Project doesn't build with gpg on android with build tools 28 / gradle 4.6

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Project doesn't build with gpg on android with build tools 28 / gradle 4.6

SimonIT opened this issue 6 years ago · 18 comments

Recently I upgraded my Gradle version to 4.6 from 3.5.1.
But this annoying error appears:

Android resource linking failed
Output:  D:\Software\Entwicklung\TurbanGuy\android\build\intermediates\incremental\mergeDebugResources\merged.dir\values\values.xml:423: error: resource android:attr/preserveIconSpacing is private.
error: failed linking references.

Command: C:\Users\simon\.gradle\caches\transforms-1\files-1.1\aapt2-3.2.1-4818971-windows.jar\51876d9a334f74c9c5f25b354472a28b\aapt2-3.2.1-4818971-windows\aapt2.exe link -I\
        D:\Android-SDK\platforms\android-28\android.jar\
        --manifest\
        D:\Software\Entwicklung\TurbanGuy\android\build\intermediates\merged_manifests\debug\processDebugManifest\merged\AndroidManifest.xml\
        -o\
        D:\Software\Entwicklung\TurbanGuy\android\build\intermediates\processed_res\debug\processDebugResources\out\resources-debug.ap_\
        -R\
        @D:\Software\Entwicklung\TurbanGuy\android\build\intermediates\incremental\processDebugResources\resources-list-for-resources-debug.ap_.txt\
        --auto-add-overlay\
        --java\
        D:\Software\Entwicklung\TurbanGuy\android\build\generated\not_namespaced_r_class_sources\debug\processDebugResources\r\
        --custom-package\
        de.nta15.turbanguy.android\
        -0\
        apk\
        --output-text-symbols\
        D:\Software\Entwicklung\TurbanGuy\android\build\intermediates\symbols\debug\R.txt\
        --no-version-vectors
Daemon:  AAPT2 aapt2-3.2.1-4818971-windows Daemon #0

I found the source in gamesvcs-android-gpgs.
Because if I comment the line compile "de.golfgl.gdxgamesvcs:gdx-gamesvcs-android-gpgs:$gamesvcsVersion" in my project, I can build it.

I use libgdx 1.9.8 and gdx-gamesvcs 0.2.3.

Answer 1 · 2018-11-05T10:29:01.000Z

Hi, you are building your libGDX game with Gradle 4.6? AFAIK and according to the issue tracker, Gradle >= 4 is not supported.

Answer 2 · 2018-11-05T10:31:59.000Z

I know. But if I generate a new project with the setup application, the project comes with Gradle 4.6🤷🏾‍♂️
So I thought it would run and it does, but only without this extension. So I think it's a problem with this extension and not with libgdx.

Answer 3 · 2018-11-06T12:45:22.000Z

What is your compileSdkVersion and buildToolsVersion?

Answer 4 · 2018-11-06T15:13:14.000Z

buildToolsVersion "28.0.3"
compileSdkVersion 28

I tested with 27, but it failed too

Answer 5 · 2018-11-13T20:19:38.000Z

any progress? If you need more information, just ask

Answer 6 · 2018-11-14T08:27:16.000Z

I asked here if Gradle 4.6 is now officially supported. No answer. I don't know if the changed setup tool template was done accidently or by intention, therefore I stay on the older Gradle version with my projects and would recommend you also to do so with 1.9.8.

When 1.9.9 is released with official Gradle 4.6 support, I will adopt the necessary changes.

Answer 7 · 2018-11-15T23:50:09.000Z

LibGDX 1.9.9 is released and the linked issue of you is closed. I think it's the sign that Gradle 4.6 is officially supported

Answer 8 · 2018-11-16T09:53:21.000Z

Interesting, the release was created yesterday. But there is still no official announcement.

Answer 9 · 2018-11-16T11:37:40.000Z

Do you think there will be any official announcement? The last one was at version 1.5.1 (based on the CHANGES file) with Gradle 2.2 which was for 4 years.

Answer 10 · 2018-11-16T17:08:16.000Z

I would expect it here: https://www.badlogicgames.com/wordpress/ bundled with some notes if there are any changes necessary when upgrading existing projects.

Answer 11 · 2018-11-17T11:53:27.000Z

I gave this a shot today. The problem is indeed caused by build tools 28.0.2 interphering with GPGS services lib 8.4 and has nothing to do with Gradle. But with Gradle 4.6, it is not possible to use an older build tools version (setting to 27 is overriden which is stated when you sync the project).
Unfortunately, using GPGS services 11.4.2 does not help either. This was the last compatible version before the major change.

Answer 12 · 2018-11-17T12:09:40.000Z

What's the minimum version that can be used? 12? What is against using this version?

Answer 13 · 2018-11-17T12:15:43.000Z

Found out the problem was not caused by GPGS, but by support and G+ libs that were included. I've included them because this was done in Google's example project, but it seems they are not necessary. Without them, everything works. I updated to 11.4.2 anyway and check. You'll get a running version soon.

Answer 14 · 2018-11-17T12:43:42.000Z

Change to 0.2.4-SNAPSHOT, should work for you now. It builds and works against this project

Answer 15 · 2018-11-17T12:53:14.000Z

great! Thank you very much

Answer 16 · 2018-11-19T09:14:38.000Z

I want to publish a new release with this change. Does it work for you now?

Answer 17 · 2018-11-19T09:17:28.000Z

Yes, it works

Answer 18 · 2018-11-19T09:33:11.000Z

Great to hear. I close this issue now and publish a release in the next days.

Thanks for putting me on this.