React-native-push-notification: Can't build for Android probably due to a conflict of Google Play Services

[victorsferreira]

I setup my app with 'react-native-firebase' to receive the notifications. The problem now is that I have to find a way to show the notifications

I installed react-native-push-notifications and now I cant build the prpject anymore. I get the error at 96%

" UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define"

It seems to be a conflict with the two libraries. How can i fix it?

[wmonecke]

That first error can be solved by adding:

android {
    defaultConfig {
       multiDexEnabled true
    }
}

But then you get a second one, which is the following one:

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:transformDexArchiveWithDexMergerForDebug'.
> com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: com.android.dex.DexException: Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/android/gms/iid/zzb$zza;

Still no clue on how to solve it.

UPDATE: Found it in another answer.

Make sure to update all of these (if you have one or any) to the latest by adding a + like so:

 compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:+'
 compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:+'
 compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:+'

[enzo-vezzaro-eleva]

For anybody looking for an answer.

I solved this problem by replacing:

compile ('com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.1.0') {
    force = true;
}

with:

compile ('com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:11.8.0') {
    force = true;
}

in android/app/build.gradle.

[jjd314]

I solved the same issue by changing the line in the dependencies section of android/app/build.gradle from
compile project(':react-native-push-notification')
to

compile(project(':react-native-push-notification')) {
    exclude group: "com.google.android.gms"
}

mimicking what was done in this post.

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