Android 2.2 : java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError for Guava classes

Question

I'm getting java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.common.collect.SortedMultisets$NavigableElementSet on Android 2.2 devices.

I'm getting the same crash on Android 2.2 emulator

I'm not getting that error on Android 4.x devices though.

My build.gradle has:

dependencies {
compile group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '15.0'
}

defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 19
}

Why is this happening?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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If you want to use newer version of Guava (which you should), use Guava JDK5 backport (it will work with Android 2.2). Also, see this answer explaining what's going on (some classes/interfaces Guava uses are not supported in Android 2.1-2.2).

Note that currently there's no guava-jdk5-15.0 release (and it probably won't be) but guava-jdk5-16.0 is on its way (see comments in this G+ post).

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Jan 29 '14 at 17:51

Grzegorz Rożniecki

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I'm not sure about the reliability of that port. Is it something that also comes from Google or otherwise something reliable? – Alexander Kulyakhtin Jan 29 '14 at 18:45
Yes, the JDK5 backport comes from, and is supported by Google. – Ray Jan 29 '14 at 19:25
@Alex Guava JDK5 backport 16.0-**rc1** is now available - [see the announcement](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/guava-announce/RiiMam7VvSc/d9QtJmPV_mwJ). – Grzegorz Rożniecki Feb 01 '14 at 09:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '14 at 16:11

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I've found the answer here http://porcupineprogrammer.blogspot.com/2013/06/guava-and-minsdkversion.html.

Turns out only Guava 13 and earlier work properly with Android 2.2.

I've downgraded to Guava 13.

answered Jan 29 '14 at 16:11

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Android 2.2 : java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError for Guava classes

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