[BUG] Can't include 1.2.2 in Android Studio Kotlin build - unresolved dependencies

[radbobdad]

Describe the bug
I can't figure out the right way to include a dependency on Skrape 1.2.2. I'm running Koala 2024.1.2 in a very vanilla out-of-the-box Android app environment. Gradle Sync works, but then build fails:

Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugJavaResource'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.MergeJavaResWorkAction
   > 4 files found with path 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES' from inputs:
      - C:\Users\bobsm\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.httpcomponents\httpasyncclient\4.1.4\f3a3240681faae3fa46b573a4c7e50cec9db0d86\httpasyncclient-4.1.4.jar
      - C:\Users\bobsm\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.httpcomponents\httpcore-nio\4.4.13\3f897ace4d7f10f0ea6a58f524a3b105dd483653\httpcore-nio-4.4.13.jar
      - C:\Users\bobsm\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.httpcomponents\httpclient\4.5.6\1afe5621985efe90a92d0fbc9be86271efbe796f\httpclient-4.5.6.jar
      - C:\Users\bobsm\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.httpcomponents\httpcore\4.4.13\853b96d3afbb7bf8cc303fe27ee96836a10c1834\httpcore-4.4.13.jar
     Adding a packaging block may help, please refer to
     https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.6/com/android/build/api/dsl/Packaging
     for more information

There is some indication on the Apache website that this is due to Google dropping HttpClient, however attempting to include it just makes things worse:

• Including the recommended com.github.ok2c.hc4.android:httpclient-android:0.1.0 results in a minSdkVersion conflict
• Moving to more recent version of 0.3.0 results in even more missing dependencies

Is there a solution to this issue?

Code Sample
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implementation("it.skrape:skrapeit:1.2.2")

Expected behavior
Including the skrapeit recommended dependencies should result in a clean build in Android Studio.

Additional context
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[radbobdad]

I have done some more investigating, and it appears work has been done to utilize KTor? But it doesn't appear to be ready for prime-time. Adding dependencies:

    implementation("it.skrape:skrapeit:1.3.0-alpha.2")
    //also with implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-core:3.0.0-rc-1")
    //also with implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-netty:3.0.0-rc-1")

results in:

Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$WhenMappings found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$installBasicAuth$1 found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$installBasicAuth$1$1 found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$toHttpRequest$1$1 found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$toHttpRequest$1$3 found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$toResult$1 found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$trustSelfSignedClient$1 found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)
Duplicate class it.skrape.fetcher.ExtensionsKt$trustSelfSignedClient$1$1 found in modules skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-async-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-async-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2) and skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2.jar -> skrapeit-http-fetcher-1.3.0-alpha.2 (it.skrape:skrapeit-http-fetcher:1.3.0-alpha.2)