Could Not parse Array item

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I was working on my android studio when this error appeared in I think gradle-values files. here is what messages say

/home/aayush/.gradle/caches/transforms-1/files-1.1/play-services-
cast-framework-
11.8.0.aar/32e84c2c10bff7a8fd7f6321ccbff502/res/values/values.xml
Error:(5, 1) error: could not parse array item.
Error:java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: 
com.android.tools.aapt2.Aapt2Exception: AAPT2 error: check logs for 
details

I tried deleting the whole build folder,.gradle folder, cleaning and rebuilding folder, invalidating caches and restarting android studio but, this error comes again and again. I am using android studio 3.1, the latest one. please help. If you need any other detail, just tell me. i am facing this problem for the first time, so, dont know what to post.

Michael there are some arrays(may be 1- 2) present at the starting.The thing is these files are not of project(warning shown when i edit those).I tried to remove arrays but then it opens new file Values.xml which again has an array.I tried deleting array from 2 files but i think loop will continue further. — Aayush Singla
– Aayush Singla, Commented Jan 8, 2018 at 11:37
It looks like the at an array defined in that library is invalid. Could you post the arrays you found in that file? Once you identify which one is invalid you can override it in your own library with a valid one. — Izabela Orlowska
– Izabela Orlowska, Commented Jan 9, 2018 at 11:41
update on this problem. The problem is in google play services i think. — Aayush Singla
– Aayush Singla, Commented Jan 16, 2018 at 8:15

youngwoon · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-25 06:41:47Z

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I was facing that issue too.

That may be invoked in several reasons.

In my case, I got the error because of the 'strings.xml' file has like this components

<string name="today_string">'today'</string>

this mistakes made this error, and I converted 'today' to \'today\'

And it solved my issue. Refer.

edited Sep 25, 2019 at 6:41

answered Sep 25, 2019 at 4:04

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Ercan Over a year ago

Thank you for your answer, there were similar characters which causes problem. Thanks

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