Adding "androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.0'" to dependencies causes build to fail

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a new android app
2. add "androidTestCompile 
'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.0'" to the dependencies
3. ./gradlew connectedCheck

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Espresso 2.0, gradle 2.2.1, buildtools 21.1.2

Expected: BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Actual Results: FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':testapp:packageDebugTest'.
> Duplicate files copied in APK LICENSE.txt
    File 1: /Users/mike/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.1/860340562250678d1a344907ac75754e259cdb14/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar
    File 2: /Users/mike/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.1/860340562250678d1a344907ac75754e259cdb14/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar

I'm trying to write up the instructions for using espresso for the next version 
of Android App Development for Dummies, but I'm hitting this blocker out of the 
gate.  There are possible workarounds, but it should work out of the box.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by m...@niskala.org on 17 Jan 2015 at 9:53

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Yep, the setup instructions as is are wrong. Getting the same error.

Original comment by engappsm...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2015 at 8:07

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The issue here is that the jar is getting written twice in one of these files:

        'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES.txt'
        'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
        'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
        'META-INF/NOTICE'
        'META-INF/LICENSE'
        'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
        'META-INF/notice.txt'
        'META-INF/license.txt'
        'META-INF/dependencies.txt'
        'META-INF/LGPL2.1'
        'LICENSE.txt'
In order to avoid this add the following code you your app module's 
build.gradle inside the android{}:

  packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
        exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/dependencies.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/LGPL2.1'
        exclude 'LICENSE.txt'
    }
Also, the guide is missing a call to matches() here:

onView(withText("Hello world!")).check(matches(isDisplayed()));.

 If you are running these tests right out of the new project template from Android Studio please note that the default string text for the TextView is "Hello world!" (note the "!"), and the sample test is looking for a View with "Hello world" (no "!")

Original comment by emmanuel...@gmail.com on 9 Mar 2015 at 6:06

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Original comment by vale...@google.com on 16 Mar 2015 at 7:42

• Changed state: Accepted