FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'

Question

Android Studio is showing this error. Can't find out what's causing the error.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:_internal_aapt2_binary'.
   > Could not download aapt2-windows.jar (com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.6.2-6040484): No cached version available for offline mode

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Answer 1

The problem is with downloading dependency: Could not download aapt2-windows.jar (com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.6.2-6040484): No cached version available for offline mode . It means that the dependency can't be downloaded because you're in offline mode or you don't have an Internet connection. Try to turn Gradle's offline mode off, check the Internet connection and try to build again.