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Android aapt2 tool fails with "failed to open file: The device does not recognize the command"?

as part of a custom Android build chain, I am calling "aapt2 link" in order to link the files generated by a previous call to "aapt2 compile" together. This works fine on Mac, but on Windows it fails with the following error:
failed to open file: The device does not recognize the command.
I'm using the same SDK versions, and the error happens on multiple systems, including my own those of users of our build chain.
I'm calling rapt as follows:
C:\Users\mh\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\build-tools\33.0.1\aapt2.exe
link
-v
-o c:\obj\destination.apk
--manifest c:\Obj\manifest.xml
--java c:\Obj\java
-I C:\obj\android.jar
--proto-format
--min-sdk-version 26
--target-sdk-version 26
#c:\Obj\Aapt2LinkFiles.txt
(paths shortened for clarity here). All files listed in c:\Obj\Aapt2LinkFiles.txt exist, and aapt prints them all out, before emitting the error.
Does anyone have an idea what I could be missing?
As a side question: Is there a way to see, in Android Studio, how and with what parameters aapt2 is called as part of the normal automated build process? Because builds in Android Studio work fine (but I seem to not be able tom find any lace where there is a full build log, in the way that other IDEs such as Xcode or Visual Studio provide a textual overview of what actual tools get executed and with what parameters, as you build.
Thanx!
Update full command line for repro:
C:> C:\Users\mh\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\build-tools\33.0.1\aapt2.exe link -v -o c:\Obj\ForAAB.apk --manifest c:\Obj\m.xml --java c:\Obj\java -I C:\obj\a.jar --proto-format --min-sdk-version 26 --target-sdk-version 26 #c:\Obj\files.txt
Output
note: including C:\obj\a.jar.
note: linking package 'org.me.testapt2' using package ID 7f.
c:\Obj\res-aapt2\drawable-hdpi_icon.png.flat
c:\Obj\res-aapt2\drawable-ldpi_icon.png.flat
c:\Obj\res-aapt2\drawable-mdpi_icon.png.flat
c:\Obj\res-aapt2\drawable-xhdpi_icon.png.flat
c:\Obj\res-aapt2\drawable_icon.png.flat
c:\Obj\res-aapt2\layout_main.xml.flat: error: failed to open file: The device does not recognize the command. (22).
error: failed parsing input.
files can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/s/zuuopmhyzkd271u/Obj.zip?dl=0, unzip to C:\Obj

Jenkins aws device farm pugin unable to find artifact / apk

I am using jenkins to do the build for a Android project which works fine but uploading the apk to device farm results in a IOException as the plugin can't find the file.
Build Log
[AWSDeviceFarm] Using Project 'Android SDK2'
[AWSDeviceFarm] Using DevicePool 'Test Devices'
[AWSDeviceFarm] Using App '/AndroidSDK/PlayerSDK/build/outputs/apk/androidTest/debug/PlayerSDK-debug-androidTest.apk'
[AWSDeviceFarm] Unable to find artifact java.io.IOException: Expecting Ant GLOB pattern, but saw '/AndroidSDK/PlayerSDK/build/outputs/apk/androidTest/debug/PlayerSDK-debug-androidTest.apk'. See http://ant.apache.org/manual/Types/fileset.html for syntax
Build step 'Run Tests on AWS Device Farm' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE
I have tried changing application path to
**/build/outputs/apk/androidTest/debug/PlayerSDK-debug-androidTest.apk
and
**/PlayerSDK-debug-androidTest.apk
but this leads to "No artificats found at this location" error. Any ideas?

