"ant clean" doesn't clean my project in a way I can use

Question

After I run ant clean , my project still needs to be "cleaned" in Eclipse, before I can run ant release successfully.

If I try to run ant release immediately after ant clean it will fail in the -compile component of the predefined build script

on the contrary, if I run the Eclipse version of cleaning all the projects, then I run ant release the -compile component will not fail.

Why is this? Why is ant clean a less adequate cleaning than the one Eclipse does? What can I do to fix this?

Did you finally find a solution to your issue? I got the exact same problem. — Charles Morin, Apr 12 '16 at 14:13
@CharlesMorin No, I've been using gradle and android studio (intellij) since then. I would say ditch Eclipse at this point. — CQM, Apr 13 '16 at 15:48
Thanks for the answer. I would really like to do so but it's not an option unfortunately in my organization. Nevermind! — Charles Morin, Apr 13 '16 at 15:58

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '13 at 16:45

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There is no generic answer to this question. You will need to look at the implementation of the clean target in your ant script and figure out what it is doing wrong or not doing.

answered Sep 18 '13 at 16:45

Konstantin Komissarchik

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it is the one that comes with android tools – CQM Sep 18 '13 at 17:21
You will still need to look at the script to understand why it isn't doing what you expect. – Konstantin Komissarchik Sep 18 '13 at 17:24

"ant clean" doesn't clean my project in a way I can use

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