Picasso: Didn't find class "com.squareup.picasso.PicassoProvider

[johnjeremih]

I tried to update the dependency but didn't work.

2019-10-29 12:01:07.723 21430-21430/com.johnny.john.bakingapp E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.johnny.john.bakingapp, PID: 21430
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.squareup.picasso.PicassoProvider: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.squareup.picasso.PicassoProvider" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.johnny.john.bakingapp-Hv0j5sXQnQA3WUTrON11KQ==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.johnny.john.bakingapp-Hv0j5sXQnQA3WUTrON11KQ==/lib/x86, /system/lib, /vendor/lib]]
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6288)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5851)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5772)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1661)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.squareup.picasso.PicassoProvider" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.johnny.john.bakingapp-Hv0j5sXQnQA3WUTrON11KQ==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.johnny.john.bakingapp-Hv0j5sXQnQA3WUTrON11KQ==/lib/x86, /system/lib, /vendor/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:93)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:379)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)

[jrodbx]

PicassoProvider has been removed in favor of creating and managing your own Picasso instances using manual or framework-based DI.

[johnjeremih]

I didn't understand anything you said. How do I solve this problem?

[jrodbx]

PicassoProvider was removed here: https://github.com/square/picasso/pull/2057

Instead, create your own Picasso object and pass it where needed.

[nBollard]

I hit this same error and came here as well.

2020-06-29 11:15:23.512 25599-25599/com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside, PID: 25599
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.squareup.picasso.PicassoProvider: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.squareup.picasso.PicassoProvider" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside-xxTE8QNlI0Yuy3q8DJx4SQ==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside-xxTE8QNlI0Yuy3q8DJx4SQ==/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64]]
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6581)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:6133)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6043)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1764)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6944)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:327)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1374)
     Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.squareup.picasso.PicassoProvider" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside-xxTE8QNlI0Yuy3q8DJx4SQ==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside-xxTE8QNlI0Yuy3q8DJx4SQ==/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64]]
        at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:93)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:379)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6566)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:6133) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6043) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1764) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6944) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:327) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1374) 
        Suppressed: java.io.IOException: Failed to open dex files from /data/app/com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside-xxTE8QNlI0Yuy3q8DJx4SQ==/base.apk because: Failure to verify dex file '/data/app/com.myactionreplay.rlpitchside-xxTE8QNlI0Yuy3q8DJx4SQ==/base.apk': Bad method handle type 7
        at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFileNative(Native Method)
        at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFile(DexFile.java:353)
        at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:100)
        at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:74)
        at dalvik.system.DexPathList.loadDexFile(DexPathList.java:374)
        at dalvik.system.DexPathList.makeDexElements(DexPathList.java:337)
        at dalvik.system.DexPathList.<init>(DexPathList.java:157)
        at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.<init>(BaseDexClassLoader.java:65)
        at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.<init>(PathClassLoader.java:64)
        at com.android.internal.os.PathClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader(PathClassLoaderFactory.java:43)
        at android.app.ApplicationLoaders.getClassLoader(ApplicationLoaders.java:69)
        at android.app.ApplicationLoaders.getClassLoader(ApplicationLoaders.java:36)
        at android.app.LoadedApk.createOrUpdateClassLoaderLocked(LoadedApk.java:678)
        at android.app.LoadedApk.getClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:711)
        at android.app.LoadedApk.getResources(LoadedApk.java:944)
        at android.app.ContextImpl.createAppContext(ContextImpl.java:2303)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5943)
                ... 8 more

The real issue is Bad method handle type 7. This is caused by using a method which is an invoker for a direct (special) method. This was a bug in my app by using Picasso 2.71828 with Retrofit 2.9.0 but not adding Java 8 compile options to my build.gradle file. Retrofit requires at minimum Java 8+ or Android API 21+. (https://square.github.io/retrofit/).

This fixed it for me.

android {
    ....
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}