Android Studio Execution failed for task app mergeDebugResources if project is created on drive C

Question

I added Google Play services as a dependency in my current project. If I save the project on the C: drive, I get the following error while syncing up the project:

Error: Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'. 
          > Error: Failed to run command: 
          C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\sdk\build-tools\android-4.4.2\aapt.exe s -i C:\Users\ashokp\Desktop\Studio\AndroidV2SDK_AndroidStudioFormat\Google Play Services\SampleApplication\AndroidV2SDKSampleApp_GooglePlay
Services\app\build\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services\4.3.23\res\drawable-hdpi\common_signin_btn_text_focus_light.9.png -o C:\Users\ashokp\Desktop\Studio\AndroidV2SDK_AndroidStudioFormat\Google Play Services\SampleApplication\AndroidV2SDKSampleApp_GooglePlayServices\app\build\res\all\debug\drawable-hdpi\common_signin_btn_text_focus_light.9.png 
Error Code: 42

This only happens if the project is saved on the C: drive. If I save it to some other drive, it works perfectly. Does anyone else face this issue? What causes this? How can I solve this?

Answer 1

To answer your question, this can only be caused by the path length restriction which I’m sure is 256 characters at the least for which you will need to relocate your project and the build will succeed.