Sceneform-android-sdk: Sceneform Compilation failed once updated to 1.9.0

[yashvv]

Log: AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"Program type already present: com.google.j2objc.annotations.RetainedLocalRef","sources":[{}],"tool":"D8"}

// Sceneform
implementation ('com.google.ar.sceneform.ux:sceneform-ux:1.9.0'){
exclude group: 'com.google.j2objc', module: 'annotations'
}

I have tried excluding the annotations module and having no luck.

[tpsiaki]

This annotation library was incorrectly included in the sceneform-base library in our 1.9.0 release. We'll correct this problem in the next release.

[yashvv]

@tpsiaki Thank You for the update. When can we expect the next release?

[kenyee]

FYI, this is a dup of #689 that I filed a few weeks ago...

[fredsa]

@yashvv Unfortunately, we don't have a specific release date for you, but our releases for ARCore and Sceneform having historically been ~ six weeks. Hope that helps.

[michaelvogt]

@fredsa
Shouldn't a problem like this be reason enough to provide a fix as quickly as possible?

[brako]

Is there a workaround for this issue? Or do we have to switch back to 1.8?

[yashvv]

@brako I had to switch back to 1.8 until the next release.

[brako]

Thanks @yashvv, I managed to make it work. I found out that I have the issue only when using sceneform UX alongside with firebase.
Your exclude group wasn't working for me either, but working on firebase:

implementation('com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore-ktx:19.0.0') {
    exclude group: 'com.google.j2objc'
    exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs'
    exclude group: 'org.checkerframework'
    exclude group: 'org.codehaus.mojo'
}

[iengphogit]

Log: AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"Program type already present: com.google.j2objc.annotations.RetainedLocalRef","sources":[{}],"tool":"D8"}

// Sceneform
implementation ('com.google.ar.sceneform.ux:sceneform-ux:1.9.0'){
exclude group: 'com.google.j2objc', module: 'annotations'
}

I have tried excluding the annotations module and having no luck.
buildscript {
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'
classpath 'com.google.ar.sceneform:plugin:1.9.0'
}

}

implementation "com.google.ar.sceneform:core:1.9.0"
//noinspection GradleDependency
implementation "com.google.ar.sceneform.ux:sceneform-ux:1.9.0"
//noinspection GradleDependency
implementation 'com.google.ar.sceneform:assets:1.9.0'

work fine for me.

[iengphogit]

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'