Can't find error in Execution failed for task ':app:kaptReleaseKotlin'

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I am having this error while trying to build my app:

org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:kaptReleaseKotlin'. at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:100) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.execute(OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.java:51) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:62) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:60) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:97) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:87) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:241) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:230) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:123) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:79) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:104) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:626) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:581) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Caused by: org.gradle.api.GradleException: Compilation error. See log for more details at org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.TasksUtilsKt.throwGradleExceptionIfError(tasksUtils.kt:8) at org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KaptTask.compile(KaptTask.kt:124) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.doExecute(StandardTaskAction.java:46) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:39) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:26) at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:780) at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:747) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:121) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92) ... 32 more

I have looked at other answers similar to this one, but regarding :app:compileDebugKotlin, that always pointed out to some code error, but I couldn't find where mine is.

app gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

repositories {
maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
google()
}

buildscript {
repositories {
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}

dependencies {
    // These docs use an open ended version so that our plugin
    // can be updated quickly in response to Android tooling updates

    // We recommend changing it to the latest version from our changelog:
    // https://docs.fabric.io/android/changelog.html#fabric-gradle-plugin
    classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.24.1'
}
}

// Create a variable called keystorePropertiesFile, and initialize it to your
// keystore.properties file, in the rootProject folder.
def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file("keystore.properties")

// Initialize a new Properties() object called keystoreProperties.
def keystoreProperties = new Properties()

// Load your keystore.properties file into the keystoreProperties object.
keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))

android {
signingConfigs {
    config {
        keyAlias keystoreProperties['keyAlias']
        keyPassword keystoreProperties['keyPassword']
        storeFile file(keystoreProperties['storeFile'])
        storePassword keystoreProperties['storePassword']
    }
}
compileSdkVersion 27
buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "package name"
    versionCode 45
    versionName "5.4"
    minSdkVersion 15
    targetSdkVersion 27

    javaCompileOptions {
        annotationProcessorOptions {
            arguments = ["room.schemaLocation": "$projectDir/schemas".toString()]
        }
    }
}

packagingOptions {
    exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
    exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE-FIREBASE.txt'
    exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
}

buildTypes {
    release {
        debuggable true
        minifyEnabled true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
        signingConfig signingConfigs.config
    }
}
productFlavors {
}

sourceSets {
    androidTest.assets.srcDirs += files("$projectDir/schemas".toString())
}
compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
}

dependencies {
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.0'

implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-drive:12.0.1'
implementation files('libs/opencsv-2.3.jar')
implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:27.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:27.1.0'

implementation 'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:27.1.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:12.0.1'

implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:12.0.1'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:12.0.1'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:12.0.1'

implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:12.0.1'

implementation ('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.1@aar') {
    transitive = true
}

implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"

implementation 'android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1'

implementation 'android.arch.persistence.room:rxjava2:1.0.0'
implementation 'android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:1.1.0-beta1'
kapt 'android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:1.1.0-beta1'

implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.0.1'
implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.1.8'
}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

project gradle:

buildscript {
ext.kotlin_version = '1.2.30'
repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven {
        url 'https://maven.google.com/'
        name 'Google'
    }
    google()
}
dependencies {
    classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.1'
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
    jcenter()
    google()
}
}

It started after an upgrade to:

Android Studio 3.1 Build #AI-173.4670197, built on March 21, 2018 JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1024-b01 x86_64 JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o Mac OS X 10.13.3

But I was also updating my code.

I am using --stacktrace and --debug in the Compiler Command-line Options. I would appreciate any help at pointing my error in my gradle configuration or any hint to improve the stacktrace so I could reach the error.

Andre Rocha · Answer 1 · 2018-04-04T13:18:36.837

Ok. The answer of DeltaCap in the post pointed by Ege Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugKotlin'. > Compilation error. See log for more details made me search for gradle-console and I ended up looking at this post Show Gradle Console when running task that solved the problem of looking for the useful error message so I could find and solve the source error.

I will accept the suggestion that the first post solved my problem, but I want to thank everyone that have posted in or answered this question. Thank you.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '18 at 13:52

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I solved a similar problem in my app. Turned out to be a problem with a SQLite query. The query used a select parameter "arg0" but the parameter needed to match the name of the parameter passed to the method. This didn't become an error until upgrading to Kotlin 1.2.30.

answered Apr 03 '18 at 13:52

nickle_nine

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But did the build point you to the error ? Or the message it gave you was the same of my question ? Before the upgrade I had some Query issues and the build pointed me to the error, but now the message is different, I was thinking the error was in my gradle file. – Andre Rocha Apr 04 '18 at 09:28
@AndreRocha you can get this error from literally anything, missin xml tag, a class that is supposted to be open or even a missing annotation – Ege Kuzubasioglu Apr 04 '18 at 10:48
Ok. So where do I go to see where the error is ? Formerly Android Studio would point me to the error in the Log, but not now, that's why I am lost. – Andre Rocha Apr 04 '18 at 11:59

Can't find error in Execution failed for task ':app:kaptReleaseKotlin'

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