Unable to merge dex - Android Studio 3.0.1

Question

Updated gradle and I guess that's what messed things up.

My gradle version is

build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        google()
    }
}

ext {
    compileSdkVersion = 22
    buildToolsVersion = "23.0.1"

    minSdkVersion = 14
    targetSdkVersion = 23
}

build.gradle inside of project ParseStarterProject

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.parse.starter"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.8.0'
    api 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
    api 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.3.0'
    api 'com.parse:parse-android:1.13.0'
    api 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
}

Edit: External Lib, please take a look, is this what's causing the issue?

In dependencies, Instead of compile call implementation, and also update to latest multidex version — Robert K., Feb 12 '18 at 17:46
It is usually sufficient to `Sync Project with Gradle files` or rebuild the project to solve this problem. — moictab, Feb 12 '18 at 17:55
Don't use different versions of the google play services. You are using 11.8.0 and 9.4.0 — Gabriele Mariotti, Feb 12 '18 at 18:03
@RobertK., I tried to use `implementation`. But still not working. Even multidex version. — Dhaval Jardosh, Feb 12 '18 at 18:47
@moictab, I tried Sync, clean, rebuild but still it's not working. — Dhaval Jardosh, Feb 12 '18 at 18:48
@GabrieleMariotti, Changed everything to 11.8.0. I got 7 errors now, figuring out how to make it work. — Dhaval Jardosh, Feb 12 '18 at 18:49
@GabrieleMariotti, completely true. but instead of upgrading, downgrading worked. — Dhaval Jardosh, Feb 12 '18 at 19:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '18 at 17:53

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Updating your google play services may help you. Latest is 11.8.0

com.google.android.gms:play-services:11.4.0

clean and rebuild your project

answered Feb 12 '18 at 17:53

vikas kumar

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still facing the same problem. – Dhaval Jardosh Feb 12 '18 at 18:57
I don't know how but things started working when I changed, `com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.8.0` to `com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.4.0`. – Dhaval Jardosh Feb 12 '18 at 19:22
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As Gabrielle said, you are trying to use play services of ver 9.4.0 together with maps (which is already part of play services) of ver 11.8.0. therefore you can not have the same library in 2 different versions. Please don't include play services but rather only specific libraries that you need. – Robert K. Feb 13 '18 at 08:05

Unable to merge dex - Android Studio 3.0.1

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