Issue: AAPT2 Process Unexpectedly Exit After Merging PR #5604

[TanishMoral11]

Hello everyone,

After the PR #5604 was merged, I started facing an issue in Android Studio when I updated my develop branch, as well as other branches. Upon building the project, I encountered the following error:

AAPT2 process unexpectedly exit. Error output: aapt2.exe W 12-30 20:33:18 20424 5956 LoadedArsc.cpp:682] Unknown chunk type '200'.

I have already attempted the following solutions:

• Followed the suggestion in this StackOverflow answer.
• Tried the common solutions like:
  • Cleaning and rebuilding the project.
  • Invalidating the cache and restarting Android Studio.

Unfortunately, none of these approaches have worked, and I am now stuck, unable to make any further progress.

I believe this might be a common issue for anyone who has updated their branch with the latest changes. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could provide guidance or share any suggestions to resolve this problem.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!

[tobioyelekan]

Currently having the same issue

[adhiamboperes]

@TanishMoral11, @tobioyelekan, PTAL at https://github.com/oppia/oppia-android/wiki/Oppia-Bazel-Setup-Instructions. to setup Bazel, and refer to #5643 to set up the Bazel plugin in order to be able to continue building the project (and using newwer versions of Android Studio).