Android java.exe finished with non-zero exit value 1

Question

I've tried looking at similar ones and no solution has worked. I've previously run apps without a problem but my new app suddenly started giving me problems. It always fails when I try to run it saying:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'.
com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_67\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

Here is what the console displayed:

Executing tasks: [:app:assembleDebug]

Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.
:app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE
:app:checkDebugManifest
:app:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42200Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareDebugDependencies
:app:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugJava UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDexDebug
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual        Machine.","position":{},"original":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.","position":{},"original":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit."}

AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.","position":{},"original":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.","position":{},"original":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit."}


FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:preDexDebug'.
com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException:     org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_67\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

* 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: 2.614 secs

AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.","position":{},"original":"Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine."}
AGPBI: {"kind":"SIMPLE","text":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.","position":{},"original":"Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit."}

This app is very simple and I have not changed it much from the stock layout. It is designed only for lollipop and uses only stock features. Here is the build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "22.0.0"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.package.app"
    minSdkVersion 21
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.0.0'
}

Answer 1

Had the same error encountered which was due to conflicting drawable resources. I did a clean project and the error was no longer encountered.