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Solutions for common issues with ObjectBox db for Java, Kotlin and Android

Unresolved reference: MyObjectBox (class not found, etc.)
MyObjectBox is a generated class, so make sure the project builds successfully. Resolve any other build errors.
Check that the project is configured correctly. E.g. for Kotlin, check that the kapt plugin is applied (apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt') before the ObjectBox plugin.
android-apt is known to cause problems, try to remove it.
Merge conflict or DbSchemaException after concurrent data model modifications
If your team makes concurrent modifications to the data model (e.g. adding/removing entities or properties) it may clash with your changes. Read the meta model docs on how to resolve the conflicts.
DbSchemaException: Incoming entity ID does not match existing UID
There is a conflict between the data model defined in your code (using @Entity classes) and the data model of the existing database file.
This message indicates the unique identifier (UID) of an entity is not the same as before. Entity UIDs are auto-assigned by ObjectBox and stored in objectbox-models/default.json. Look for the id property which contains the UID in the second part, the first part is the ID (the format is ID:UID).
Read the meta model docs on why this can happen and how to resolve such conflicts.
DbSchemaException after switching git branch (no concurrent data model modifications)
See below.
DbSchemaException: DB's last entity ID is higher than from model
There is a conflict between the data model defined in your code (using @Entity classes) and the data model of the existing database file.
This message indicates that the database already contains one or more entities with IDs higher than the lowest one of the model in your code. Entity IDs are auto-assigned by ObjectBox and stored in objectbox-models/default.json. Look for the lastEntityId value, the highest used entity ID is contained in the first part, the second part is the UID (the format is ID:UID).
Read the meta model docs on why this can happen and how to resolve such conflicts.
Couldn’t find “libobjectbox.so”
This can have various reasons. In general check your ABI filter setup or add one in your Gradle build file.
If your app explicitly ships code for "armeabi": For Android, ObjectBox comes with binaries for “armeabi-v7a” and “arm64-v8a” ABIs. We consider “armeabi” to be outdated and thus do not support it. Check if you have a Gradle config like abiFilters "armeabi", which is causing the problem (e.g. remove it or change it to “armeabi-v7a”).
If your app uses split APKs or App Bundle: some users might have sideloaded your APK that includes the library for a platform that is incompatible with the one of their device. See App Bundle, split APKs and Multidex for workarounds.
Version conflict with ‘com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305’
If you are doing Android instrumentation (especially with Espresso), you may get a warning like this:
Error:Conflict with dependency ‘com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305’ in project ‘:app’. Resolved versions for app (3.0.2) and test app (2.0.1) differ. See http://g.co/androidstudio/app-test-app-conflict for details.
You can easily resolve the version conflict by adding this Gradle dependency: androidTestCompile 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2' 
​Background info.
Incompatible property type
Check the data model migration guide if you get an exception like:
io.objectbox.exception.DbException: Property […] is not compatible to its previous definition. Check its type.
or
 Cannot change the following flags for Property
Flutter iOS builds for armv7 fail with "ObjectBox does not contain that architecture"
​Only 64-bit iOS devices are supported. To resolve the build error, configure Architectures in your Xcode project like described in Getting Started for Flutter.
Error Codes
Sometimes you might get an error code along with a error message. Typically, you will find error codes in parenthesis. Example:
Could not prepare directory: objectbox (30)
This error code comes from the OS, and gives you additional information; e.g. 30 tells that you tried to init a database in a read-only location of the file system, which cannot work.
Here's the list of typical OS errors:
Error code
Errno
Description
1
EPERM
Operation not permitted
2
ENOENT
No such file or directory
3
ESRCH
No such process
4
EINTR
Interrupted system call
5
EIO
I/O error
6
ENXIO
No such device or address
7
E2BIG
Argument list too long
8
ENOEXEC
Exec format error
9
EBADF
Bad file number
10
ECHILD
No child processes
11
EAGAIN
Try again
12
ENOMEM
Out of memory
13
EACCES
Permission denied
14
EFAULT
Bad address
15
ENOTBLK
Block device required
16
EBUSY
Device or resource busy
17
EEXIST
File exists
18
EXDEV
Cross-device link
19
ENODEV
No such device
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FAQ
If you believe to have found a bug or missing feature, please create an issue.
For Java/Kotlin: https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-java/issues​
For Flutter/Dart: https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-dart/issues​
If you have a usage question regarding ObjectBox, please post on Stack Overflow. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/objectbox​
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Unresolved reference: MyObjectBox (class not found, etc.)

Merge conflict or DbSchemaException after concurrent data model modifications

DbSchemaException: Incoming entity ID does not match existing UID

DbSchemaException after switching git branch (no concurrent data model modifications)

DbSchemaException: DB's last entity ID is higher than from model

Couldn’t find “libobjectbox.so”

Version conflict with ‘com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305’

Incompatible property type

Flutter iOS builds for armv7 fail with "ObjectBox does not contain that architecture"

Error Codes

Help with other issues