Cannot compile bazel needed for tensorflow-android

I'm trying to explore the tensorflow android demo. I want to adapt the app using android studio.
However when I simply follow the instructions I get compilation errors no matter what I do:
Trying to compile tensorflow using bazel and NDK r12b:
$bazel build -c opt //tensorflow/examples/android:tensorflow_demo
ERROR: /home/myUser/libs/tensorflow_android/WORKSPACE:3:1: //external:io_bazel_rules_closure: no such attribute 'urls' in 'http_archive' rule.
ERROR: /home/myUser/libs/tensorflow_android/WORKSPACE:3:1: //external:io_bazel_rules_closure: missing value for mandatory attribute 'url' in 'http_archive' rule.
ERROR: com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildFileContainsErrorsException: error loading package '': Encountered error while reading extension file 'closure/defs.bzl': no such package '#io_bazel_rules_closure//closure': error loading package 'external': Could not load //external package.
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.129s
Trying to compile a newer version of bazel following this advice:
$bazel version
Build label: 0.2.3-jdk7 // This is my current version of bazel
via apt-get:
$sudo apt-get upgrade bazel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
E: Unable to locate package bazel
from source (tried bazel-0.4.2 and bazel-0.5.0):
$./compile.sh
INFO: You can skip this first step by providing a path to the bazel binary as second argument:
INFO: ./compile.sh compile /path/to/bazel
🍃 Building Bazel from scratch
ERROR: JDK version (1.7) is lower than 1.8, please set $JAVA_HOME.
or
$bazel build //src:bazel
ERROR: /home/myUser/libs/bazel/bazel-0.4.2/tools/build_rules/genproto.bzl:45:16: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/myUser/libs/bazel/bazel-0.4.2/tools/build_rules/genproto.bzl", line 42
rule(gensrcjar_impl, attrs = {"src": at..."), <2 more arguments>), "_proto_compiler": attr.label(default = Label("//third_party/p..."), <4 more arguments>), "_jar": attr.label(default = Label("#bazel_tools//t..."), <4 more arguments>), "_jdk": attr.label(default = Label("#bazel_tools//t..."), ...)}, ..."})
File "/home/myUser/libs/bazel/bazel-0.4.2/tools/build_rules/genproto.bzl", line 45, in rule
attr.label(allow_files = proto_filetype, sing...)
allow_files should be a boolean or a filetype object.
ERROR: /home/myUser/libs/bazel/bazel-0.4.2/src/BUILD:130:1: error loading package 'src/main/protobuf': Extension file 'tools/build_rules/genproto.bzl' has errors and referenced by '//src:embedded_tools'.
ERROR: Loading failed; build aborted.
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.251s
switching aroung java-versions to see whether the bazel compiling issues come from there:
$sudo update-alternatives --config java
There are 4 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java 1074 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java 1071 manual mode
* 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/bin/java 1072 manual mode
3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java 1069 manual mode
4 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java 1074 manual mode
No luck so far :-/. Has anyone successfully compiled tensorflow for android from source?
What version of Tensorflow, NDK, bazel, java are required / compatible with each other? Do I really need bazel? (never worked with it anyway) Can't I just compile the android demo in android-studio like any other app?
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04, Cuda8.0, cudnn_v5.1, Titan X Pascal (not sure if these things matter)

Installing Bazel on Ubuntu can be done without compiling.
Follow all steps of the dedicated documentation: Install Bazel on Ubuntu

