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
}

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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 .

Answer 3

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"
}