Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources' & Build errors

Question

In every project I'm getting same following error

Information:Gradle tasks [clean, :app:generateDebugSources, :app:mockableAndroidJar, :app:prepareDebugUnitTestDependencies, :app:generateDebugAndroidTestSources] Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'. Error: Some file crunching failed, see logs for details Error:Some file crunching failed, see logs for details Information:BUILD FAILED

Even if I'm creating new project, without adding anything I'm getting above error, also getting an

Cannot resolve symbol 'R'

in every project.

Possible duplicate of ["cannot resolve symbol R" in Android Studio](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17054000/cannot-resolve-symbol-r-in-android-studio) — John Joe, Jun 08 '17 at 03:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '17 at 03:41

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Please check any resource file is missing or not.

Otherwise go to Build in the top menu and click on Clean Project.

If this also not works then restart Android Studio.

answered Jun 08 '17 at 03:41

Avijit Karmakar

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You did not get any option to import R in the code? Please hover on the error. – Avijit Karmakar Jun 08 '17 at 03:43
It's giving me the option for adding class, enum or something in my code with variable 'R' – Kiran Malvi Jun 08 '17 at 03:49
It's not giving you the option Import Class? – Avijit Karmakar Jun 08 '17 at 03:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '17 at 06:05

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Sometimes this error comes due to the path of the project file.

Try relocating your project with short path address and then try to build the project.

answered Jun 08 '17 at 06:05

Jubin Mathai

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Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources' & Build errors

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