Gradle 2.2.0 execution failed: SymbolForDebug

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After upgrading gradle of my project (and library attached to it) from 2.1.3 -> 2.2.0 it doesn't build anymore and it says:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformNative_libsWithStripDebugSymbolForDebug'. java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)

Anyone have a clue on why this is?

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=223162 cleaning might help — laalto, Sep 21 '16 at 11:47
Thank you, will try that, didn't find this issue listed there — Tomek, Sep 21 '16 at 11:52
Cleaning didn't work :/ I cannot remove NDK from my project. I didn't change that setting, I have target SDK on 22. When I revert Gradle back it works but not if I update it. The problem has to be something with C++ libraries (I think), because Android studio asked on the update something about C++ libraries added(or you couldn't build project) — Tomek, Sep 27 '16 at 10:59
Possible duplicate of [Error:Execution failed for task ':hello\_motion\_tracking:transformNative\_libsWithStripDebugSymbolForDebug'. >](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39761895/errorexecution-failed-for-task-hello-motion-trackingtransformnative-libswith) — Aaron Brager, May 15 '18 at 13:57

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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I found answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40117446/1088975

The point is to set both targetSdkVersion and compileSdkVersion to 22"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Oct 20 '16 at 09:12

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Mine is set to the correct version for all build.gradle files, project structure and flavors for my libGDX project. No juice. – person27 Oct 31 '17 at 06:24

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '16 at 12:52

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You need to change the following lines in build.gradle file:

    android {
        // SDK 24 worked for me - make sure you have the latest and update it accordingly.
        compileSdkVersion 24
        buildToolsVersion "24.0.2"
    ...
    }

answered Sep 29 '16 at 12:52

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I have compileSdkVersion on 16 because I need to have it. I changed from 22 build tools to your 24.0.2 but it didn't work :/ same issue – Tomek Sep 29 '16 at 14:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 27 '17 at 03:32

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Maybe you can update the ndk version. I update the ndk version from r10 to r13,and finally it worked.

answered Feb 27 '17 at 03:32

hying

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 14:08

You might want to check if the location of your NDK folder has any white space in it...if it has you can move your ndk folder to the c:\ drive and rebuild

Also, check the gradle versiom of your app and either upgrade or download later version, because some ndk versions do not support later gradle version

Gradle 2.2.0 execution failed: SymbolForDebug

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