java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(ZLjava/lang/String;) with Selenium, gradle and ChromeDriver

Question

I am trying to use Selenium api with Gradle. This is my build.gradle dependency section:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.api-client:google-api-client:1.23.0'
    compile 'com.google.oauth-client:google-oauth-client-jetty:1.23.0'
    compile 'com.google.apis:google-api-services-sheets:v4-rev506-1.23.0'
    compile group: 'org.seleniumhq.selenium', name: 'selenium-java', version:        '2.9.0'
    compile group: 'org.seleniumhq.selenium', name: 'selenium-chrome-driver', version: '2.9.0' }

My selenium - Java code:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Program Files(x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

Code works fine, and I am able to get Chrome browser opened. However, in build.gradle, I am using 2.9.0 version of selenium and chromedriver. If I try to use any version after 2.9.0, it gives me below error in WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); method:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(ZLjava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.findExecutable(DriverService.java:124)
        at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService.access$000(ChromeDriverService.java:32)
        at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService$Builder.findDefaultExecutable(ChromeDriverService.java:137)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:339)
        at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService(ChromeDriverService.java:88)
        at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:123)
        at Quickstart.main(Quickstart.java:130)

I tried looking for gradle+Maven+selenium supported version. Was not able to find any good info. Any idea?

Answer 1

This error message...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(ZLjava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)V

...implies that the Java Client was unable to find ChromeDriver().

Issue & Solution

As per the Selenium - Java code you have shared, the System.setProperty() line is used to set the ChromeDriver binary path not the chrome binary path. For that you have to download the ChromeDriver binary from the ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome and place it in your system and mention the absolute path of the ChromeDriver through System.setProperty() line. Hence you have to change :

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

To :

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();