android - how to fix 23.0.1aapt.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

Question

All of a sudden I cannot get Gradle to build any projects under Android Studio.

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'. com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'LocalAndroidsdkuild-tools23.0.0aapt.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

My Gradle is

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.marathon.simplelist"
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
}

Even if I create a new Blank Activity project I still get this error.

I have Android Studio 1.3.1 installed with

SDK Platforms: 5.X, 5.1, 5.0, 4.4, 2.3.3 SDK Tools: SDK Build Tools, SDK Tools 24.4, Platform-Tools 23.0.1

Obviously something is reconfigured locally since even a new empty project will not build. Ideas on how I can resolve this?

Answer 1

First try to clean and rebuild your project from Build menu.

Step 1: go to Build -> Clean Project

Step 2: go to Build -> Rebuild Project

This should solve your problem.

Otherwise try updating Android SDK build tool from SDK manager and modify your build.gradle to use latest buildToolsVersion i.e "23.0.2" as of now