[TIMOB-26736] Android: Incremental builds broken in SDK 8+

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	None
Status	Closed
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2020-12-04T20:39:03.000+0000
Affected Version/s	Release 8.0.0
Fix Version/s	Release 9.0.0
Components	Android
Labels	n/a
Reporter	Hans Knöchel
Assignee	Unknown
Created	2019-01-16T09:17:31.000+0000
Updated	2020-12-04T20:39:03.000+0000

Description

When using SDK 8+, incremental builds on Android are broken. Output:

[INFO]  Generating /Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/res/values/theme.xml
[INFO]  Running AAPT: /Users/hans/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/28.0.3/aapt "package" "-f" "-m" "-J" "/Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/gen" "-M" "/Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/AndroidManifest.xml" "-A" "/Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/bin/assets" "-S" "/Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/res" "-I" "/Users/hans/Library/Android/sdk/platforms/android-28/android.jar" "-F" "/Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/bin/app.ap_" "--ignore-assets" "!.svn:!.git:!.ds_store:!*.scc:.*:!CVS:!thumbs.db:!picasa.ini:!*~" "--output-text-symbols" "/Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/intermediates/bundles" "--no-version-vectors" "--auto-add-overlay" "--extra-packages" "ti.modules.titanium.ui:android.support.coreui:android.support.coreutils:android.support.exifinterface:android.support.fragment:android.support.graphics.drawable.animated:android.support.graphics.drawable:android.support.mediacompat:android.support.transition:android.support.v4:android.support.v7.appcompat:android.support.v7.recyclerview:android.support.compat:android.support.design:android.support.v7.cardview:com.google.android.gms:com.alcoapps.actionbarextras"
[ERROR] Failed to package application:
[ERROR]
[ERROR] ERROR: asset directory '/Users/hans/Documents/dev/myapp/myapp-titanium/build/android/bin/assets' does not exist

Cleaning the app fixes the issue, but is not ideal for our dev-ux. Our app is already shared with the team and can be viewed at any time.

Comments

Joshua Quick 2020-12-04

We've rewritten our Android build system to use gradle as of Titanium 9.0.0. There have been no reports of incremental build issues as of 9.0.0. So, I'm going to declare victory and say 9.0.0 solves it.

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