"Execution of compression failed" error when building project in Android Studio 3.1

Question

I'm trying to build https://github.com/neural-nuts/Cam2Caption in Android Studio 3.1 Preview, but either I use very old build.gradle, or it dies with

Error:Execution failed for task ':Application:packageDebug'. Execution of compression failed. 

this happens after doing a project clean, or a rebuild. OSX, latest most-everything. I'm using what I think is a default latest-and-greatest build.gradle

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0' ... android {     compileSdkVersion 26     defaultConfig {         minSdkVersion 26         targetSdkVersion 26     }      compileOptions {         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8     } ....         compile "com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0"         compile "com.android.support:support-v13:26.1.0"         compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:26.1.0"         compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0" 

With stacktrace, I get

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.  * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':Application:packageDebug'. > java.io.IOException: Execution of compression failed.  * Exception is: org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':Application:packageDebug'.     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$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)     at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) Caused by: org.gradle.tooling.BuildException: java.io.IOException: Execution of compression failed.     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.lambda$parallelForEachOutput$10(OutputScope.java:241)     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.parallelForEachOutput(OutputScope.java:236)     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.parallelForEachOutput(OutputScope.java:197)     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.parallelForEachOutput(OutputScope.java:181)     at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.PackageAndroidArtifact.doFullTaskAction(PackageAndroidArtifact.java:449)     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.IncrementalTask.taskAction(IncrementalTask.java:109)     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$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)     at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)     at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)     at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110)     at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92)     ... 29 more Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: Execution of compression failed. Caused by: java.io.IOException: Execution of compression failed.     at com.android.apkzlib.zip.CentralDirectoryHeader.getCompressionInfoWithWait(CentralDirectoryHeader.java:431)     at com.android.apkzlib.zip.ZFile.processAllReadyEntriesWithWait(ZFile.java:1749)     at com.android.apkzlib.zip.ZFile.hasPendingChangesWithWait(ZFile.java:2623)     at com.android.apkzlib.zfile.ApkZFileCreator.hasPendingChangesWithWait(ApkZFileCreator.java:180)     at com.android.builder.internal.packaging.IncrementalPackager.hasPendingChangesWithWait(IncrementalPackager.java:319)     at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.PackageAndroidArtifact.doTask(PackageAndroidArtifact.java:672)     at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.PackageAndroidArtifact.splitFullAction(PackageAndroidArtifact.java:500)     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.lambda$parallelForEachOutput$6(OutputScope.java:186)     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.lambda$parallelForEachOutput$7(OutputScope.java:203)     at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.lambda$null$8(OutputScope.java:225)     Suppressed: java.io.IOException: Failed to obtain compression information for entry         at com.android.apkzlib.zip.ZFile.processAllReadyEntries(ZFile.java:1727)         at com.android.apkzlib.zip.ZFile.processAllReadyEntriesWithWait(ZFile.java:1741)         at com.android.apkzlib.zip.ZFile.update(ZFile.java:904)         at com.android.apkzlib.zip.ZFile.close(ZFile.java:1196)         at com.android.apkzlib.zfile.ApkZFileCreator.close(ApkZFileCreator.java:189)         at com.google.common.io.Closer.close(Closer.java:216)         at com.android.builder.internal.packaging.IncrementalPackager.close(IncrementalPackager.java:332)         at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.PackageAndroidArtifact.doTask(PackageAndroidArtifact.java:678)         at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.PackageAndroidArtifact.splitFullAction(PackageAndroidArtifact.java:500)         at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.lambda$parallelForEachOutput$6(OutputScope.java:186)         at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.lambda$parallelForEachOutput$7(OutputScope.java:203)         at com.android.build.gradle.internal.scope.OutputScope.lambda$null$8(OutputScope.java:225)         at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask$AdaptedCallable.exec(ForkJoinTask.java:1424)         at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:289)         at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1056)         at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1692)         at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:157)     Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Self-suppression not permitted         at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.getDoneValue(AbstractFuture.java:503)         at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:462)         at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$TrustedFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:79)         at com.android.apkzlib.zip.ZFile.processAllReadyEntries(ZFile.java:1722)         ... 16 more     Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Self-suppression not permitted         at com.android.apkzlib.zip.compress.DeflateExecutionCompressor.immediateCompress(DeflateExecutionCompressor.java:72)         at com.android.apkzlib.zip.compress.ExecutorCompressor.lambda$compress$0(ExecutorCompressor.java:54)     Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Self-suppression not permitted     at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.getDoneValue(AbstractFuture.java:503)     at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:482)     at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$TrustedFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:79)     at com.android.apkzlib.zip.CentralDirectoryHeader.getCompressionInfoWithWait(CentralDirectoryHeader.java:425)     ... 9 more     [CIRCULAR REFERENCE:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Self-suppression not permitted]  * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org  BUILD FAILED in 12s 

Answer 1

I also ran into this problem. This happened because I included a very large zip file in the assets. So the JVM didn't had enough memory to build the project. I fixed this issue by adding dexoptions in app build.gradle

android {     dexOptions {         javaMaxHeapSize "4g"     }  } 

And increasing JVM heap size

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4608M 

like this. Go to gradle.properties to find this option.