Error -1073740940 when running UITest on device or emulator

When running a Xamarin Android UITest either in the device or in the emulator I'm getting the return code -1073740940 on ADB.exe.
Test Name: AppLaunches
Test FullName: UITest1.Tests.AppLaunches
Test Source: d:\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UITest1\UITest1\Tests.cs : line 34
Test Outcome: Failed
Test Duration: 0:00:18,392
Result StackTrace:
at Xamarin.UITest.Shared.Processes.ProcessRunner.Run(String path, String arguments)
at Xamarin.UITest.Shared.Android.Commands.CommandAdbInstallPackage.Execute(IProcessRunner processRunner, IAndroidSdkTools androidSdkTools)
at Xamarin.UITest.Shared.Execution.Executor.Execute[TDep1,TDep2](ICommand`2 command)
at Xamarin.UITest.Shared.Android.LocalAndroidAppLifeCycle.InstallApps(ApkFile[] apkFiles)
at Xamarin.UITest.Shared.Android.LocalAndroidAppLifeCycle.EnsureInstalled(ApkFile appApkFile, ApkFile testServerApkFile)
at Xamarin.UITest.Android.AndroidApp..ctor(IAndroidAppConfiguration appConfiguration)
at Xamarin.UITest.Configuration.AndroidAppConfigurator.StartApp(AppDataMode appDataMode)
at UITest1.Tests.BeforeEachTest() in d:\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UITest1\UITest1\Tests.cs:line 22
Result Message:
SetUp : System.Exception : Failed to execute: D:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 022AQQ7N45014727 install "C:\Users\NB15664\AppData\Local\Temp\uitest\a-2B6E82A0AC77924F988970B83F62C1E372AA00FF\final-02F6B92052E860F661D6071DDD9EC4F95C4ED181.apk" - exit code: -1073740940
pkg: /data/local/tmp/final-02F6B92052E860F661D6071DDD9EC4F95C4ED181.apk
Success
The output windows gives me this:
Test Name: AppLaunches
Test Outcome: Failed
Result Message:
SetUp : System.Exception : Failed to execute: D:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 022AQQ7N45014727 install "C:\Users\NB15664\AppData\Local\Temp\uitest\a-2B6E82A0AC77924F988970B83F62C1E372AA00FF\final-02F6B92052E860F661D6071DDD9EC4F95C4ED181.apk" - exit code: -1073740940
pkg: /data/local/tmp/final-02F6B92052E860F661D6071DDD9EC4F95C4ED181.apk
Success
Result StandardOutput: Full log file: C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\uitest\log-2016-04-20_16-43-10-687.txt
Skipping IDE integration as important properties are configured. To force IDE integration, add .PreferIdeSettings() to ConfigureApp.
Android test running Xamarin.UITest version: 1.0.0
Running in unactivated mode. Test run will be restricted to simulators for a maximum duration of 15 minutes. The full version is available for Xamarin Test Cloud customers, for more information contact sales#xamarin.com.
Initializing Android app on device 022AQQ7N45014727 with apk: d:\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UITest1\app-debug.apk
Signing apk with Xamarin keystore.
If I send the APK for remote test execution it works and passes.
What can possibly be the issue?

Replacing my adb.exe from 20/04/2016 17:13 to one from 20/08/2015 13:21 solved the issue.
Thanks.

Jenkins unable to locate files on my computer

when ever I try to build my android project on jenkins it fails by saying :
Started by user anonymous
Building in workspace /home/tanzeelrana/git/eventmatrix-cordova-app/mysteryshopper_version2
[mysteryshopper_version2] $ ant -Dlabel=trial1-9 clean debug
Buildfile: /home/tanzeelrana/git/eventmatrix-cordova-app/mysteryshopper_version2/build.xml
BUILD FAILED
/home/tanzeelrana/git/eventmatrix-cordova-app/mysteryshopper_version2/build.xml:90: Cannot find /home/tanzeelrana/android-sdk-linux/tools/ant/build.xml imported from /home/tanzeelrana/git/eventmatrix-cordova-app/mysteryshopper_version2/build.xml
Total time: 0 seconds
Build step 'Invoke Ant' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE
on line 90 in my build.xml file I have a tag with the following in it :
import file="/home/tanzeelrana/android-sdk-linux/tools/ant/build.xml"
does anyone know why it is unable to locate this file ? the file exist at the exact path ....

Jenkins usually runs with its own user (jenkins),
so it is probably an issue of permissions.
Try printing the current user from within your Jenkins job.
EDIT:
See here about running Jenkins as a daemon -
it also shows how to set it to run as a different user than 'jenkins':
Installing Jenkins as a Unix daemon