FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. Without message

This command is being run as part of Ionic / cordova:
/home/cas/Dev/zipdev/split-frontend/platforms/android/gradlew cdvBuildDebug -b /home/cas/Dev/zipdev/split-frontend/platforms/android/build.gradle -Dorg.gradle.daemon=true -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Pandroid.useDeprecatedNdk=true

The build fails as follow:

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| cordova-android-support-gradle-release: 27.+
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Configuration 'compile' in project ':' is deprecated. Use 'implementation' instead.
The Task.leftShift(Closure) method has been deprecated and is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 5.0. Please use Task.doLast(Action) instead.
	at build_jiav2v7vdyvtdo4wqbaje0tf.run(/home/cas/Dev/zipdev/split-frontend/platforms/android/build.gradle:147)
registerResGeneratingTask is deprecated, use registerGeneratedFolders(FileCollection)
registerResGeneratingTask is deprecated, use registerGeneratedFolders(FileCollection)
publishNonDefault is deprecated and has no effect anymore. All variants are now published.
:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:checkDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:preDebugBuild FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
1

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 0s
3 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 2 up-to-date

As you can see it fails to tell me what exactly went wrong. If I add --debug to the commands it outputs this:

13:24:06.167 [INFO] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess] Creating new cache for metadata-2.23/module-artifacts, path /home/cas/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.23/module-artifacts.bin, access org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess@28548ff8
13:24:06.167 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.btree.BTreePersistentIndexedCache] Opening cache module-artifacts.bin (/home/cas/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.23/module-artifacts.bin)
13:24:06.170 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.oldresult.TransientConfigurationResultsBuilder] Flushing resolved configuration data in Binary store in /tmp/gradle1788209320149833238.bin. Wrote root 2.
13:24:06.170 [INFO] [com.google.android.gms.dependencies.DependencyInspector] Registered task dependencies: android:debugCompileClasspath
13:24:06.171 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.result.StreamingResolutionResultBuilder$RootFactory] Loaded resolution results (0.0 secs) from Binary store in /tmp/gradle16549883510511224.bin (exist: true)
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor] Completing Build operation 'Resolve dependencies of :debugCompileClasspath'
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter] Removed task artifact state for {} from context.
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter] Finished executing task ':preDebugBuild'
13:24:06.173 [LIFECYCLE] [class org.gradle.internal.buildevents.TaskExecutionLogger] :preDebugBuild FAILED
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor] Completing Build operation 'Task :preDebugBuild'
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor] Build operation 'Task :preDebugBuild' completed
13:24:06.173 [INFO] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] :preDebugBuild (Thread[Task worker for ':',5,main]) completed. Took 0.038 secs.
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService] Worker lease root.1.42 completed (1 worker(s) in use)
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.resources.AbstractTrackedResourceLock] Task worker for ':': released lock on root.1.42
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.resources.AbstractTrackedResourceLock] Task worker for ':': released lock on :
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':',5,main]] finished, busy: 0.046 secs, idle: 0.005 secs
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 11,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.044 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Daemon worker Thread 5,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.044 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 4,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.049 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 5,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.049 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 3,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.05 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 10,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.047 secs
13:24:06.173 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 2,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.05 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 9,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.049 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 8,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.049 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 7,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.049 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Task worker for ':' Thread 6,5,main]] finished, busy: 0.0 secs, idle: 0.049 secs
13:24:06.174 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor] Completing Build operation 'Run tasks'
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * What went wrong:
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 1
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * Try:
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. 
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger] 
13:24:06.175 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger] BUILD FAILED in 0s
13:24:06.175 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger] 3 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 2 up-to-date
13:24:06.175 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService] Worker lease root.1 completed (0 worker(s) in use)
13:24:06.175 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.resources.AbstractTrackedResourceLock] Daemon worker Thread 5: released lock on root.1
13:24:06.175 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor] Completing Build operation 'Run build'