Getting mergeDebugResources error while running ionic build android

Question

I am getting following error while running ionic build android command. I spent hours to google it, but could not get any solution. Please help guys.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

What went wron Execution failed for task ':mergeDebugResources'. D:\Ionic_Workspace\MyProject_Dev\MyProject_Workspace_1.1\MyProject 1.1\platforms\and roid\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services-base\9.6.1\res\drawable-t vdpi-v4\common_google_signin_btn_text_light_disabled.9.png: Error: File path too long on Windows, ke ep below 240 characters : D:\Ionic_Workspace\MyProject_Dev\MyProject_Workspace_1.1\MyProject 1.1\platforms\android\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services-b ase\9.6.1\res\drawable-tvdpi-v4\common_google_signin_btn_text_light_disabled.9.png

Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more l og output. Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output: FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':mergeDebugResources'. D:\Ionic_Workspace\MyProject_Dev\MyProject_Workspace_1.1\MyProject 1.1\platforms\and roid\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services-base\9.6.1\res\drawable-t vdpi-v4\common_google_signin_btn_text_light_disabled.9.png: Error: File path too long on Windows, ke ep below 240 characters : D:\Ionic_Workspace\MyProject_Dev\MyProject_Workspace_1.1\MyProject 1.1\platforms\android\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services-b ase\9.6.1\res\drawable-tvdpi-v4\common_google_signin_btn_text_light_disabled.9.png

Try:Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more l og output.

Answer 1

My friend verified error stack, and he identified a problem

Let us go through line which is mentioned in error above,

Error: File path too long on Windows, keep below 240 characters :

So basically Windows only allows 240 character limit for a path. So he updated path for project and finally we solved the problem. Hope it will help somebody!!