Error at a compile time with 9.png

Question

I have two 9.png images created with the generator Nine Patches. When I run the app Android Studio stops and say me that the images have an error on the pixel #394. What is the problem??

These are the images.

Purple Green

The error in the log:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
> Error: Failed to run command:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\sdk\build-tools\android-4.4.2\aapt.exe s -i D:\Users\McFly\AndroidStudioProjects\Syncro\app\src\main\res\drawable-xxhdpi\spinner_line.9.png -o D:\Users\McFly\AndroidStudioProjects\Syncro\app\build\res\all\debug\drawable-xxhdpi\spinner_line.9.png
Error Code:
    42
Output:
    ERROR: 9-patch image D:\Users\McFly\AndroidStudioProjects\Syncro\app\src\main\res\drawable-xxhdpi\spinner_line.9.png malformed.
           Frame pixels must be either solid or transparent (not intermediate alphas).
           Found at pixel #364 along top edge.

As far as I know, you can set content that should not be streched on the top and right side. left and bottom are for padding. both of your images are crossing those patches. But the whole error message would be helpful. — sschrass, Apr 19 '14 at 11:42
`pixels must be either solid or transparent (not intermediate alphas)` — sschrass, Apr 19 '14 at 11:43
As I had said, I made the images with the web tool of nine patch — Víctor Martín, Apr 19 '14 at 11:43
I did my images with GIMP and added the 9-patch with the draw9patch.bat from the sdk. And it worked out immediatly. — sschrass, Apr 19 '14 at 11:45
see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4280398/9-patch-image-error-in-android — sschrass, Apr 19 '14 at 11:49
And see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22309169/9-patch-image-prevent-build-project-android-studio — Kuba Spatny, Apr 19 '14 at 11:51

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 08:15

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Rename the file to example.png rather than example.9.png. I had same issue in past and renaming helped me.

answered Mar 17 '16 at 08:15

pratz9999

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The whole point is the png to be 9 patch. Removing the extension does not answer this question. – parohy Jun 29 '21 at 07:57
@pratz9999 is sugesting to remove the patch number, not the extension. Actually, this advice did help me. – pepan Apr 20 '22 at 07:55

Error at a compile time with 9.png

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