Android gradle build失败：aapt错误137

Question

Randomly, while trying to build my android applications, I have this message during the mergeResources :

Execution failed for task ':ImmoStruct:mergeReleaseResources'.

Failed to run command:
/home/android/adt-bundle/sdk/build-tools/21.1.2/aapt s -i /home/android/queue/294c2840260c2d59c396a7e08ac3c32ba045cb28/ImmoStruct/src/main/res/drawable-mdpi/ic_find_previous_holo_light.png -o /home/android/queue/294c2840260c2d59c396a7e08ac3c32ba045cb28/ImmoStruct/build/res/all/release/drawable-mdpi/ic_find_previous_holo_light.png Error Code: 137

Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it doesn't...

The concerned files are not always the same : ic_find_previous_holo_light.png common_signin_btn_icon_disabled_focus_light.9.png abs__ab_bottom_solid_light_holo.9.png

I tried to change the build version, but the problem remains.

Any idea on the cause, workaround ?

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

I saw this problem too and believe it is related to the gradle deamon.

run $./gradlew --stop

prior to your task. it did the trick for me.