Android, one library with old google play service conflicts with google maps

Question

I'm using asne google plus library for my project. It uses older version of google play service.

When I add Google maps with newer version, gradle build fails with this message:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
Error: more than one library with package name 'com.google.android.gms'

My dependencies in my app.gradle:

compile 'com.github.asne:asne-googleplus:0.3.3'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.3.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.3.0'

When I make asne like this:

compile ('com.github.asne:asne-googleplus:0.3.3') {
 transitive = true
}

This lib becomes invisible and I can't call its methods.

How to resolve this conflict?

• DevInDisguise: You cannot have two libraries with different versions work in one project. Try updating the play services library of the one that contains the old library.

Answer 1

I suggests that you use the entire dependency

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'

and not split it into parts like play-services-location:8.3.0 and play-services-maps:8.3.0. This link provides a detailed explanation why.

Answer 2

You could try to just exclude the google dependencies of the library:

compile ('com.github.asne:asne-googleplus:0.3.3') {
 exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms'
}

• Mr.D: OK gradle is compiled, but when I try to call asne method it throws me an exception: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.github.gorbin.asne.googleplus.GooglePlusSocialNetwork