[HELP!]I can't solve the compile failure

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The compile exception occers in mergeDebugResources.
I can’t solve the compile failure, What is happen?
It seems that it occurred when I changed the color code in the XML file.
CleanUp Project, Rebuild, Invalidate caches clear were no effect.

The cause seems to be values.xml. generated in compilation.
\app\build\intermediates\incremental\debug\mergeDebugResources\merged.dir\values\values.xml

Build log are below

----Build Log : Run with --scan to get full insights.—
Executing tasks: [:app:assembleDebug] in project C:\Users\masao\AndroidStudioProjects\AnywhereButton

Task :app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :app:mergeDebugNativeDebugMetadata NO-SOURCE
Task :app:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
Task :app:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
Task :app:dataBindingMergeDependencyArtifactsDebug
Task :app:dataBindingMergeGenClassesDebug
Task :app:generateDebugResValues
Task :app:generateDebugResources
Task :app:packageDebugResources
Task :app:generateDebugBuildConfig
Task :app:parseDebugLocalResources
Task :app:mergeDebugResources FAILED
Task :app:createDebugCompatibleScreenManifests
Task :app:extractDeepLinksDebug
Task :app:checkDebugAarMetadata
Task :app:processDebugMainManifest
Task :app:processDebugManifest
Task :app:javaPreCompileDebug
Task :app:mergeDebugShaders
Task :app:compileDebugShaders NO-SOURCE
Task :app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :app:mergeDebugAssets
Task :app:compressDebugAssets
Task :app:processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
Task :app:configureCMakeDebug[arm64-v8a]
Task :app:checkDebugDuplicateClasses
Task :app:buildCMakeDebug[arm64-v8a]
Task :app:configureCMakeDebug[armeabi-v7a]
Task :app:mergeLibDexDebug
Task :app:buildCMakeDebug[armeabi-v7a]
Task :app:configureCMakeDebug[x86]
Task :app:buildCMakeDebug[x86]
Task :app:configureCMakeDebug[x86_64]
Task :app:buildCMakeDebug[x86_64]
Task :app:externalNativeBuildDebug
Task :app:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
Task :app:mergeDebugNativeLibs
Task :app:validateSigningDebug
Task :app:stripDebugDebugSymbols
Task :app:writeDebugAppMetadata
Task :app:writeDebugSigningConfigVersions
Task :app:processDebugManifestForPackage
Task :app:desugarDebugFileDependencies
Task :app:mergeExtDexDebug

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong:
    Execution failed for task ‘:app:mergeDebugResources’.

A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.ResourceCompilerRunnable
Resource compilation failed (Failed to compile values resource file C:\Users\masao\AndroidStudioProjects\AnywhereButton\app\build\intermediates\incremental\debug\mergeDebugResources\merged.dir\values\values.xml. Cause: java.lang.NullPointerException). Check logs for more details.

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BUILD FAILED in 12s
36 actionable tasks: 36 executed

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— Build log : Run with --info —
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong:
    Execution failed for task ‘:app:mergeDebugResources’.

A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.ResourceCompilerRunnable
Resource compilation failed (Failed to compile values resource file C:\Users\masao\AndroidStudioProjects\AnywhereButton\app\build\intermediates\incremental\debug\mergeDebugResources\merged.dir\values\values.xml. Cause: java.lang.NullPointerException). Check logs for more details.

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BUILD FAILED in 10s
36 actionable tasks: 36 executed
Watched directory hierarchies: [C:\Users\masao\AndroidStudioProjects\AnywhereButton]

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This compile exception has solved.
The reason was the word in item-tag of the arrays.xml included the character apostrophe.

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As this is a Gradle forum and your problem was not Gradle related, I’d like to suggest to ask similar questions in some Android community next time.
If you have an actual Gradle problem, feel free to open a new thread with it. :slight_smile: