.NET for Android error APT2265
Issue
The tool aapt2
is unable to resolve one of the files it was passed.
This is generally caused by non-ASCII characters in the project name
or the path to the project.
Solution
The best way to avoid this is to ensure that your project does not contain non-ASCII characters. For example if you create all of your projects in folders such as
C:\Users\shëlly\Visual Studio 2022\Android\MyProjects\Com.SomeReallyLongCompanyName.MyBrillantApplication\MyBrilliantApplicaiton.Android\
you may well encounter problems with not only aapt2
but also Ahead of Time
compilation. Keeping your project names and folder structures short, concise and
ASCII will help work around these issues. For example instead of the above
you could use
C:\Work\Android\MyBrilliantApp
Which is much shorter, contains no non-ASCII characters and much less likely to encounter issues.