Failed to generate apk from Android studio 3.1.1

Question

When I try to generate a signed APK, I found this issue :

10:58 Generate Signed APK: Errors while building APK. You can find the errors in the 'Messages' view. No cached version of com.android.tools.lint:lint-gradle:26.1.1 available for offline mode.

this is my android studio details :

Android Studio 3.1.1
Build #AI-173.4697961, built on April 4, 2018
JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1024-b02 amd64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Windows 10 10.0

this block for signing the apk :

  buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        signingConfig signingConfigs.releaseconfig
    }
    debug {

        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),
                'proguard-rules.pro'
    }

}  signingConfigs {
    releaseconfig {
        keyAlias 'release_key'
        keyPassword 'xxxxx'
        storeFile file('xxxxxx)
        storePassword 'xxxx'
    }
}

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22607661/no-cached-version-of-com-android-tools-buildgradle0-9-1-available-for-offline?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa Please check this — srinu, Apr 10 '18 at 10:17
try this delete `.gradle` folder from your project and rebuild the project and generate apk file. — Lucifer, Apr 10 '18 at 10:21

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '18 at 05:46

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Per the Android Studio docs, your top-level build.gradle ought to have the google() repository added. Be sure to add it to the repositories under buildscript AND allprojects.

The latter one is what I missed the first time I edited this today after upgrading and that led directly to a Could not find com.android.tools.lint:lint-gradle:26.1.1. when I tried to build a release APK.

answered Apr 11 '18 at 05:46

MartyMacGyver

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I wish I could help - it may be there are other issues with this release that are complicating matters. – MartyMacGyver Apr 14 '18 at 19:59

Giovesoft · Answer 2 · 2018-04-13T13:39:43.260

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Solved (works for me) changing gradle version in the project build.gradle:

From this

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.1'

to this

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'

edited Apr 13 '18 at 13:39

answered Apr 13 '18 at 11:53

Giovesoft

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Does not work, got new error like this: "Expected a name but was STRING at line 1 column 99 path $[0].apkInfo.versionName" – Babul Mirdha Apr 13 '18 at 13:30
@BabulMirdha take a look here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49809977/expected-a-name-but-was-string-at-line-1-column-99-path-0-apkinfo-versionname – Giovesoft Apr 13 '18 at 13:43
This worked for me. This was even highlighted in Android Studio as a suggested thing to change. Thanks! – TheGrandPackard Apr 24 '18 at 21:39

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 10 '18 at 10:29

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I think this version required updated libs and gradle. try to change to compileSdkVersion 27 and libaries as.

implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.0'

and gradle ver,

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'

answered Apr 10 '18 at 10:29

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Mohsin · Answer 4 · 2018-04-17T11:46:44.067

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Try Setting debug to True in release mode though debuggable should be set to false in release APK but currently this is the solution i get.

release {
            debuggable true
        }

Update

Adding the following code in gradle to make it work

lintOptions {
    checkReleaseBuilds false
}

edited Apr 17 '18 at 11:46

answered Apr 16 '18 at 16:12

Mohsin

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ehartwell · Answer 5 · 2018-05-14T21:51:49.650

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Check Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Compiler to see if Command-line Options contains --offline See this answer.

edited May 14 '18 at 21:51

answered May 13 '18 at 11:48

ehartwell

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This was it! I did not think about the command line options set – Sn0wfreeze Sep 11 '18 at 12:41

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 15 '19 at 09:44

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please open your AndroidStudio and find click File and then find settings.

second you click compiler and then find Command-line Options: remove --offline

edited May 15 '19 at 09:44

Anantha Raju C

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answered May 15 '19 at 08:38

Ericong

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 15:52

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lintOptions {
    abortOnError false
}

//add this on gradle file inside android tag

answered Aug 06 '19 at 15:52

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Master Zzzing · Answer 8 · 2020-08-14T03:26:39.643

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Please use Analyze > Inspect Code to inspect your code

If your app could be compiled and running just fine but you failed to generate sign APK. For me, after running inspection it shows me a few errors in my code. I fixed all those errors then I could build sign APK just fine. Check this Answer for more option to fix this

edited Aug 14 '20 at 03:26

answered Aug 14 '20 at 03:21

Master Zzzing

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Failed to generate apk from Android studio 3.1.1

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