Cannot build android project using Android Studio - Gradle 1.7

Question

I'm having lots of problems with Gradle and Android Studio.

Making changes in any resource in the project can randomly give an exception during compilation, this is what i see in Android Studio:

Gradle: Error while executing aapt command
Gradle: Execution failed for task ':App Code:processReleaseResources'.

And this is what i see executing Gradle manually:

"/Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper/gradlew" asD
Relying on packaging to define the extension of the main artifact has been deprecated and is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 2.0
:App Code:preBuild UP-TO-DATE                                 
:App Code:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE  
:App Code:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:compileLint             
:libraries:facebook:copyReleaseLint UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:mergeReleaseProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:packageReleaseAidl UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:preBuild UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:prepareReleaseDependencies             
:libraries:facebook:compileReleaseAidl UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:compileReleaseRenderscript UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:generateReleaseBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:mergeReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:mergeReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:processReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:generateReleaseSources UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:compileRelease UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:processReleaseJavaRes UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:packageReleaseJar UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:packageReleaseLocalJar UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:packageReleaseRenderscript UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:packageReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE  
:libraries:facebook:bundleRelease UP-TO-DATE  
:App Code:prepareComAndroidSupportAppcompatV71800Library UP-TO-DATE  
:App Code:prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServices3136Library UP-TO-DATE  
:App Code:prepareLatestUpdateLibrariesFacebookUnspecifiedLibrary UP-TO-DATE  
:App Code:prepareDebugDependencies             
:App Code:compileDebugAidl             
:App Code:compileDebugRenderscript             
:App Code:generateDebugBuildConfig             
:App Code:mergeDebugAssets             
:App Code:mergeDebugResources             
:App Code:processDebugManifest             
:App Code:processDebugResources FAILED      

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':App Code:processDebugResources'.
> Failed to run command:
        /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/build-tools/android-4.2.2/aapt package -f --no-crunch -I /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/platforms/android-17/android.jar -M /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/Appme-android/latest-update/App Code/build/manifests/debug/AndroidManifest.xml -S /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/Appme-android/latest-update/App Code/build/res/all/debug -A /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/Appme-android/latest-update/App Code/build/assets/debug -m -J /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/Appme-android/latest-update/App Code/build/source/r/debug -F /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/Appme-android/latest-update/App Code/build/libs/App Code-debug.ap_ --debug-mode --custom-package com.floaty.App --output-text-symbols /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/Appme-android/latest-update/App Code/build/symbols/debug
  Error Code:
        139


* Try:    
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 20.268 secs
host-005:App Code oslinux$ 

Executing Gradle with --stacktrace this is the output exception:

 * Exception is:
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':VMS Code:processDebugResources'.
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:69)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:46)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.execute(PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.java:35)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter$1.run(CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter.java:35)
        at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:179)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:232)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.longRunningOperation(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:142)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.java:83)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter.execute(CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter.java:33)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:58)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ContextualisingTaskExecuter.execute(ContextualisingTaskExecuter.java:34)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter$1.run(CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter.java:39)
        at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:124)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:112)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.useCache(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:134)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.java:79)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter.execute(CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter.java:37)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:57)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:41)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:51)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:52)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:42)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask.executeWithoutThrowingTaskFailure(AbstractTask.java:282)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.executeTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:48)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:34)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.process(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:27)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:89)
        at org.gradle.execution.SelectedTaskExecutionAction.execute(SelectedTaskExecutionAction.java:29)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.access$200(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:23)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter$2.proceed(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:67)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter$1.run(TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter.java:31)
        at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:124)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:112)
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.useCache(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:134)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.java:79)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter.execute(TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter.java:29)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.access$200(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:23)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter$2.proceed(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:67)
        at org.gradle.execution.DryRunBuildExecutionAction.execute(DryRunBuildExecutionAction.java:32)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
        at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:54)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:166)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:113)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:81)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:64)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:33)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:24)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:35)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:26)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:50)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:171)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:201)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:174)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:170)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:139)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)
        at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:48)
        at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)
        at org.gradle.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:39)
        at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:50)
        at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:32)
        at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:26)
        at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:33)
        at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:130)
        at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:48)
Caused by: com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command:
        /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/build-tools/android-4.2.2/aapt package -f --no-crunch -I /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/platforms/android-17/android.jar -M /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/vmsme-android/latest-update/VMS Code/build/manifests/debug/AndroidManifest.xml -S /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/vmsme-android/latest-update/VMS Code/build/res/all/debug -A /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/vmsme-android/latest-update/VMS Code/build/assets/debug -m -J /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/vmsme-android/latest-update/VMS Code/build/source/r/debug -F /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/vmsme-android/latest-update/VMS Code/build/libs/VMS Code-debug.ap_ --debug-mode --custom-package com.floaty.vms --output-text-symbols /Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/vmsme-android/latest-update/VMS Code/build/symbols/debug
Error Code:
        139

