I do not think that is how Android development works. The .class files are
converted to .dex files from what I can tell, a different byte code format
used by both Dalvik (discontinued) and ART.
Gary
On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Apache <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Is it trying to process the class files generated by java? I thought
> Android compiled Java source. If it is looking at class files then it
> needs to ignore everything under META-INF
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jul 8, 2017, at 5:58 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > We are worst off with our 2.9-SNAPSHOT, I can't even build an app using
> > only log4j-api:
> >
> > AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"Error converting bytecode to dex:\nCause:
> > Dex cannot parse version 53 byte code.\nThis is caused by library
> > dependencies that have been compiled using Java 8 or above.\nIf you are
> > using the \u0027java\u0027 gradle plugin in a library submodule add
> > \ntargetCompatibility \u003d \u00271.7\u0027\nsourceCompatibility \u003d
> > \u00271.7\u0027\nto that submodule\u0027s build.gradle
> > file.","sources":[{}],"original":"UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL
> > EXCEPTION:\njava.lang.RuntimeException: Exception parsing classes\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processClass(Main.java:781)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processFileBytes(Main.java:747)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.access$1200(Main.java:88)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main$FileBytesConsumer.
> processFileBytes(Main.java:1689)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processArchive(
> ClassPathOpener.java:284)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processOne(
> ClassPathOpener.java:166)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.process(
> ClassPathOpener.java:144)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processOne(Main.java:695)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processAllFiles(Main.java:592)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMultiDex(Main.java:376)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:290)\n\tat
> > com.android.builder.internal.compiler.DexWrapper.run(
> DexWrapper.java:54)\n\tat
> > com.android.builder.core.DexByteCodeConverter.lambda$dexInProcess$0(
> DexByteCodeConverter.java:174)\n\tat
> > java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)\n\tat
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(
> ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)\n\tat
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(
> ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)\n\tat
> > java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)\nCaused by:
> > com.android.dx.cf.iface.ParseException: bad class file magic (cafebabe)
> or
> > version (0035.0000)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse0(
> DirectClassFile.java:476)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse(
> DirectClassFile.java:406)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parseToInterfacesIfNecessary(
> DirectClassFile.java:388)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.getMagic(
> DirectClassFile.java:251)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.parseClass(Main.java:793)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.access$1600(Main.java:88)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main$ClassParserTask.call(
> Main.java:1728)\n\tat
> > com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processClass(Main.java:779)\n\t... 16
> > more\n","tool":"Dex"}
> > AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"1 error; aborting","sources":[{}]}
> >
> > Can we split off this Java 9 stuff in a separate module?
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 4:01 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> If you've got some instructions on how to even get an Android project up
> >> and running, getting some test code to play with would certainly help.
> Long
> >> ago when I tried debugging some Android issues with Log4j, I couldn't
> even
> >> get that far. :/
> >>
> >>> On 8 July 2017 at 17:31, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> A quick follow up to note that with 2.8.2, using log4j-api does not
> cause
> >>> problems but then adding log4j-core causes the app to fail to start.
> So I
> >>> definitively see an Android epic for 2.10. Maybe this is when we want
> to
> >>> split up log4j-core.
> >>>
> >>> Gary
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> So here I am with my family our of town on a weekend, and I thought
> I'd
> >>>> give Log4j on Android a try.
> >>>>
> >>>> The first thing I run into is:
> >>>>
> >>>> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
> >>>>
> >>>> * What went wrong:
> >>>> Execution failed for task ':Application:
> transformResourcesWithMergeJav
> >>>> aResForDebug'.
> >>>>> com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException:
> >>>> com.android.builder.packaging.DuplicateFileException: Duplicate files
> >>>> copied in APK META-INF/LICENSE
> >>>> File1: C:\Users\ggregory\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\
> >>>> org.apache.logging.log4j\log4j-core\2.8.2\
> >> 979fc0cf8460302e4ffbfe38c1b66a
> >>>> 99450b0bb7\log4j-core-2.8.2.jar
> >>>> File2: C:\Users\ggregory\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\
> >>>> org.apache.logging.log4j\log4j-api\2.8.2\
> >> e590eeb783348ce8ddef205b82127f
> >>>> 9084d82bf3\log4j-api-2.8.2.jar
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> * Try:
> >>>> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info
> or
> >>>> --debug option to get more log output.
> >>>>
> >>>> BUILD FAILED
> >>>>
> >>>> Total time: 1.995 secs
> >>>>
> >>>> which is solved by:
> >>>>
> >>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37586800/android-
> >>>> gradle-duplicate-files-copied-in-apk-meta-inf-license-txt
> >>>>
> >>>> Which means I have to add this to my build:
> >>>>
> >>>> packagingOptions {
> >>>> exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
> >>>> exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> I wonder if we should generate these files pretending we are in an
> uber
> >>> jar, either:
> >>>>
> >>>> - with the project name in the name like META-INF/log4j2.LICENSE
> >>>>
> >>>> - with maven AID in the name like META-INF/log4j-api.LICENSE
> >>>>
> >>>> - with maven coords in the name like META-INF/org.apache.logging.
> >>> log4j-log4j-api.LICENSE
> >>>>
> >>>> As an aside files like LICENSE and NOTICE do not have .txt extensions
> >>> which is lame IMO.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ignore and do nothing? Thoughts?
> >>>>
> >>>> Gary
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
> >>
>
>
>
