Android Studio Execution failed for task app mergeDebugResources if project is created on drive C

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I added Google Play services as a dependency in my current project  If I save the project on the C  drive  I get the following error while syncing up the project   Error  Execution failed for task   app mergeDebugResources           gt  Error  Failed to run command         C  Program Files  x86  Android android-studio sdk build-tools android-4 4 2 aapt exe s -i C  Users ashokp Desktop Studio AndroidV2SDK AndroidStudioFormat Google Play        Services SampleApplication AndroidV2SDKSampleApp GooglePlayServices app build exploded-aar com google android gms play-services 4 3 23 res drawable-hdpi common signin btn text focus light 9 png -o        C  Users ashokp Desktop Studio AndroidV2SDK AndroidStudioFormat Google Play        Services SampleApplication AndroidV2SDKSampleApp GooglePlayServices app build res all debug drawable-hdpi common signin btn text focus light 9 png        Error Code         42   This only happens if the project is saved on the C  drive  If I save it to some other drive  it works perfectly   Does anyone else face this issue  What causes this  How can I fix circumvent this

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Relocate the project in an outer directory   For example from C  Users x desktop AndroidProject to C  projects AndroidProject

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I encountered the same error   In the end  the problem was that I used an image in res drawable that I copied in there and saved it as  png although the original file was  jpg    I deleted the file  there s a warning message if there are still usages for the item in your code  but you can ignore it  and pasted it in with the original  jpg ending   After a cleanup and gradle syncronization the error disappeared

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add this in module s build gradle   android      aaptOptions cruncherEnabled   false     aaptOptions useNewCruncher   false

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In drawable assets there was an image format which was an unsupported image  When i removed the image every thing started working fine

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In my case  I created a folder audio in res directory  That caused the problem  Deleting the folder fixed it  Hope it might help someone

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In Android Studio 1 4 with buildToolsVersion  22 0 1  the approach of fvasquezc23 worked for me with a restart and cache invalidation   So  after you change the location of your project folder     copy paste the folder onto disk D   or somewhere else with no big    folder in folder    structure   just   go to    File    -     Invalidate Caches Restart     below    Synchronize     select first option    Invalidate and Restart

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For developers who live in Iran  Just rebuild while offline  You re done   it s related to sanctions

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Adding the right repository in Project build gradle solved the issue  In my case Google Maven Repository was needed and was added as below in the build gradle repositories   google      refer to this link for declaring repositories  https   docs gradle org current userguide declaring repositories html

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Cleaning the project worked for me  Build   clean project

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In my case    I Followed This answer  Changed the location of project  Tried another android device  Build and success install  Tried on my android device  Build and success install   Uninstall any previous version of same app on device    Edit- Again it happend  I had this error message and lot of others like   x-version is deprecated and use y-version instead and it ll be removed in 2019  and all of my project started giving same error messages suddenly   Android studio was giving warnings about my antivirus program  I tried configuring it but didn t work   Finally I uninstalled QuickHeal antivirus from my system and all is well now

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Dont make name with capital letters   Always use lowercase  for naming   This will work fine   like companyLogo png will raise error but company logo png will work fine

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I was facing this issue after i updated to Android-Studio 3 6 the only way that worked for me was downgrading project build gradle setting by changing   from  dependencies       classpath  com android tools build gradle 3 6 0      to  dependencies       classpath  com android tools build gradle 3 3 0

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I have a similar problem with Error Execution failed for task   app mergeDebugResources  And at last I found the reason is the pictures resource error which use the incorrect   9 png

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This is caused by the path length restriction  I think it s 256 characters maximum   Relocate your project and the build will succeed

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I had the same problem  Try to go to Build - Rebuild project  I didn t get that problem again and my app successfully started

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Remove any capital letters or other not allowed symbols in resource file name   Example  activity parkingList --  activity parking list

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If you are working on PC of a company that uses a proxy you must turn on your VPN

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Update your gradle build tools in project level gradle   and it will show you the exact resource that is causing the error

[android] Android Studio: “Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'” if project is created on drive C:

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