Gradle dependency exclusion not working

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My project build.gradle dependencies are:

dependencies {
    ...
    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.4.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appinvite:8.4.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0'

    compile 'co.realtime:messaging-android:2.1.58'
}

And the co.realtime:messageing-android build.gradle dependencies are:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile ('com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'){
        transitive = true;
    }
    compile ('com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.1.71'){
        transitive = true;
    }
    compile ('com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1'){
        transitive = true;
    }
}

If I try to compile my project I get the following error:

Error:Gradle: Execution failed for task ':app-module:processProdDebugResources'. Error: more than one library with package name 'com.google.android.gms' You can temporarily disable this error with android.enforceUniquePackageName=false However, this is temporary and will be enforced in 1.0

If I use enforceUniquePackageName(false) I get:

cannot resolve symbol to GoogleCloudMessaging.INSTANCE_ID_SCOPE

So I guess I'll have to solve this by managing the dependencies. I've tried:

compile ('co.realtime:messaging-android:2.1.58'){
        exclude module: 'com.google'
}

compile ('co.realtime:messaging-android:2.1.58'){
        exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-gcm'
}

But nothing seams to work... How can I solve this?
Thanks.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 29 '16 at 14:10

The problem was in 'play-services-gcm' instead of 'play-services'

compile ('co.realtime:messaging-android:2.1.58'){
        exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services'
}

grrr those typo mistakes... Well I thought I could delete this question but, once in a while someone has the same issue, so I will leave this here hoping perhaps it helps someone in need.

Gradle dependency exclusion not working

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