how to fix 23.0.1\aapt.exe'' finished with

Question

All of a sudden I cannot get Gradle to build any projects under Android Studio.

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'. com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '\Local\Android\sdk\build-tools\23.0.0\aapt.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

My Gradle is

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.marathon.simplelist"
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
}

Even if I create a new Blank Activity project I still get this error.

I have Android Studio 1.3.1 installed with

SDK Platforms: 5.X, 5.1, 5.0, 4.4, 2.3.3 SDK Tools: SDK Build Tools, SDK Tools 24.4, Platform-Tools 23.0.1

Obviously something is reconfigured locally since even a new empty project will not build. Ideas on how I can resolve this?

Answer 1

In my case I was using wrong string resource id in a layout file. After I fixed it and rebuilded the project the error was gone. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Upgrade your buildToolsVersion to latest and make sure your appcompactv7 import matches the sdk buildtoolversion. In my case it was buildToolsVersion '26.0.0'. Upgrading to it solved my issue.

Answer 3

I also have same error : "aapt-exe-finished-with-non-zero-exit-value-1"

In my code there was an mistake in layout xml file about drawable file name, after correct it. Its working for me.