I have built a react-native app. It works fine on the android emulator and now I want to generate an APK. I have followed the docs for doing this which can be seen here I use the command
./gradlew assembleRelease
to build the apk but I keep getting an error when building the APK. I have checked various stack overflow questions on the topic including this one also this github issue. I have included the line
android.enableAapt2=false
The app level build.gradle file looks like this
apply plugin: "com.android.application"
import com.android.build.OutputFile
/** * The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets * and bundleReleaseJsAndAssets). * These basically call `react-native bundle` with the correct arguments during the Android build * cycle. By default, bundleDebugJsAndAssets is skipped, as in debug/dev mode we prefer to load the * bundle directly from the development server. Below you can see all the possible configurations * and their defaults. If you decide to add a configuration block, make sure to add it before the * `apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"` line. * * project.ext.react = [ * // the name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle * bundleAssetName: "index.android.bundle", * * // the entry file for bundle generation * entryFile: "index.android.js", * * // whether to bundle JS and assets in debug mode * bundleInDebug: false, * * // whether to bundle JS and assets in release mode * bundleInRelease: true, * * // whether to bundle JS and assets in another build variant (if configured). * // See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Build-Variants
* // The configuration property can be in the following formats * // 'bundleIn${productFlavor}${buildType}' * // 'bundleIn${buildType}' * // bundleInFreeDebug: true, * // bundleInPaidRelease: true, * // bundleInBeta: true, * * // whether to disable dev mode in custom build variants (by default only disabled in release) * // for example: to disable dev mode in the staging build type (if configured) * devDisabledInStaging: true, * // The configuration property can be in the following formats * // 'devDisabledIn${productFlavor}${buildType}' * // 'devDisabledIn${buildType}' * * // the root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives * root: "../../", * * // where to put the JS bundle asset in debug mode * jsBundleDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/debug", * * // where to put the JS bundle asset in release mode * jsBundleDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/release", * * // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via * // require('./image.png')), in debug mode * resourcesDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/debug", * * // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via * // require('./image.png')), in release mode * resourcesDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/release", * * // by default the gradle tasks are skipped if none of the JS files or assets change; this means * // that we don't look at files in android/ or ios/ to determine whether the tasks are up to * // date; if you have any other folders that you want to ignore for performance reasons (gradle
* // indexes the entire tree), add them here. Alternatively, if you have JS files in android/ * // for example, you might want to remove it from here. * inputExcludes: ["android/**", "ios/**"], *
* // override which node gets called and with what additional arguments * nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"], * * // supply additional arguments to the packager * extraPackagerArgs: [] * ]
*/
project.ext.react = [
entryFile: "index.js" ]
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
/** * Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one: *
- An APK that only works on ARM devices * - An APK that only works on x86 devices * The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB. * Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download * the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device. */ def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
/** * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds. */ def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.project"
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 22
versionCode 2
versionName "1.0"
ndk {
abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
}
}
splits {
abi {
reset()
enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
universalApk false // If true, also generate a universal APK
include "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
}
}
signingConfigs {
release {
if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
}
}
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
}
}
// applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.each { output ->
// For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
// http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/apk-splits
def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2]
def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
if (abi != null) { // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
output.versionCodeOverride =
versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
}
}
}
productFlavors {
} }
dependencies {
compile project(':react-native-vector-icons')
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
// From node_modules
implementation project(':react-native-maps')
implementation(project(':react-native-maps')) {
exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-base'
exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-maps'
}
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:10.2.4'
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:10.2.4' }
// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK // puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
from configurations.compile
into 'libs' }
in my global gradle.properties file, I have also updated react-native to the latest 55.3 as of writing this, and I still get the error that looks like this.
Task :app:processReleaseResources Failed to execute aapt com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt at com.android.builder.core.AndroidBuilder.processResources(AndroidBuilder.java:796) at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessAndroidResources.invokeAaptForSplit(ProcessAndroidResources.java:551) at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessAndroidResources.doFullTaskAction(ProcessAndroidResources.java:285) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.IncrementalTask.taskAction(IncrementalTask.java:109) at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:173) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:134) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:121) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:122) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:197) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:111) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:63) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:58) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:88) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:197) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$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:124) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:80) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:105) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:99) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:625) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:580) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:99) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Error while executing process /Users/danieltuttle/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/26.0.2/aapt with arguments {package -f --no-crunch -I /Users/danieltuttle/Library/Android/sdk/platforms/android-23/android.jar -M /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/manifests/full/release/AndroidManifest.xml -S /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/res/merged/release -m -J /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/generated/source/r/release -F /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/res/release/resources-release.ap_ --custom-package com.project -0 apk --output-text-symbols /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/symbols/release --no-version-vectors} at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.getDoneValue(AbstractFuture.java:503) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:482) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$TrustedFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:79) at com.android.builder.core.AndroidBuilder.processResources(AndroidBuilder.java:794) ... 41 more Caused by: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Error while executing process /Users/danieltuttle/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/26.0.2/aapt with arguments {package -f --no-crunch -I /Users/danieltuttle/Library/Android/sdk/platforms/android-23/android.jar -M /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/manifests/full/release/AndroidManifest.xml -S /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/res/merged/release -m -J /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/generated/source/r/release -F /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/res/release/resources-release.ap_ --custom-package com.project -0 apk --output-text-symbols /Users/danieltuttle/project/code/frontend/traveler-mobile/android/app/build/intermediates/symbols/release --no-version-vectors} at com.android.build.gradle.internal.process.GradleProcessResult.buildProcessException(GradleProcessResult.java:73) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.process.GradleProcessResult.assertNormalExitValue(GradleProcessResult.java:48) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.AbstractProcessExecutionAapt$1.onSuccess(AbstractProcessExecutionAapt.java:78) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.AbstractProcessExecutionAapt$1.onSuccess(AbstractProcessExecutionAapt.java:74) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures$CallbackListener.run(Futures.java:1237) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors$DirectExecutor.execute(MoreExecutors.java:399) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.executeListener(AbstractFuture.java:911) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.complete(AbstractFuture.java:822) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.set(AbstractFuture.java:664) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.SettableFuture.set(SettableFuture.java:48) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.process.GradleProcessExecutor$1.run(GradleProcessExecutor.java:58) Caused by: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/Users/danieltuttle/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/26.0.2/aapt'' finished with non-zero exit value 1 at org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle$ExecResultImpl.assertNormalExitValue(DefaultExecHandle.java:380) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.process.GradleProcessResult.assertNormalExitValue(GradleProcessResult.java:46) ... 9 more
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
- What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processReleaseResources'.
Failed to execute aapt
What is the right way to solve this issue so that I can successfully build an APK?
