Android studio 2.1.2 gradle aapt Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

Question

I am trying to run Android Studio 2.1.2 on 32bit linux Mint 17.3. Android studio is freshly installed. When I rebuild a project or create a new one, I get errors like this i

Answer 1

It might be the case the newest Android Studio does not run on 32bit only system. On AndroidStudio download page the requirements for Linux are:

64-bit distribution capable of running 32-bit applications

There are also other StackOverflow questions regarding this:

• Android Studio 64-bit ERROR: 32-bit Linux Android emulator binaries are DEPRECATED
• ERROR: 32-bit Linux Android emulator binaries are DEPRECATED

The former one states:

Either one will allow you to use the 32-bit binaries,but please be aware that these will disappear in a future Android SDK release. Consider moving to a 64-bit Linux system before that happens.

So it might be the case the newest version does not support 32bit anymore. Please try suggestions mentioned in the related answers (updating kernel/system). For Linux Mint there is mentioned [1]:

1. Go to terminal
2. type gedit .profile
3. paste the below line at end of the page
4. export ANDROID_EMULATOR_FORCE_32BIT=true
5. type source .profile in terminal or restart system

But it also might be the case the newest Android Studio version does not support 32bit-only system anymore. In that case try to use an older version.