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

If you are using Kotlin getting error because of some mistakes in xml files. In kotlin its very hard to find xml errors, build getting fail simply . To know the exact error log run below command in Android Studio Terminal and it is easy to fix the errors.

./gradlew clean
./gradlew assemble