Android build suddenly failed (Gradle issue)

Hi,
I have changed an image in my application and run expo build:android --release-channel production.
The application is working and already in Play Store and received an update because of the build process.
BUT somehow, I’m getting an error in Gradle phase in the build.

Heres the gradle phase output:

Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.
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> Configure project :app
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WARNING: The option setting 'android.useNewApkCreator=false' is experimental.
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The current default is 'true'.
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:32:50 GMT
AWS Device Farm Plugin version 1.3
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Installing unimodules:
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 unimodules-core@6.0.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/@unimodules/core
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 unimodules-react-native-adapter@5.7.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/@unimodules/react-native-adapter
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-ads-admob@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-ads-admob
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-ads-facebook@8.4.1 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-ads-facebook
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 expo-analytics-amplitude@9.0.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-analytics-amplitude
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 expo-analytics-segment@9.1.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-analytics-segment
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-app-auth@9.3.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-app-auth
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-application@2.4.1 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-application
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-av@8.7.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-av
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 expo-background-fetch@8.6.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-background-fetch
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 expo-barcode-scanner@9.1.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-barcode-scanner
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 expo-battery@3.1.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-battery
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 expo-brightness@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-brightness
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 expo-calendar@8.6.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-calendar
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 expo-camera@9.1.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-camera
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 expo-cellular@2.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-cellular
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 expo-constants@9.3.3 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-constants
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 expo-contacts@8.6.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-contacts
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 expo-crypto@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-crypto
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 expo-device@2.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-device
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 expo-document-picker@8.4.1 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-document-picker
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 expo-error-recovery@1.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-error-recovery
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 expo-face-detector@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-face-detector
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 expo-facebook@9.1.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-facebook
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 expo-file-system@9.3.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-file-system
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 expo-firebase-analytics@2.6.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-firebase-analytics
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 expo-firebase-core@1.3.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-firebase-core
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 expo-font@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-font
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 expo-gl-cpp@9.2.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-gl-cpp
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 expo-gl@9.2.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-gl
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 expo-google-sign-in@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-google-sign-in
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 expo-haptics@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-haptics
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 expo-image-loader@1.3.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-image-loader
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 expo-image-manipulator@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-image-manipulator
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 expo-image-picker@9.2.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-image-picker
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 expo-intent-launcher@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-intent-launcher
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 expo-keep-awake@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-keep-awake
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 expo-linear-gradient@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-linear-gradient
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 expo-local-authentication@9.5.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-local-authentication
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 expo-localization@9.1.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-localization
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 expo-location@10.0.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-location
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 expo-mail-composer@9.0.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-mail-composer
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 expo-media-library@10.0.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-media-library
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 expo-network@2.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-network
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 expo-notifications@0.8.2 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-notifications
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 expo-permissions@10.0.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-permissions
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 expo-print@9.2.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-print
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-screen-capture@2.0.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-screen-capture
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 expo-screen-orientation@2.1.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-screen-orientation
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 expo-secure-store@9.3.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-secure-store
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 expo-sensors@9.2.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-sensors
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-sharing@8.5.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-sharing
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 expo-sms@8.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-sms
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 expo-speech@8.5.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-speech
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 expo-splash-screen@0.8.1 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-splash-screen
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 expo-sqlite@8.5.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-sqlite
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 expo-store-review@2.3.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-store-review
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 expo-task-manager@8.6.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-task-manager
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 expo-updates@0.4.1 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-updates
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 expo-video-thumbnails@4.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-video-thumbnails
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 expo-web-browser@8.6.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/expo-web-browser
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 unimodules-app-loader@1.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-app-loader
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 unimodules-barcode-scanner-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-barcode-scanner-interface
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 unimodules-camera-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-camera-interface
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 unimodules-constants-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-constants-interface
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 unimodules-face-detector-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-face-detector-interface
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 unimodules-file-system-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-file-system-interface
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 unimodules-font-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-font-interface
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 unimodules-image-loader-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-image-loader-interface
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 unimodules-permissions-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-permissions-interface
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 unimodules-sensors-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-sensors-interface
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:00 GMT
 unimodules-task-manager-interface@5.4.0 from /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/packages/unimodules-task-manager-interface
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:33:02 GMT
Could not find google-services.json while looking in [src/nullnull/debug, src/debug/nullnull, src/nullnull, src/debug, src/nullnullDebug]
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registerResGeneratingTask is deprecated, use registerGeneratedResFolders(FileCollection)
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Could not find google-services.json while looking in [src/nullnull/release, src/release/nullnull, src/nullnull, src/release, src/nullnullRelease]
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registerResGeneratingTask is deprecated, use registerGeneratedResFolders(FileCollection)
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> Task :app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
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> Task :app:extractProguardFiles
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> Task :app:preReleaseBuild
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> Task :app:compileReleaseAidl NO-SOURCE
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> Task :app:compileReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
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> Task :app:generateReleaseBuildConfig
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> Task :app:generateReleaseResValues
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> Task :app:generateReleaseResources
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> Task :app:processReleaseGoogleServices
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Parsing json file: /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/android-shell-app/app/google-services.json
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> Task :app:javaPreCompileRelease
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> Task :app:createReleaseCompatibleScreenManifests
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> Task :app:extractDeepLinksRelease
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> Task :app:processReleaseManifest
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/app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/android-shell-app/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:17:9-26:20 Warning:
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	provider#expo.modules.filesystem.FileSystemFileProvider@android:authorities was tagged at AndroidManifest.xml:17 to replace other declarations but no other declaration present
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> Task :app:prepareLintJar
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> Task :app:mergeReleaseShaders
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> Task :app:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
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> Task :app:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
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> Task :app:mergeReleaseAssets
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> Task :app:checkReleaseDuplicateClasses
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> Task :app:processReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
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> Task :app:collectReleaseDependencies
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> Task :app:sdkReleaseDependencyData
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> Task :app:mergeReleaseJniLibFolders
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> Task :app:validateSigningRelease
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> Task :app:mergeReleaseResources
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> Task :app:processReleaseResources FAILED
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> Task :app:mergeReleaseJavaResource
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> Task :app:mergeReleaseNativeLibs
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[stderr] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
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[stderr] * What went wrong:
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[stderr] Execution failed for task ':app:processReleaseResources'.
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[stderr] > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
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[stderr]    > Android resource linking failed
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[stderr]      /app/turtle/workingdir/android/sdk40/android-shell-app/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml:2:3-45: AAPT: error: resource attr/MY_APP_NAME (aka com.***.***:attr/MY_APP_NAME) not found.
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[stderr]          
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[stderr] * Try:
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[stderr] Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
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[stderr] * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
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[stderr] BUILD FAILED in 1m 25s
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Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 7.0.
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Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
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See https://docs.gradle.org/6.6.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings
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20 actionable tasks: 20 executed
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Error: ./gradlew exited with non-zero code: 1
    at ChildProcess.completionListener (/app/turtle/node_modules/@expo/xdl/node_modules/@expo/spawn-async/build/spawnAsync.js:52:23)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:418:26)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:311:20)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:482:12)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
    ...
    at spawnAsync (/app/turtle/node_modules/@expo/xdl/node_modules/@expo/spawn-async/build/spawnAsync.js:17:21)
    at spawnAsyncThrowError (/app/turtle/node_modules/@expo/xdl/build/detach/ExponentTools.js:201:45)
    at buildShellAppAsync (/app/turtle/node_modules/@expo/xdl/build/detach/AndroidShellApp.js:976:11)
    at async Object.createAndroidShellAppAsync (/app/turtle/node_modules/@expo/xdl/build/detach/AndroidShellApp.js:396:5)
    at async runShellAppBuilder (/app/turtle/build/builders/android.js:95:9)
    at async Object.buildAndroid [as android] (/app/turtle/build/builders/android.js:43:28)
    at async build (/app/turtle/build/jobManager.js:181:33)
    at async processJob (/app/turtle/build/jobManager.js:118:32)
    at async Object.doJob (/app/turtle/build/jobManager.js:49:5)
    at async main (/app/turtle/build/server.js:66:13)

