support:support-v13:26.+"

can build against current API level 28, with current build-tools 28.0.3:

dependencies {
    implementation "com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0"
    implementation "com.android.support:support-v13:28.0.0"
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:16.0.6"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:17.3.4"
    implementation "me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.1.17"
}

Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDesugarForDebug'

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