Android Resourcse linking Failed while using : buildFeatures {viewBinding = true}

Question

After starting an android studio today, I came across a strange problem. It was saying

DSL element 'android.viewBinding.enabled' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'android.buildFeatures.viewBinding'.

After searching for a bit I found out that I had to use

buildFeatures {viewBinding = true}

instead. So, I replaced viewBinding{enabled=true} with the above one. After that, the real problems started. AAPT can no longer detect my drawables. Here is my buildScript:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()

    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.0'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }

    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

And build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "29.0.3"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.techtrixbd.RestaurantApp"
        minSdkVersion 23
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }

    buildFeatures {viewBinding = true}
}

I don't know what is going on anymore. Any advice will be a big help.

Answer 1

I have solved the issue. I had to move my resources to drawable-v24 folder. that's it. But, don't why it was required because everything was working fine yesterday. Maybe an update has something to do with it. I will look for the cause and will post if I come up with something.