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stevek Aspiring developer Posts: 808 Reg: Dec 24, 2011 great neck 8,080	confirm \| cancel 11/01/15 11:19 AM (8 years ago) Error with png in Android Studio Trying to upgrade an app to Android and I guess since the last time I tried, we now have to use Android Studio. OK, downloaded everything and all worked pretty well but then I added my png's to the drawable folder and now the app gives me an error, concerning the png called ssaturn.png. Can anybody give me an idea what might be wrong with this png especially since I have a feeling, once I fix this one, there will be other errors popping up regarding the other pngs? Thanks. Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'. &gt; /Users/skronwith/Desktop/skyeventfinder-for-Android-Studio/app/src/main/res/drawable/ssaturn.png: Error: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/Users/skronwith/Desktop/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702-2/sdk/build-tools/21.1.2/aapt'' finished with non-zero exit value 42 Title Comments Trying to upgrade an app to Android and I guess since the last time I tried, we now have to use Android Studio. OK, downloaded everything and all worked pretty well but then I added my png's to the drawable folder and now the app gives me an error, concerning the png called ssaturn.png. Can anybody give me an idea what might be wrong with this png especially since I have a feeling, once I fix this one, there will be other errors popping up regarding the other pngs? Thanks. Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'. &gt; /Users/skronwith/Desktop/skyeventfinder-for-Android-Studio/app/src/main/res/drawable/ssaturn.png: Error: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/Users/skronwith/Desktop/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702-2/sdk/build-tools/21.1.2/aapt'' finished with non-zero exit value 42

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	11/01/15 03:38 PM (8 years ago) Hi Steve, I was helping another use out once, and she had tons of errors related to PNG's. I couldn't figure out what the deal was until I decided to check and see if there was an issue with the file. Sure enough, after I ran them through a checker, it turns out none of the were valid PNG files. And we had the same problem until we did the check...fixed one, and the next file would pop up as bad. She had 200+ files! So, my first recommendation would be to run them through a PNG validator. If you do a Google search for 'png validator,' many results will be returned. I used pngcheck, and that worked like a charm. Hopefully this was the problem and it's all good now! Mark Comments Hi Steve, I was helping another use out once, and she had tons of errors related to PNG's. I couldn't figure out what the deal was until I decided to check and see if there was an issue with the file. Sure enough, after I ran them through a checker, it turns out none of the were valid PNG files. And we had the same problem until we did the check...fixed one, and the next file would pop up as bad. She had 200+ files! So, my first recommendation would be to run them through a PNG validator. If you do a Google search for 'png validator,' many results will be returned. I used pngcheck, and that worked like a charm. Hopefully this was the problem and it's all good now! Mark

stevek Aspiring developer Posts: 808 Reg: Dec 24, 2011 great neck 8,080	11/01/15 03:51 PM (8 years ago) Thanks Mark, I'll try that though the same png files work fine in my IOS version of the app. Steve Comments Thanks Mark, I'll try that though the same png files work fine in my IOS version of the app. Steve

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	11/01/15 03:52 PM (8 years ago) It's always worth checking...Android seems to be much more particular than iOS. Mark Comments It's always worth checking...Android seems to be much more particular than iOS. Mark

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	11/01/15 04:22 PM (8 years ago) I second Marks comment. Some things, things that work on iOS do not similarly work on Android. Cheers! -- Smug Comments I second Marks comment. Some things, things that work on iOS do not similarly work on Android. Cheers! -- Smug

NicoRacing Lost but trying Posts: 78 Reg: Oct 25, 2013 Hyeres 3,680	11/02/15 12:36 AM (8 years ago) It happened to me that an image with the extension .PNG in capital letters (which doesn't make any difference for Paint or other visual softwares) was not recognized under A-Studio, whereas the same file renamed with the extension .png in small letters worked. Nico Comments It happened to me that an image with the extension .PNG in capital letters (which doesn't make any difference for Paint or other visual softwares) was not recognized under A-Studio, whereas the same file renamed with the extension .png in small letters worked. Nico

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	11/02/15 04:17 AM (8 years ago) Seriously? Now that is picky. Glad you got it sussed out. Cheers! -- Smug Comments Seriously? Now that is picky. Glad you got it sussed out. Cheers! -- Smug

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