Could not find com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.2.0

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AndroidStudio3.2 Canary14 fails clean-and-rebuild with the following error

Could not find com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.2.0-alpha14-4748712.
Searched in the following locations:
    file:~/Library/Android/sdk/extras/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712.pom
    file:~/Library/Android/sdk/extras/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712-osx.jar
    file:~/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712.pom
    file:~/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712-osx.jar
    file:~/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712.pom
    file:~/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712-osx.jar
    https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712.pom
    https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha14-4748712/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha14-4748712-osx.jar
Required by:
    project :app

score 266 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Beginning with Android Studio 3.2 Canary 11, the source for AAPT2 (Android Asset Packaging Tool 2) is Google's Maven repository.

To use AAPT2, make sure that you have a google() dependency in your build.gradle file, as shown here:

buildscript {
  repositories {
      google() // here
      jcenter()
  }
  dependencies {
      classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0-alpha12'
  }
} 
allprojects {
  repositories {
      google() // and here
      jcenter()
  }
}

The new version of AAPT2 fixes many issues, including improved handling of non-ASCII characters on Windows.

Adding the repositories in the buildscript is not sufficient, you need to add it also in allprojects.

Source: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/#aapt2_gmaven

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

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answered May 11 '18 at 11:02

Izabela Orlowska

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This fixed it for me -- I had `google()` in `buildscript` repos but not in `allprojects` repos. Much obliged. – LarsH Sep 27 '18 at 17:44
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Thank you! it is such a simple fix. It begs the question as to why the error message has to be so cryptic that recommended action wasn't included by default – Antony Oct 14 '18 at 21:21
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[LarsH](https://stackoverflow.com/users/423105/larsh) answer helped, one more point is that google() should be present on top of others too. Order also Matters here. – Reejesh PK Oct 23 '18 at 11:31
Is it also possible to build the project without the `google()` dependency? – white_gecko Nov 16 '18 at 19:21
You could download the artifact from maven and put it into your offline repository if you really wanted to – Izabela Orlowska Nov 18 '18 at 12:39
Adding `allprojects {...` does it! – NoBugs Feb 09 '19 at 04:35
Its worked for me. Its a great post. goolge() .I think repository files are download from google(). why not in jcenter()?? – Mahabubuzzaman Feb 20 '19 at 02:29
@Mahabubuzzaman Because google publishes its artifacts directly to maven, which google() stands for - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/index.html – Izabela Orlowska Feb 20 '19 at 11:27
not working for me ... Does any other solution, please? – hassan moradnezhad Jul 08 '19 at 16:37
@hassanmoradnezhad this is the solution to the problem - maybe you're facing a different problem or didn't place the 'google()' repository in allprojects? – Izabela Orlowska Jul 09 '19 at 13:01
@IzabelaOrlowska I got "org.gradle.internal.resolve.ArtifactNotFoundException: Could not find aapt2-windows.jar" error and i placed "google()" to allproject and buildscript repositories ... it's about two days that I'm searching for the answer, but none of them helps me – hassan moradnezhad Jul 09 '19 at 14:17
@hassanmoradnezhad can you share your project? – Izabela Orlowska Jul 10 '19 at 10:43
@IzabelaOrlowska thank you very much, I fix the issue by upgrading Gradle to the latest version :) – hassan moradnezhad Jul 10 '19 at 11:52
Thanks, i got my old android projecr working again! – fuzzy dunlop May 12 '23 at 17:40

score 48 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '18 at 05:37

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Are you opening a very old project? If so, make sure your app's build.gradle has:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

repositories {
    google()
    jcenter()
}

(That solved it for me anyways)

answered May 11 '18 at 05:37

Pico

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The important part is the "google()" repository dependency. – Izabela Orlowska May 11 '18 at 10:59
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For me it was the order. I had `google()` but it was down in the list of repos. Moving it on top of the list of repos fixed the issue. – Ezekiel Sebastine Oct 23 '18 at 09:16
this should be accepted... (for opening old projects at least)... the key repository was google() and it can be placed either to app's build.gradle or rather in project's build.gradle under allprojects > repositories, where jcenter() usually already is – Lukáš Řádek May 02 '19 at 14:49

score 21 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 13 '18 at 06:51

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Just add google() on your buidscript and allprojects then rebuild the project.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google() // `enter code here`
    }
 }

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google() // `<-- here`
    }
}

edited Nov 13 '18 at 06:51

V-rund Puro-hit

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answered Nov 13 '18 at 06:25

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AliSh · Answer 4 · 2021-12-27T00:21:06.447

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I am in Iran, and some of google's repositories are restricted in my location. When I changed my IP to another country, this problem was solved. It seems you may have an internet connection problem when this error happens.

edited Dec 27 '21 at 00:21

answered Dec 28 '19 at 07:56

AliSh

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actually i am using vpn but the problem still remind and i cant run the project! – Nadia Apr 14 '20 at 14:16
That's interesting. I was using a VPN that tunnels to **Netherlands** and when I tunneled it to US it downloaded the aapt tools. What's going on?. – Abdifatah Mohamed May 20 '21 at 14:23

Samson Ayalew · Answer 5 · 2019-12-25T15:20:16.717

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Update your app's build.grade file dependency with the updated version of grade

dependencies {    
  classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'   
}

Follow android studio suggestion of the version to update to. after your grade classpath update and re-sync your app.

