Error: Execution failed for task ':app: lintVitalRelease' any one can solve it?

Question

Why I get this error I try to clean and rebuild application and make application release true and I get same error

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:lintVitalRelease'. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_ARRAY but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $

    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'
    useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "x.x.x"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 25
        versionCode 95
        versionName '5'

        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    productFlavors {
    }

}

Answer 1

To find out why lint fails do this:

1. Run lintVitalRelease

You can do it from Gradle window

2. Under Run tab, you will see error logs

For me, it was wrong constraint in ConstraintLayout XML.

Answer 2

Based off this Post

Edit: I removed the link because the thread is no longer there

What you need to do is add this chunk of code to your build.gradle file in the android{} section

lintOptions { 
    checkReleaseBuilds false
}

So like this

android {
    ...
    lintOptions {
        checkReleaseBuilds false
    }
}

Update:

Here is another post talking about a similar problem. It seems like there are various reasons this error can occur. While disabling the checkReleaseBuilds will work. It's recommended to find what the problem is and fix it. Most common error seems to be missing translations in the strings.xml file.

I recommend checking out this post for more help

Error when generate signed apk

Answer 3

The error report is saved to [app module]/build/reports/lint-results-yourBuildName-fatal.html. You can open this file in a browser to read about the errors.

src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50239165/365229

Answer 4

lintOptions {
        checkReleaseBuilds false
        abortOnError false
    }

Answer 5

Open your build.gradle file and add the code below under android:

android {

    lintOptions { 
      checkReleaseBuilds false 
    }

Answer 6

Simple and Working

Solution 1

android {
        lintOptions {
            checkReleaseBuilds false
            // Or, if you prefer, you can continue to check for errors in release builds,
            // but continue the build even when errors are found:
            abortOnError false
        }
    }

Solution 2

android {
        lintOptions {
            checkReleaseBuilds false
            abortOnError false
        }
    }

Solution 3

 android {
        lintOptions {
           disable 'MissingTranslation'
           abortOnError false
        }
    }

Notes: There are two type uses option ->

1

 lintOptions {
        //TODO
    }

2

android {
        lintOptions {
           // TODO
        }
    }

Thank You

Answer 7

File > Invalidate Caches/Restart... worked for me.

Answer 8

In my opinion don't use "checkReleaseBuilds false". This broke my whole release build and I only saw a white screen.

A current workaround is running:

flutter run --profile
flutter run --debug
flutter run --release

Currently that's the only thing that worked for me. There is an open issue here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/158753935

Answer 9

Make sure to have jcenter() in both buildscript and allprojects in your build.gradle android{} section

Answer 10

I was also getting an error like

         > Failed to transform '/Users/michaelbui/Projects/counter/build/app/intermediates/flutter/debug/libs.jar' using Jetifier. Reason: FileNotFoundException, message: /Users/michaelbui/Projects/counter/build/app/intermediates/flutter/debug/libs.jar (No such file or directory). (Run with --stacktrace for more details.)

while building the app after the latest update, but then I disabled the lint task in android/app/build.gradle

lintOptions {
    disable 'InvalidPackage'
    checkReleaseBuilds false
}

and this worked for me.

Answer 11

In my case there was some typos in the manifest that caused the error, just corrected them and it compiled

Answer 12

In my case it was happening because I was using an invalid(not existing) id to constraint a view, and when I tried to create a build, it gave me the error. What you can do is execute task,

./gradlew assembleRelease --stacktrace

This will give you the following options,

To proceed, either fix the issues identified by lint, or modify your build script as follows:

...
android {
lintOptions {
    checkReleaseBuilds false
    // Or, if you prefer, you can continue to check for errors in release builds,
    // but continue the build even when errors are found:
    abortOnError false
}
}

If you choose,

checkReleaseBuilds false

It will not check for errors in the release build and create a build,

and if you choose,

abortOnError false

It will create a build, and as well list down the error(s).

This way you can actually correct the errors.

Answer 13

I had some missing jars and behind a corporate firewall and there was an attempt to download them during lintVitalRelease. I disconnected from VPN, re-run, which downloaded the missing jars and all returned to normal.

I knew it has to be something like that because other answers mention where error reports are generated but I had nothing generated there so it was stuck somewhere for me.