Android studio 2.1.2 gradle aapt Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

Question

I am trying to run Android Studio 2.1.2 on 32bit linux Mint 17.3. Android studio is freshly installed. When I rebuild a project or create a new one, I get errors like this in the Gradle Console:

AAPT err(Facade for 19314581): /home/user/Android/Sdk/build-tools/24.0.1/aapt: 2: /home/user/Android/Sdk/build-tools/24.0.1/aapt: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

Aapt is set as executable in build-tools directory.

I have set:

export SLAVE_AAPT_TIMEOUT=30
export ANDROID_EMULATOR_FORCE_32BIT=true

Any other idea how to fix this?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I fixed it by downgrading my build tools version from 24.0.1 to 23.0.3.

1. Download older build tool version from http://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r23.0.3-linux.zip
2. Extract the downloaded file and paste it in your SDK build-tools directory( mostly /home/user/Android/Sdk/build-tools)
3. Now in your app:gradle file change the buildToolsVersion to "23.0.3"
4. Sync your gradle file and you should be good to go

Hope google fixes its build-tools bug

Answer 2

It might be the case the newest Android Studio does not run on 32bit only system. On AndroidStudio download page the requirements for Linux are:

64-bit distribution capable of running 32-bit applications

There are also other StackOverflow questions regarding this:

• Android Studio 64-bit ERROR: 32-bit Linux Android emulator binaries are DEPRECATED
• ERROR: 32-bit Linux Android emulator binaries are DEPRECATED

The former one states:

Either one will allow you to use the 32-bit binaries,but please be aware that these will disappear in a future Android SDK release. Consider moving to a 64-bit Linux system before that happens.

So it might be the case the newest version does not support 32bit anymore. Please try suggestions mentioned in the related answers (updating kernel/system). For Linux Mint there is mentioned [1]:

1. Go to terminal
2. type gedit .profile
3. paste the below line at end of the page
4. export ANDROID_EMULATOR_FORCE_32BIT=true
5. type source .profile in terminal or restart system

But it also might be the case the newest Android Studio version does not support 32bit-only system anymore. In that case try to use an older version.