After all this restart your android studio.

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answered Dec 25 '19 at 14:11

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Jorgesys · Answer 6 · 2020-01-23T02:14:56.430

I had this error message:

Could not download aapt2-osx.jar (com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.5.0-5435860): No cached version available for offline mode

Even if I had defined all the necessary dependencies for my proyect, and the right configuration into my build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

repositories {
    google()
    jcenter()
}

The error still happening, but this message gave me a clue of what was happening:

No cached version available for offline mode

So I discovered that I was working offline, you need to uncheck the "offline mode" then Android Studio will be able to download the necessary resources to create the project.

When your project is working again, you can check again to work offlin.

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 17 '19 at 07:51

I resolve this issue by changing the "distributionUrl" in android/gradle/gradle-wrapper.properties.

The default value was https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.2-all.zip and I changed it to https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip and the error is gone.

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 23 '19 at 06:24

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()  //导入旧版本项目时，一般来说该处依赖会在更改classpath中gradle版本是自动添加
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
       /*
        解决报错：Could not find com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.3.0-5013011.
        Beginning with Android Studio 3.2 Canary 11, the source for AAPT2 (Android Asset Packaging Tool 2) is Google's Maven repository.
        To use AAPT2, make sure that you have a google() dependency in your build.gradle file, as shown here:
        */
        google() //但是此处不会，需要自主添加
        jcenter()
    }
}

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 08 '20 at 08:35

I have same problem even with google() fix by change this lines

change this in build.gradle

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.0'

to this

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.2'

and change this in gradle-wrapper.properties

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-all.zip

to this

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-all.zip

score 0 · Answer 10 · edited May 06 '20 at 09:52

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The solution is a four-step process,

change the classpath in build.gradle to the desired version.
Sync Now
After it downloads all the files, you can delete the new and add the previous version in Gradle.
Sync Now

edited May 06 '20 at 09:52

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answered Sep 18 '19 at 05:54

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 01 '20 at 17:25

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3 steps to fix it below within the video

Gradle bar to the right
Toggle offline mode sign
Rebuild en enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W3a6_xwGOo&

answered May 01 '20 at 17:25

Zae-Balsya

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After having a "Could not resolve ..." error and Android Studio (or gradle plugin or whatever) suggesting to look at offline mode, I couldn't find it! I had looked through the settings, and various gradle properties and settings files. This offline mode symbol in the gradle bar on right did it for me, thanks! – hwertz Mar 03 '22 at 20:53

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 30 '20 at 21:17

In my case, I was able to resolve it by updating "Android SDK Build-Tools" to the latest version.

In Android studio, Goto Tools -> SDK Manager -> Select SDK tools tab -> check whether any update available for the Android SDK Build - Tools (updated to the latest v30.0.0).

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 06 '21 at 05:38

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Go to settings.gradle and remove projectRoot.name file

answered Apr 06 '21 at 05:38

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 14 '21 at 11:17

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Problem happened to me when i opened my old project

Can be fixed by upgrading the tools gradle

classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.2"

answered Jun 14 '21 at 11:17

amirreza arampour

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 11 '21 at 16:04

Unfortunality non of the answers above was complete enough, however this work for me . Just make sure your build.gradel has all of the following

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google() // Check if this Google exists and is in the first
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google() // Check if this Google exists and is in the first
        jcenter()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Dec 06 '22 at 09:48

important: if your country is blocked by android related sites(you receive 403 from android related sites like https://dl.google.com/dl/android) , make sure you have a working VPN, you may wonder if it is important, but i assure you it is important

after making sure you have a working internet connection, do the following steps

make sure your android studio and gradle version are compatible. check it here

check if you have these blocks in build.gradle(project)

.
.
.
  repositories {
    google()
    mavenCentral()
}

.
.
.

  allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
}
.
.
.

after doing above steps, if the app can't be run, do the following

close android studio
delete gradle caches(ubuntu: home/.gradle/caches)
open android studio and let gradle build the project. then try to run the app(it is important to have a working internet connection specially in this step, some proxies may get response from some sites, but get blocked on others and the build error doesn't show the correct problem)

score -1 · Answer 17 · answered Feb 20 '20 at 22:21

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you need to tape in the: build.gradle () and type google() and this option do it in buildscript & allproject section

answered Feb 20 '20 at 22:21

DonMoh

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this is more of a comment than an answer – sudo97 Feb 21 '20 at 00:30

score -2 · Answer 18 · answered Aug 07 '19 at 04:37

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if google() not fixied then File -> Setting -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Gradle

Then Uncheck Ofline Work, Done.

answered Aug 07 '19 at 04:37

Saljith Kj

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