title: Android java.lang.VerifyError
body: <p>I am attempting to launch my app on an Android device running 4.4.2.
  Yet every-time I attempt to run, the error below appears:</p>
  
  <pre><code>02-24 22:23:30.421 18276-18276/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                     Process: com.example.android.app, PID: 18276
                                                     java.lang.VerifyError: com/google/android/gms/measurement/internal/zzt
                                                         at com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)
                                                         at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1591)
                                                         at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1562)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5118)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4713)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4596)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:169)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1340)
                                                         at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                         at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:146)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5487)
                                                         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                                                         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
                                                         at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Clicking through on the ContentProvider link, directs to below, but do not know where to go from here...</p>
  
  <pre><code>   public @Nullable AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFile(@NonNull Uri uri,
              @NonNull String mimeTypeFilter, @Nullable Bundle opts) throws FileNotFoundException {
          if ("*/*".equals(mimeTypeFilter)) {
              // If they can take anything, the untyped open call is good enough.
              return openAssetFile(uri, "r");
          }
          String baseType = getType(uri);
          if (baseType != null &amp;&amp; ClipDescription.compareMimeTypes(baseType, mimeTypeFilter)) {
              // Use old untyped open call if this provider has a type for this
              // URI and it matches the request.
              return openAssetFile(uri, "r");
          }
          throw new FileNotFoundException("Can't open " + uri + " as type " + mimeTypeFilter);
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have read it may have something to do with the versioning being out of sync.</p>
  
  <p>The <code>build.gradle</code> file is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 23
      buildToolsVersion "22.0.1" // 22.0.1
  
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId "com.example.android.app"
          minSdkVersion 16
          targetSdkVersion 23
          versionCode 1
          versionName "1.0"
          multiDexEnabled true
      }
      buildTypes {
          release {
              minifyEnabled false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
          }
      }
  
      packagingOptions {
          exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
          exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE-FIREBASE.txt'
          exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
      }
  
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
      testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
      compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.0'
      compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.0'
      compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'
      compile 'com.mcxiaoke.volley:library:1.0.+'
      compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
      compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.6.1'
      compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.0'
      compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.1.0'
      compile 'com.firebase:firebase-client-android:2.5.2+'
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I alleviate this issue?</p>