Error:com.android.tools.aapt2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details

Question

This is the output of my Gradle console, I am unable to build my project

D:\\Android Projects\\....\\app\\src\\main\\res\\layout\\topic_view_header.xml
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Answer 1

I was getting this error when the project name was very long, and the location I was saving the project in, added to it. Moving the project to another location so that the file names are not crossing the system limit resolved the error for me.

C:\Users\\AndroidStudioProjects\From Github\AdvancedAndroid_Emojify-TLIB.02-Exercise-DetectFaces\AdvancedAndroid_Emojify-TLIB.02-Exercise-DetectFaces\app\build\intermediates\incremental\mergeDebugResources\merged.dir\values\values.xml
Error:error: file not found.
Error:java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.tools.aapt2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
Error: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.tools.aapt2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for details