title: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "io.fabric.sdk.android.services.common.FirebaseInfo"
body: <p>I am trying to update Fabric Crashlytics from <code>2.6.8</code> to <code>2.7.1</code>
  But I am facing below crash with this update:</p>
  
  <pre><code>10-24 11:38:32.917 11352-11352/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                     Process: com.xxx.yyy, PID: 11352
                                                     java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lio/fabric/sdk/android/services/common/FirebaseInfo;
                                                         at com.crashlytics.android.CrashlyticsInitProvider.onCreate(CrashlyticsInitProvider.java:22)
                                                         at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1919)
                                                         at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1894)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6285)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5851)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5772)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1661)
                                                         at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
                                                         at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
                                                         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
                                                      Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "io.fabric.sdk.android.services.common.FirebaseInfo" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.ezcommerceapp.swiftshopper-_VJvHhv49x3edMWdRjpNxA==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.xxx.sbd_VJvHhv49x3edMWdRjpNxA==/lib/x86, /data/app/com.xxx.sbd_VJvHhv49x3edMWdRjpNxA==/base.apk!/lib/x86, /system/lib, /system/vendor/lib]]
                                                         at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:93)
                                                         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:379)
                                                         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
                                                         at com.crashlytics.android.CrashlyticsInitProvider.onCreate(CrashlyticsInitProvider.java:22) 
                                                         at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1919) 
                                                         at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1894) 
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6285) 
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5851) 
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5772) 
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0) 
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1661) 
                                                         at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) 
                                                         at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) 
                                                         at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541) 
                                                         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240) 
                                                         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767) 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In build.gradle (app):</p>
  
  <pre><code>...
  compile('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.7.1@aar') {
      transitive = true
      exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
      exclude group: 'io.fabric.sdk.android', module: 'fabric'
  }
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me with this ?</p>