how to fix 23.0.1\aapt.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

Question

All of a sudden I cannot get Gradle to build any projects under Android Studio.

Error:Execution failed for task \':app:processDebugResources\'. com

Answer 1

Upgrade your buildToolsVersion to latest and make sure your appcompactv7 import matches the sdk buildtoolversion. In my case it was buildToolsVersion '26.0.0'. Upgrading to it solved my issue.