Android Studio org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException on new empty project

Question

1. My OS is win8.1
2. I have downloaded Android Studio version: android-studio-ide-173.4720617-windows.exe and have install it. (I had to do mklink /D "c:\Android-Sdk" "C:\Users\мет\AppData\Local\Android\sdk" because of ASCII issue)
3. I have started Android Studio and have choosen Start new Android Studio project
4. Application name and everything else is left as set by default.
5. Have checked Phone and Tablet.
6. Have choosen Empty activity.
7. Activity name and everything else is left as set by default.
8. Clicked Finish button and got on build error:

org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'. at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:100) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.execute(OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.java:51) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:62) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:60) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:97) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:87) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:241) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:230) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:123) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:79) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:104) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:626) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:581) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ResourceException: Error: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.MergeResources.doFullTaskAction(MergeResources.java:296) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.IncrementalTask.taskAction(IncrementalTask.java:106) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(IncrementalTaskAction.java:46) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:39) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:26) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:121) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92) ... 32 more Caused by: Error: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.android.ide.common.res2.MergedResourceWriter.end(MergedResourceWriter.java:332) at com.android.ide.common.res2.DataMerger.mergeData(DataMerger.java:301) at com.android.ide.common.res2.ResourceMerger.mergeData(ResourceMerger.java:412) at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.MergeResources.doFullTaskAction(MergeResources.java:285) ... 48 more Suppressed: java.lang.RuntimeException: Some file processing failed, see logs for details at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.QueuedResourceProcessor.waitForAll(QueuedResourceProcessor.java:121) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.QueuedResourceProcessor.end(QueuedResourceProcessor.java:141) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.QueueableAapt2.close(QueueableAapt2.java:104) at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.MergeResources.doFullTaskAction(MergeResources.java:293) ... 48 more Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.getDoneValue(AbstractFuture.java:503) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:462) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$TrustedFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:79) at com.android.ide.common.res2.MergedResourceWriter.end(MergedResourceWriter.java:327) ... 51 more Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.getDoneValue(AbstractFuture.java:503) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:462) at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$TrustedFuture.get(AbstractFuture.java:79) at com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.QueueableAapt2.lambda$compile$0(QueueableAapt2.java:136) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) ... 1 more Caused by: com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details at com.android.builder.png.AaptProcess$NotifierProcessOutput.handleOutput(AaptProcess.java:443) at com.android.builder.png.AaptProcess$NotifierProcessOutput.err(AaptProcess.java:395) at com.android.builder.png.AaptProcess$ProcessOutputFacade.err(AaptProcess.java:312) at com.android.utils.GrabProcessOutput$1.run(GrabProcessOutput.java:104)

Can anyone help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I have managed to fix this issue. Just in case if anyone else comes in this kind of a problem, I will decribe what I found and how I managed to fix the issue.

1. First I tried to find out what was the real error. To do that, I run gradlew.bat packageDebug from cmd as administrator. You can do that from Terminal in Android Studio as well. The error that I got was about Android Studio not able to find some files in c:\users\?\.gradle\.... folder. Since I already had issue with ASCII during the installation process I knew that my user folder name containing non ASCII characters was the issue.
2. To solve this issue I needed to change user folder name. I did it like described in this article.
   
   After I changed user folder name, everything worked fine and my errors are gone. I can't believe that Android Studio can't work with Unicode and is stuck with ASCII. That is great disapointment.
   
   I hope this will help to someone.