Error while Building app

[Udhayarajan]

  √ Checking prerequisities
  √ Decoding APK file
  √ Applying patches
  > Encoding patched APK file
    ↓ Encoding using AAPT2 [skipped]
      → Failed, falling back to AAPT...
    × Encoding using AAPT [fallback]
      → I: Building resources...
    Signing patched APK file

   Failed!  An error occurred:

I: Using Apktool 2.5.0
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
W: C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\res\values\animators.xml:3: error: Found tag animator where item is expected
W:
W: C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\res\values\anims.xml:3: error: Found tag anim where item is expected
W:
W: C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\res\values\ids.xml:9091: error: Found tag id where item is expected
W:
W: C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\res\values\layouts.xml:3791: error: Found tag layout where item is expected
W:
W: C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\res\values\styles.xml:3782: error: Resource entry InThreadComposerTextArea already has bag item android:textColorHint.
W: C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\res\values\styles.xml:3781: Originally defined here.
W:
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_24173194710588018797807579936311536666.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 21, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 289692181, --version-name, 187.0.0.32.120, --no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL4306874752780290107.tmp, -e, C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL8861453930364176705.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\res, -M, C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\decode\AndroidManifest.xml]

  The full logs of all commands are available here:
  C:\Users\Udhaya\AppData\Local\Temp\apk-mitm-5875c039835a01dd9b0b18b091a8b768\logs

[niklashigi]

Please provide the contents of the encoding-aapt2.failed.log file. You can find it inside the directory logged at the end.

[Udhayarajan]

encoding-aapt2.failed.log
@shroudedcode hope you could resolve

[niklashigi]

You seem to be running into the same issue that was reported to the APKLab repository here. I can only second the maintainer's reply: This problem is caused by Apktool (which both apk-mitm and APKLab depend on) and there's not much I can do about it. You could try opening the APK in APKLab (which is basically an IDE for reverse engineering Android apps), editing the files in question (this comment describes one possible fix), and compiling the app again (using APKLab), but I can't guarantee this will work.

[Udhayarajan]

@shroudedcode Ok lemme try your solution. Anyway thanks for making this wonderful application 😊