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.

Answer 2

So I reverted back to Android Studio 1.3 and the issue went away.

Answer 3

Although this is an old thread, however the following info might be useful for some people. I was getting a bit different message (but similar, googling for the following message redirects me to this thread.)

Execution failed for task ':app:mergeReleaseResources'.
> String index out of range: 0

For me the problem was the string.xml was missing the name for a string resource as mentioned below.

<string name="">Some strings...</string>

Adding the proper resource name resolved the issue.

<string name="some_string">Some strings...</string>

Answer 4

My error is

ExternalSystemException: String index out of range:-

My app support Turkish and English language. My English strings.xml contains

 <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>

and my Turkish strings.xml do not contains

<string name="hello_world">Bla bla!</string>

When i add <string name="hello_world">Bla bla!</string> to Turkish strings.xml file the problem solved.

Note: Please look Android Studio's Gradle Console

Answer 5

I have same problem. my Android Studio version is ver2.1.1

My strings.xml contains

<string name="title_connecting">connecting...</string>

then I change to the following statement. the problem solved.

<string name="title_connecting">connecting..</string>

Answer 6

Worked By adding this in build.gradle

 lintOptions {
        checkReleaseBuilds false
    }