Duplicate files at the same path inside the APK

Question

I have an application using some librarries.

The problem is that when I am trying o export the apk file, I am getting the "Duplicate files at the same path inside the APK".

Here is the log:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Duplicate files at the same path inside the APK
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.project.ExportHelper.exportReleaseApk(ExportHelper.java:284)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.wizards.export.ExportWizard.doExport(ExportWizard.java:295)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.wizards.export.ExportWizard.access$0(ExportWizard.java:232)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.wizards.export.ExportWizard$1.run(ExportWizard.java:217)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:121)
Caused by: com.android.sdklib.build.DuplicateFileException: Duplicate files at the same path inside the APK
at com.android.sdklib.build.ApkBuilder$JavaAndNativeResourceFilter.checkEntry(ApkBuilder.java:123)
at com.android.sdklib.internal.build.SignedJarBuilder.writeZip(SignedJarBuilder.java:225)
at com.android.sdklib.build.ApkBuilder.addResourcesFromJar(ApkBuilder.java:563)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.BuildHelper.finalPackage(BuildHelper.java:372)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.project.ExportHelper.exportReleaseApk(ExportHelper.java:255)
... 4 more

Anyone has to manage this problem?

Thank you very much.

EDIT: Solution

I figured out what the problem was. I included a JAR file that had an AndroidManifest.xml file in it, which was conflicting with my own project's AndroidManifest.xml file. The solution in my instance was to rebuild the JAR file, making sure it excluded its own version of AndroidManifest.xml, then to re-include the new version of the JAR file into my project. You might need to clean the project after doing this.

Have you tried cleaning your project? Or else you can delete files from bin folder and build again. See if the problem exists. — harshit, Sep 10 '12 at 07:16

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 28 '14 at 05:49

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If you happen to be having this issue while using Maven to do your build, I was able to fix it by putting in:

<extractDuplicates>true</extractDuplicates>

into the Maven Android plugin configuration tag.

edited Jul 28 '14 at 05:49

William

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answered Sep 17 '13 at 15:20

Andre

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '12 at 07:25

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Check the external jars you have imported in your application..

Project Properties -> Java Build Path -> Libraries -> Add External JARs...

There might be some duplicate files imported!

answered Sep 10 '12 at 07:25

Aditya Nikhade

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Thank you very much, I just found the solution, I have updated my question. – Milos Cuculovic Sep 10 '12 at 07:29

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 10 '12 at 07:30

I figured out what the problem was. I included a JAR file that had an AndroidManifest.xml file in it, which was conflicting with my own project's AndroidManifest.xml file. The solution in my instance was to rebuild the JAR file, making sure it excluded its own version of AndroidManifest.xml, then to re-include the new version of the JAR file into my project. You might need to clean the project after doing this.

Duplicate files at the same path inside the APK

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