Error building android project with gradle using teamcity

Question

Using team city to build and android app. keep getting an error.

[16:59:38] [Step 1/1] Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'. org.gradle.internal.UncheckedException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: Android resource compilation failed Output: C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile.gradle\\caches\\transforms-1\\files-1.1\\appcompat-v7-28.0.0.aar\\3467ebf6f9d1bb66db4bdb226db55512\\res\\drawable-hdpi-v4\\abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha.png: error: file not found.

Command: C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile.gradle\\caches\\transforms-1\\files-1.1\\aapt2-3.2.1-4818971-windows.jar\\8a1ce91548f2547bb27874a553d3981d\\aapt2-3.2.1-4818971-windows\\aapt2.exe compile --no-crunch \\ --legacy \\ -o \\ C:\\TeamCity\\buildAgent\\work\\7028d0f31da34ed0\\Workshop\\app\\build\\intermediates\\res\\merged\\debug \\ C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile.gradle\\caches\\transforms-1\\files-1.1\\appcompat-v7-28.0.0.aar\\3467ebf6f9d1bb66db4bdb226db55512\\res\\drawable-hdpi-v4\\abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha.png Daemon: AAPT2 aapt2-3.2.1-4818971-windows Daemon #1

The file it says it can't find is definitely there. I'm a .net developer with hardly any experience of android development so I have no idea what to look at next in order to fix this. please help.

Answer 1

AAPT2 still seems to have some trouble with long paths on Windows. Try moving your gradle cache closer to C:\\ to shorten the file path.

Here's an answer on how to change the cache location: How to set gradle cache location?