Android: ExternalSystemException: String index out of range: -130 building release

Question

So, just updated to Android Studio 1.4 Beta 4 and having trouble building a release build. I can build a debug build fine. This is the error I get:

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Answer 1

I had the same problem with Android Studio 1.4 Build on September 28, 2015 What I did was :

1. Started a build on the main gradle script - that created a run configuration in the menu.

2. Edited the run configuration by adding ":app:assembleRelease" on the script parameters row. and started it.

3. The gradle build showed me that I had missing translations in the main strings.xml file.

After fixing this. Generate Signed APK finished without problem.