Some file crunching failed, mergeDebugResources FAILED

Question

This error occurred today after I updated Android Studio from 2.2 to 2.3 , and run app to my phone. Everything was OK last Friday. This Monday gift ruined my all day.
Gradle setting is "Use local gradle distribution", version 3.3 .

log info as below, because it's too long and all of them are similar, I just copied some segments:

Error: Some file crunching failed, see logs for details
:app:mergeDebugResources FAILED
AAPT: \\?\C:\Users\任\.android\build-cache\41cfce3bb6e2ca4b269727fe91725c24a067ec68\output\res\drawable-mdpi-v4\abc_btn_switch_to_on_mtrl_00012.9.png ERROR: Unable to open PNG file
AAPT: \\?\C:\Users\任\.android\build-cache\41cfce3bb6e2ca4b269727fe91725c24a067ec68\output\res\drawable-xxhdpi-v4\abc_ic_star_half_black_48dp.png ERROR: Unable to open PNG file
AAPT: \\?\C:\Users\任\.android\build-cache\41cfce3bb6e2ca4b269727fe91725c24a067ec68\output\res\drawable-hdpi-v4\abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha.png ERROR: Unable to open PNG file
AAPT: \\?\C:\Users\任\.android\build-cache\41cfce3bb6e2ca4b269727fe91725c24a067ec68\output\res\drawable-xxhdpi-v4\abc_text_select_handle_middle_mtrl_light.png ERROR: Unable to open PNG file

AAPT err(Facade for 925134644) : No Delegate set : lost message:\\?\C:\Users\任\.android\build-cache\41cfce3bb6e2ca4b269727fe91725c24a067ec68\output\res\drawable-hdpi-v4\abc_ic_star_half_black_48dp.png ERROR: Unable to open PNG file
AAPT err(Facade for 925134644) : No Delegate set : lost message:\\?\C:\Users\任\.android\build-cache\41cfce3bb6e2ca4b269727fe91725c24a067ec68\output\res\drawable-mdpi-v4\abc_switch_track_mtrl_alpha.9.png ERROR: Unable to open PNG file

build.gradle as below:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion '25.0.2'

    aaptOptions {
        cruncherEnabled = false
    }

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 18
        targetSdkVersion 18
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    sourceSets {
        main {
            assets.srcDirs = ['src/main/assets', 'src/main/assets/']
        }
    }

    useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'

    dependencies {
        compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
        testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
        compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.2.0'
        compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.2.0'
        compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:7.0.1'
        compile 'org.jetbrains:annotations-java5:15.0'
    }
}

According to advice from other questions, although some answers are just too outdated, still I have tried following ways, unfortunately, none of them saved me:
1. remove all .9.png files from my project.
2. check all png files are real PNG.
3. insert following settings to build.gradle :

aaptOptions {  
    cruncherEnabled = false  
}  

4. check project file path, not reaching 255 characters (Windows 10).
5. clear gradle caches.
6. Invalidate caches and restart.
7. clean project.

I think log info leads me to files auto-generated by Android Studio. Trying to search error .png files, none of them exists in my project.

Any advice is appreciated.

Answer 1

problem solved. The solution is here.

Related data as below:
1. According to release notes of Android Studio version 2.3, build cache is enabled by default.
2. so we should disable this setting. Here is official guide, Android Studio/User Guide/build-cache(link https://developer.android.com/studio/build/build-cache.html).
3. go to gradle.properties file, and disable build cache.

// To re-enable the build cache, either delete the following
// line or set the property to 'true'.
android.enableBuildCache=false

the other way is to modify build cache dir by adding

# first line can be skipped because true is the default value by 2.3
android.enableBuildCache=true
android.buildCacheDir =c:\\temp\\