        at com.android.ide.common.internal.CommandLineRunner.runCmdLine(CommandLineRunner.java:98)
        at com.android.ide.common.internal.CommandLineRunner.runCmdLine(CommandLineRunner.java:69)
        at com.android.builder.AndroidBuilder.processResources(AndroidBuilder.java:617)
        at com.android.builder.AndroidBuilder$processResources.call(Unknown Source)
        at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessAndroidResources.doFullTaskAction(ProcessAndroidResources.groovy:91)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.IncrementalTask.taskAction(IncrementalTask.groovy:71)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.BeanDynamicObject$MetaClassAdapter.invokeMethod(BeanDynamicObject.java:216)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.BeanDynamicObject.invokeMethod(BeanDynamicObject.java:122)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.CompositeDynamicObject.invokeMethod(CompositeDynamicObject.java:147)
        at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessAndroidResources_Decorated.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)
        at org.gradle.util.ReflectionUtil.invoke(ReflectionUtil.groovy:23)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.doExecute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:217)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:210)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:199)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:526)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:509)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:80)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:61)
        ... 70 more


BUILD FAILED

Total time: 14.276 secs
host-005:VMS Code oslinux$ 

I'm using Android Studio 0.2.13

How can i solve those problems?

EDIT: this is my build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'
        classpath 'com.newrelic.agent.android:agent-gradle-plugin:2.397.0'
    }
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        url 'http://www.bugsense.com/gradle/'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'android'
apply plugin: 'newrelic'

dependencies {
    compile 'com.newrelic.agent.android:android-agent:2.397'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.+'
    compile 'com.intellij:annotations:12.+'
    compile 'com.bugsense.trace:bugsense:3.5'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:3.1.+'
    compile 'net.hockeyapp.android:HockeySDK:3.0.+'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    compile project(':libraries:facebook')
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 17
    buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 17
    }

    signingConfigs {
        release {
            storeFile file("/Users/oslinux/Documents/Chiavi Android/Sv01")
            storePassword "******"
            keyAlias "sv01"
            keyPassword "******"
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            debuggable true
            jniDebugBuild false
        }
    }
}

UPDATE

I tried manually executing aapt, getting the full command from the error message that gradle spits, it failed with:

Segmentation fault: 11

But once in a while it runs correctly and creates the package.

No errors other than "Segmentation fault: 11" are shown.

This is the command i'm trying to execute:

"/Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/build-tools/android-4.2.2/aapt" 
package -vv -f -a --no-crunch 
-I "/Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/platforms/android-17/android.jar" 
-M "/Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/app-android/latest-update/App Code/build/manifests/release/AndroidManifest.xml" 
-S "/Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/app-android/latest-update/App Code/build/res/all/release" 
-A "/Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/app-android/latest-update/App Code/build/assets/release" 
-m -J "/Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/app-android/latest-update/App Code/build/source/r/release" 
-F "/Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/app-android/latest-update/App Code/build/libs/App Code-release.ap_" 
--debug-mode --custom-package com.appandroid.app 
--output-text-symbols "/Users/oslinux/Documents/workspace/app-android/latest-update/App Code/build/symbols/release"

FINAL UPDATE

It finally seems like i solved this issue cleaning up my resources, removing some unused XML and an unused theme. This obviously does not answer this question that i guess is of common interest.

Navigating the web i found that AAPT is know to fail with SegFault11, and often it does not give any information about the real error which can be caused by:

• +id in Styles
• Duplicated resources / libraries
• unknown, like mine

So it would be useful to: 1. Find a way to identify the real cause of this error 2. Wait for an update to AAPT that returns some error message 3. Write a list of possible common causes.

Answer 1

I'm copying here my final update as an answer.

It finally seems like i solved this issue cleaning up my resources, removing some unused XML and an unused theme. This obviously does not answer this question that i guess is of common interest.

Navigating the web i found that AAPT is know to fail with SegFault11, and often it does not give any information about the real error which can be caused by:

• Malformed Resources (Missing attributes, wrong tags, etc...)
• +id in Styles
• Duplicated resources / libraries
• Declare-Styleable missing name
• Resource missmatch, try to use different AAPT versions.
• unknown, like mine So it would be useful to: 1. Find a way to identify the real cause of this error 2. Wait for an update to AAPT that returns some error message 3. Write a list of possible common causes.

As Dale Cooper suggested, you could also try to run Lint and see if it finds any warning about resources.

I'm trying to find links to users experiencing those other causes (It's been some time since the original question), i will update this answer when i'll find them back.

Answer 2

I just had sort of the same problem, but on the processDebugResources step. After a couple of hours I started to try running diffrent verisons of aapt (/build-tools/[version]/aapt) and it turns out that they give one hell of different error messages. The one I was originally using was 19.0.1 which only gave me Segmentation fault but when i tried out 18.1.1 I was suddenly pointed to a line in a menu.xml which had a resource missmatch. The problem turns out to be that I hade removed the default @string/action_settings because I thought I didn't use it.

Conclusion, trying different versions of aapt may help you find a resource missmatch.