react-native-maps:processReleaseResources task gradlew build failed - react-native

Question

I check already all similar answers from Stack and also I lookup on GitHub Issues but without any luck.
Problem occur when I install react-native-maps plugin, during a build I receive gradlew exception
:react-native-maps:processReleaseResources FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-maps:processReleaseResources'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\build-tools\23.0.3\aapt.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1
Google Maps API is correctly added into AndroidManifest file.
One additional remark I see also many warnings like
...\node_modules\react-native-maps\android\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services-base\9.8.0\res\drawable\common_google_signin_btn_text_light_focused.xml:14:29-81 : No resource found that matches the given name (at 'drawable' with value '#drawable/common_google_signin_btn_text_light_normal').
However in build.gradle I add dependencies for
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:10.0.1'
Any ideas how to resolve a problem?

Answer 1

I had the same error recently and should have paid more attention to the error message. Message clearly states it out. Failure to execute aapt
Short Answer:
Make aapt executable
Slightly Longer Answer:
1) Run cd android && ./gradlew clean && ./gradlew assembleDebug --stacktrace. The output will show the build-tool version where you will locate the right aapt to make executable and the path to it. e.g Cannot run program "/home/user/Android/Sdk/build-tools/25.0.3/aapt" (in directory "/home/user/testproject/node_modules/react-native-maps/lib/android"): error=13, Permission denied
2) Right click on file 'aapt', click on permissions, click the checkbox marked 'Execute'
3) Run ./gradlew clean && ./gradlew assembleDebug again and you should be good to go!!!

Answer 2

Problem solved.
An issue is a to long file path and npm not properly install react-native-maps module (there wasn't all required resource files).
During "compilation"
react-native run-android
gradlew task fails du to missing resources in maps module

Answer 3

I experienced a similar issue with this error response:
:react-native-maps:processReleaseResources FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-maps:processReleaseResources'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt
The way I was able to resolve this error was by going into folder node_modules/react-native-maps/lib/android and editing the build.gradle file with the corresponding compileSdkVersion, buildToolsVersion, minSdkVersion, and targetSdkVersion from my {root}/android/app level build.gradle versions.
This fix worked in various other newly installed packages which caused an error upon attempting to react-native run-android. Hope this helps!