Fatal exception when building on release (dexguard) but not in debug

Issue

I have seen this is a common problem with devices on 4.4. I have read a bunch of other threads about the abc_ic_ab_back_material.xml and I have been able to solve the problem in debug but not in release. Could anyone help here?. Here the exception:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.tools.picturedraw, PID: 8136 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.tools.picturedraw/com.blrapp.blrcommon.MainActivity}: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/abc_ic_ab_back_material.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f020013 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2184) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/abc_ic_ab_back_material.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f020013 at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2096) at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:700) at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(:354) at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(:193) at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(:181) at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.checkVectorDrawableSetup(:689) at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(:186) at android.support.v7.widget.TintTypedArray.getDrawableIfKnown(:77) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase.(:83) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.(:146) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV11.(:28) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV14.(:41) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(:193) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(:173) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.getDelegate(:511) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.onCreate(:71) at com.blrapp.blrcommon.MainActivity.onCreate(:136) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)  Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #17: invalid drawable tag vector at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:933) at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:877) at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2092) at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:700)  at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(:354)  at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(:193)  at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(:181)  at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.checkVectorDrawableSetup(:689)  at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(:186)  at android.support.v7.widget.TintTypedArray.getDrawableIfKnown(:77)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase.(:83)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.(:146)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV11.(:28)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV14.(:41)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(:193)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(:173)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.getDelegate(:511)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.onCreate(:71)  at com.blrapp.blrcommon.MainActivity.onCreate(:136)  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 

My app/gradle file:

buildscript {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    flatDir { dirs '/Users/hexdump/Developing/Android/tools/dexguard/lib/' }
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.2'
    classpath ':dexguard:'
}
}



apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'dexguard'

android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '23.0.3'

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.tools.picturedraw"

    minSdkVersion 11
    targetSdkVersion 23

    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true

    versionCode 384
    versionName "3.84"


    signingConfigs
            {
                release
                        {
                            def console = System.console();
                            if (console == null) {
                                print("Please execute release compilations from console. Use ./comiple.sh")
                            } else {
                                def password = System.console().readPassword("\n Enter keystore password: ")
                                storeFile file("../mykey.keystore")
                                storePassword = new String(password)
                                keyAlias "general"
                                keyPassword new String(password)
                            }
                        }
            }
}

buildTypes
        {
            release
                    {
                        //Use command line to compile in release
                        //minifyEnabled false
                        proguardFile getDefaultDexGuardFile('dexguard-release.pro')
                        //proguardFile 'dexguard-project.txt'
                        proguardFile 'proguard-project.txt'
                        signingConfig signingConfigs.release

                    }
            debug
                    {
                        proguardFile getDefaultDexGuardFile('dexguard-debug.pro')
                        //proguardFile 'dexguard-project.txt'
                        //proguardFile 'proguard-project.txt'
                    }
        }
productFlavors {
}
}


dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile project(':adnetworks')
compile project(':coretools')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:23.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.2.1'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.5.0'
compile 'com.pnikosis:materialish-progress:1.2'
}

Thanks in advance.

Solution

You just need to change the version of support library dependencies. Change 23.2.1 to 23.4.0:

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile project(':adnetworks')
compile project(':coretools')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.4.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.5.0'
compile 'com.pnikosis:materialish-progress:1.2'
}

EDIT:

If you are having any support library dependency in any of your modules("adnetworks" or "coretools"). Please change their versions to the latest version as i have suggested.

I was facing the same problem and solved by updating the version of libraries to the latest ones.!!

Answered By - Janki Gadhiya