Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'. failed to execute aapt

Question

In Android Studio I have this error when I update Android SDK Tools to version 25:

I tried to modify SDK version in gradle build to 21 to execute my app but I have this error. Really I don't why this happens. This is my build.gradle file:

Thanks a lot for your help!

Paste the content of your project level and app level gradle files — ifiok, Dec 18 '16 at 18:15
i pasted my gradle file it's in the picture, and my peject level API is 25 it's that enough — zakaria, Dec 21 '16 at 13:16
Maybe this response can fix this issue http://stackoverflow.com/a/31203627/2666042 — Arnold Gandarillas, Mar 30 '17 at 20:32
@bdevloper i clean my project and invalidate cache and restart in menu file that fixed the problem for me, you can try that ! — zakaria, Oct 04 '17 at 09:38
Yes I do that more than 20 times but didn't help. And I got this error in each and every project (new created and old once also). Thanks for reply if u have some other solution please tell me. — Bhavin Patel, Oct 04 '17 at 10:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 09 '17 at 06:35

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Update your build tools, and the error will be fixed automatically.

edited Jun 09 '17 at 06:35

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answered Jun 08 '17 at 23:43

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Do you mean upgrade Gradle? Or the SDK? – Nicolas Raoul Aug 10 '17 at 08:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 12:23

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I have same issue before seeing this post i solved it by exiting android studio and running it with administrative privilege

answered Aug 22 '17 at 12:23

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 06 '17 at 23:44

I was getting this after adding google maps. It turned out being a missing key reference

Error:(45) resource string/google_maps_key (aka com.your.package:string/google_maps_key) not found.
Error:(45) error: resource string/google_maps_key (aka com.your.package:string/google_maps_key) not found.
android/app/build/intermediates/manifests/full/debug/AndroidManifest.xml

In the manifest. Which needed to be added in the build.gradle script as showin in https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/map-with-marker. After adding the following to build.gradle

  resValue "string", "google_maps_key",
          (project.findProperty("GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY") ?: "")

The aapt error went away.

Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'. failed to execute aapt

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