Can not generate signed APK in Windows using 2.8.6

[deckyfx]

Only encounter in windows OS, when using v 2.8.6

java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: org.gradle.workers.WorkerExecutionException: There was a failure while executing work items at com.android.builder.profile.Recorder$Block.handleException(Recorder.java:55) at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:108) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask.transform(TransformTask.java:230) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:103) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.IncrementalTaskInputsTaskAction.doExecute(IncrementalTaskInputsTaskAction.java:46) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:41) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AbstractIncrementalTaskAction.execute(AbstractIncrementalTaskAction.java:25) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:28) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$5.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:404) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:402) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:394) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:92) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.run(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:31) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:393) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:376) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.access$200(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:80) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$TaskExecution.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:213) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.lambda$execute$0(ExecuteStep.java:32) at java.util.Optional.map(Optional.java:215) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:32) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:26) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CleanupOutputsStep.execute(CleanupOutputsStep.java:58) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CleanupOutputsStep.execute(CleanupOutputsStep.java:35) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveInputChangesStep.execute(ResolveInputChangesStep.java:48) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveInputChangesStep.execute(ResolveInputChangesStep.java:33) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CancelExecutionStep.execute(CancelExecutionStep.java:39) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.executeWithoutTimeout(TimeoutStep.java:73) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.execute(TimeoutStep.java:54) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CatchExceptionStep.execute(CatchExceptionStep.java:35) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CreateOutputsStep.execute(CreateOutputsStep.java:51) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SnapshotOutputsStep.execute(SnapshotOutputsStep.java:45) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SnapshotOutputsStep.execute(SnapshotOutputsStep.java:31) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CacheStep.executeWithoutCache(CacheStep.java:201) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CacheStep.execute(CacheStep.java:70) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CacheStep.execute(CacheStep.java:45) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.execute(BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.java:49) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.StoreSnapshotsStep.execute(StoreSnapshotsStep.java:43) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.StoreSnapshotsStep.execute(StoreSnapshotsStep.java:32) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RecordOutputsStep.execute(RecordOutputsStep.java:38) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RecordOutputsStep.execute(RecordOutputsStep.java:24) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.executeBecause(SkipUpToDateStep.java:96) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.lambda$execute$0(SkipUpToDateStep.java:89) at java.util.Optional.map(Optional.java:215) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.execute(SkipUpToDateStep.java:54) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.SkipUpToDateStep.execute(SkipUpToDateStep.java:38) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveChangesStep.execute(ResolveChangesStep.java:77) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveChangesStep.execute(ResolveChangesStep.java:37) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.legacy.MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.execute(MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.java:36) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.legacy.MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.execute(MarkSnapshottingInputsFinishedStep.java:26) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveCachingStateStep.execute(ResolveCachingStateStep.java:90) at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ResolveCachingStateStep.execute(ResolveCachingStateStep.java:48) at org.gradle.internal.execution.impl.DefaultWorkExecutor.execute(DefaultWorkExecutor.java:33) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:120) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveBeforeExecutionStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveBeforeExecutionStateTaskExecuter.java:75) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:62) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:108) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveBeforeExecutionOutputsTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveBeforeExecutionOutputsTaskExecuter.java:67) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveAfterPreviousExecutionStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveAfterPreviousExecutionStateTaskExecuter.java:46) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:94) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.FinalizePropertiesTaskExecuter.execute(FinalizePropertiesTaskExecuter.java:46) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskExecutionModeExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskExecutionModeExecuter.java:95) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:57) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:56) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:36) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.executeTask(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:73) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.call(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.call(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:49) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:416) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:406) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.call(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:102) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.call(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:36) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter.execute(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:49) at org.gradle.execution.plan.LocalTaskNodeExecutor.execute(LocalTaskNodeExecutor.java:43) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$InvokeNodeExecutorsAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:355) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$InvokeNodeExecutorsAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:343) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareExecutionAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:336) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareExecutionAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:322) at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:134) at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:129) at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.execute(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:202) at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.executeNextNode(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:193) at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.run(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:129) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: org.gradle.workers.WorkerExecutionException: There was a failure while executing work items at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.transform(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:448) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask$2.call(TransformTask.java:239) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask$2.call(TransformTask.java:235) at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:106) ... 96 more Caused by: org.gradle.workers.WorkerExecutionException: There was a failure while executing work items at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor.workerExecutionException(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:158) at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor.await(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:152) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.transform(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:424) ... 99 more Caused by: org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor$WorkExecutionException: A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform$DexConversionWorkAction at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor$WorkerExecution.waitForCompletion(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:285) at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultAsyncWorkTracker.waitForItemsAndGatherFailures(DefaultAsyncWorkTracker.java:115) at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultAsyncWorkTracker.waitForCompletion(DefaultAsyncWorkTracker.java:87) at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor.await(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:150) ... 100 more Caused by: org.gradle.tooling.BuildException: Failed to process C:\Temp\itp code\enakpedia\Android\dev\enakpedia-android-app\EnakPediaV0\app\build\intermediates\transforms\FirebasePerformancePlugin\development\debug\128 at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform$DexConversionWorkAction.run(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:705) at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerServer.execute(DefaultWorkerServer.java:39) at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1$1.execute(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:61) at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker$1.call(AbstractWorker.java:44) at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker$1.call(AbstractWorker.java:41) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:416) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:406) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.call(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:102) at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.call(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:36) at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker.executeWrappedInBuildOperation(AbstractWorker.java:41) at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1.execute(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:55) at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor$1.call(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:105) at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor$1.call(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:99) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.runExecution(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:215) at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.runBatch(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:164) at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.run(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:131) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ... 6 more Caused by: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process C:\Temp\itp code\enakpedia\Android\dev\enakpedia-android-app\EnakPediaV0\app\build\intermediates\transforms\FirebasePerformancePlugin\development\debug\128 at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.launchProcessing(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:910) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.access$600(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:114) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform$DexConversionWorkAction.run(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:697) ... 27 more Caused by: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Error while dexing. at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveBuilder.getExceptionToRethrow(D8DexArchiveBuilder.java:124) at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveBuilder.convert(D8DexArchiveBuilder.java:101) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.launchProcessing(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:905) ... 29 more Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed to complete at com.android.tools.r8.utils.t.a(:55) at com.android.tools.r8.D8.run(:11) at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveBuilder.convert(D8DexArchiveBuilder.java:99) ... 30 more Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.utils.AbortException: Error: C:\Temp\itp code\enakpedia\Android\dev\enakpedia-android-app\EnakPediaV0\app\build\intermediates\transforms\FirebasePerformancePlugin\development\debug\128\module-info.class, Illegal class file: Class module-info is missing a super type. Class file version 53. at com.android.tools.r8.utils.Reporter.a(:21) at com.android.tools.r8.utils.Reporter.a(:7) at com.android.tools.r8.utils.t.a(:36) ... 32 more

the most important part is
Illegal class file: Class module-info is missing a super type. Class file version 53

Work fine in mac

[haydenlborrie]

I have the same issue on my Windows machine

[brookmg]

Going back to 2.8.5 fixed it for me

[Marcono1234]

Can you please check whether this still occurs with the latest Gson version and the latest Android Studio and Android Gradle Plugin versions?
As far as I know there have been fixes related to this issue for Android Gradle Plugin, and the way Gson includes the module-info.class file has been improved by #2013.

[Marcono1234]

I am going to close this because no answer has been provided. If you still experience this with the latest Gson version, feel free to comment here again with more details.