Android Gradle Project upgrading build tools to 21.0.1: aapt throws Exception
This worked for me:
It's metadata added by tools like Photoshop that isn't even honored by Android. Strip it.
brew install exiftoolfind . -path '*src/main/res/*' -name '*.png' -exec exiftool -overwrite_original -all= {} \;Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/adt-dev/rjTQ_STR3OE/-UcNQRISTKsJ
P.S. Tested on Mac only.
This is caused by a faulty aapt. There was a similar problem in 21.0.0 too (Error Code: -1073741819). You need to update build-tools again to fix it.
Open SDK manager and install
build-tools 21.1.2.Then change your build.gradle so that it looks like this.
apply plugin: 'com.android.application' android { compileSdkVersion 21 buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"
Replace version numbers with the most recent ones as necessary.
Old buildToolsVersion 21.0.2, recommended version is 21.1.2 or later
Warnings about libpng are reported here but can be ignored
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77704
Project Member says the newer libpng they built against is stricter about the color profile. They will fix this in an upcoming release, but this shouldn't be an issue.
And 21.0.2 solves other issues.