It says something about strings.xml file and attribute which is my app name. (I censored my app name and replaced it with MY_APP_NAME).

Maybe it is related to my app name because it in Hebrew? also my app name contains question mark.
Also, my app name is not showed fully, the question mark somehow trimmed from the error message - So I think it maybe related to the error.

expo diagnostic results:

  Expo CLI 4.1.6 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 11.2
      Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 14.15.4 - /usr/local/bin/node
      npm: 6.14.10 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 14.4, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.7042882
      Xcode: 12.4/12D4e - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      expo: ^40.0.0 => 40.0.0 
      react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
      react-dom: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
      react-native: https://github.com/expo/react-native/archive/sdk-40.0.0.tar.gz => 0.63.2 
      react-native-web: ~0.13.12 => 0.13.18 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      expo-cli: 4.1.6
    Expo Workflow: managed

Thanks for your help!

can you share a link to your build page to secure@expo.io? thanks

Thanks for the super quick reply! I have sent link to my build page.

hi @ahihenachta ! We’re taking the provided name and putting it in an XML file (strings.xml) when building your app. Turns out, ? need to be escaped with \?. Otherwise, the unescaped question mark means you’re trying to access another resource-

Thanks for the clarification.
I’ve tried build again with \? in my app name, but the error still occurs.
Maybe the escaping is not working correctly somehow?

Even after “double escaping” (\\?) it shows the same error message.
Maybe the build is using some cached previously build?

That’s weird, because when I passed the build with the “double escaping” app name, I saw in the build section that my app name is changed (with ‘\?’) so I can conclude that the app.json file was given correctly to the build.

UPDATE: Moreover, I completely remove ? from my app name, and the error still occurs :open_mouth:

FINAL UPDATE: It was my mistake, there was another field with my app name (facebookAppName) which contain the previous app name…

Now Everything is working, Thanks for your help and effort! You’ve build an amazing platform and community :slight_smile:

Btw, the actual solution was to remove the question mark from both fields and the build passed.
I’ve tried escaping the fields with no success (The error message showed again).

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