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 but with this error:

ExternalSystemException: String index out of range: -119

My problem was that in the string editor i forgot to set a default variable into my translation, after adding it, the problem was solved.

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

If you're using Android Studio, selecting the Gradle Console will show you where the problem lies. In my case, it was duplicate textView identifiers that caused this error.