Adding iText 5.5.6 to Android project with gradle exception

Question

I am trying to add the iTextPDF library to a Android project using Android Studio (gradle). I add the library with compile 'com.itextpdf:itextpdf:5.5.6' instruction but I am getting an error:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'. com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 2

My build.gradle is:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
 compileSdkVersion 22
 buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "josealopez.com.software"
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 104
    versionName "1.0.4"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
packagingOptions {
    exclude 'META-INF/ASL2.0'
    exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
    exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0'
compile 'com.couchbase.lite:couchbase-lite-android:1.0.4'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.0'
compile 'com.itextpdf:itextpdf:5.5.6'
}

I face same issue earlier, Please have a look at this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30710476/error-while-creating-pdf — Amarjit, Jul 30 '15 at 09:23
The link bring me to the Bruno Lowagie comment and it was the solution. Many thanks @bpA — Jose A Lopez Pastor, Jul 30 '15 at 10:44

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '17 at 18:44

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I put these two dependencies in the gradle:

compile 'com.itextpdf:itext-pdfa:5.5.10'
compile 'com.itextpdf:itextg:5.5.9'

answered Apr 05 '17 at 18:44

Gonzalo León

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '17 at 01:28

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Use these dependencies:

compile 'com.itextpdf:itext-pdfa:5.5.10'
compile 'com.itextpdf:itextg:5.5.10'
compile group: 'com.itextpdf.tool', name: 'xmlworker', version: '5.5.10'

answered Aug 04 '17 at 01:28

Gláucio Leonardo Sant'ana

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 05 '17 at 07:13

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I have this issue try 5.5.10 it worked for me

compile 'com.itextpdf:itextg:5.5.10'

edited Apr 05 '17 at 07:13

Ahmed Ashour

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answered Apr 05 '17 at 06:48

Amirouche Zeggagh

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 30 '15 at 09:44

You may well have reached the 56k method limit. This can often happen when using Google Play Services which is huge and contains a lot of methods you probably don't need.

Instead of having the line compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.0' in your Gradle file try only using the individual modules you need from the Play Services library.

e.g. compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:7.0.0' to just use the location services.

A complete list is here

Adding iText 5.5.6 to Android project with gradle exception

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