Exception while doing past iteration backup: Source

63
votes

I am working on Android project. I connected my phone to Android Studio in order to test the app. After second upload Gradle Build failed and gave this error:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:buildInfoDebugLoader'.

Exception while doing past iteration backup : Source /home/ziyaddin/AndroidStudioProjects/Test/app/build/intermediates/builds/debug/19181584762318/classes.dex and destination /home/ziyaddin/AndroidStudioProjects/Test/app/build/intermediates/builds/debug/19181584762318/classes.dex must be different

What can be the reason for that? How to solve this problem?

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androidandroid-gradle-pluginbuild.gradle

7 Answers

179
votes

I solved this issue by Build -> Rebuild Project and then Run again.

Also I think newly added menu Run -> Clean and Rerun should also fix this issue.
[EDIT:] Clean and Rerun is removed in Android Studio 2.3

9
votes

I also encountered same issue, it solved by rebuilding the project.

Build-> Rebuild Project

and then

Run

I think this is only occuring on new Android Studio update from 2.0.

9
votes

I have this problem and solved by removing all directory (or only one) from directory ../app/build/intermediates/builds/debug/.

in this example: /home/ziyaddin/AndroidStudioProjects/Test/app/build/intermediates/builds/debug/19181584762318

6
votes

i solved this by invalidating cache, Rebuilding the project, and then running it, it worked fine.

3
votes

Steps to take:

  1. select Build
  2. Select Rebuild project
  3. run project
2
votes

I have just had this issue, and solved by unplugging my phone and running in the emulator. This built okay, and then subsequent tests on my phone were successful. In doing this, I also commented out my savedInstanceState Bundle, which may have been a contributing factor. I think this is potentially an internal glitch with Android Studio.

Steps to take:

  1. Comment out Bundles/Saved States
  2. Run on Emulator only
  3. Retry with Phone
  4. Add back Bundles/Saves States 5) Try running on device again, all should be good.
1
votes

Rebuild project works fine in Android Studio 2.2.2