AAPT2 error: this error happened as soon as I updated my android studio to the latest version

Question

I tried "multiDexEnabled true" as well as "android.enableAapt2=false", but the error continues to come. There seems to be some build problem. What is it?

org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'. at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:100) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.execute(OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.java:51) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:62) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:60) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:97) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:87) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:241) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:230) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:123) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:79) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:104) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:626) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:581) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.gradle.tooling.BuildException: Failed to execute aapt at com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.invokeAaptForSplit(LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.java:513) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.doFullTaskAction(LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.java:248) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.IncrementalTask.taskAction(IncrementalTask.java:106) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(IncrementalTaskAction.java:46) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:39) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:26) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:121) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92) ... 32 more Suppressed: java.lang.RuntimeException: Some file processing failed, see logs for details at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.QueuedResourceProcessor.waitForAll(QueuedResourceProcessor.java:121) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.QueuedResourceProcessor.end(QueuedResourceProcessor.java:141) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.QueueableAapt2.close(QueueableAapt2.java:115) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.doFullTaskAction(LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.java:293) ... 48 more Caused by: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt at com.android.builder.core.AndroidBuilder.processResources(AndroidBuilder.java:794) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.invokeAaptForSplit(LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask.java:491) ... 49 more Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.getDoneValue(AbstractFuture.java:503) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:482) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$TrustedFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:79) at com.android.builder.core.AndroidBuilder.processResources(AndroidBuilder.java:792) ... 50 more Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.getDoneValue(AbstractFuture.java:503) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:462) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$TrustedFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:79) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.QueueableAapt2.lambda$makeValidatedPackage$1(QueueableAapt2.java:177) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) ... 1 more Caused by: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.android.builder.png.AaptProcess$NotifierProcessOutput.handleOutput(AaptProcess.java:463) at com.android.builder.png.AaptProcess$NotifierProcessOutput.err(AaptProcess.java:415) at com.android.builder.png.AaptProcess$ProcessOutputFacade.err(AaptProcess.java:332) at com.android.utils.GrabProcessOutput$1.run(GrabProcessOutput.java:104)

Fund

There should be errors from AAPT2 above the stacktrace. Can you try to build again and post those errors? – Strati

have you get any solution – Cherilyncherilynn

any solutions to this? – Depository

Answer 1

Try to change the compileSdkVersion to: compileSdkVersion 28 and targetSdkVersion 26 This works for me.

Marasco

This is so frustrating. This hasn't worked either. ;-\ – Checkmate

Answer 2

try to execute :

./gradlew clean
./gradlew assemble

if doesn't work try w Clean and Rebuild the project. Finally, go to

Files > Invalidate caches

Ferri

@ReevanthLama can you post the whole log for the build when you run "./gradlew clean assembleDebug"? – Strati

try to delete Build folder and rebuild your project – Ferri

Yes it helps to find errors on xml files. In kotlin its very hard to find some errors in xml files. There is no correct error reason given . In terminal after running above commands then I got error log easily – Andradite

this is indeed the way to catch those hidden errors like i forget to add '#' in the color code string , instead of the nice error i was getting a star war console error the ship is about to destroy .. why you do this Google – Astern

Answer 3

The problem is with the PNG files it might be corrupted. Sometimes the images are listed as PNG but are not real PNGs.

You can get the list of such images by typing the following code in android terminal

find . -type f -name "*.png" | xargs -L 1 -I{} file  -I {} | grep -v 'image/png; charset=binary$' 

After that, you can convert those to PNG and try again.

Don't add this android.enableAapt2=false as it is deprecated and won't be supported.

Handgrip

I get this on AS Ver 3.1.1: 'xargs' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file – Chiller

Answer 4

I just had this problem when trying to use data bind and declaring the layout tag. What I did to resolve the issue after so many attempts was that on your root layout when you are not using data bind say for example this

  <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        tools:context=".MainActivity">     </android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

remove the

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

and just put it on your layout tag(that is if you are using data binding)

<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

</layout>

and hopefully it will work. the android.enableAapt2=false didn't work for me so I have to remove everything and try to figure out why I get the error when I put layout tag and use data binding thus I came up with the solution. Hope it helps

Nationalize

Answer 5

It happened with me when I updated Android studio to 3.4.0. I did change in Project level build.gradle file...

dependencies {
        //classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.0'    //Previus default set up

       classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.1' // Now working fine

    }

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