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2,410 PointsGradle build failure.
Gradle build failed with Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugAidl'. > aidl is missing. on Android Studio version: 1.2.1.1
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Mahmoud Yousif
5,053 PointsI also had this error. I updated a couple things in the SDK manager, changed a couple things in the build.gradle file, and restarted AS a bunch of times. Eventually, it work but I have no idea why. I searched on stack overflow and managed to get this answer:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30506406/aidl-is-missing-android-studio
Good Luck!
Ashwini Tiwari
2,410 PointsAshwini Tiwari
2,410 PointsThanks Mahmoud. finally i got a successful build. i guess there was a problem with the Build tools version which i was using.