Cordova suddenly stopped building on Android: failed writing to '.\platforms\android\app\build\intermediates\runtime_symbol_list\debug\R.txt': Invalid Data. (13).

I am writing a small app in cordova and everything was working fine until yesterday when I tried to run cordova build android --release Since then I always get this when I try to build for android:

Checking Java JDK and Android SDK versions
ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=C:\android\Sdk (recommended setting)
ANDROID_HOME=C:\android\Sdk (DEPRECATED)
Using Android SDK: C:\android\Sdk
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Subproject Path: app
> Task :app:processDebugResources FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
   > Android resource linking failed
     AAPT: error: failed writing to 'C:\Users\Inspiron 15\Desktop\project\platforms\android\app\build\intermediates\runtime_symbol_list\debug\R.txt': Invalid Data. (13).



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BUILD FAILED in 5s
26 actionable tasks: 26 executed
Command failed with exit code 1: C:\Users\Inspiron 15\Desktop\project\platforms\android\gradlew cdvBuildDebug -b C:\Users\Inspiron 15\Desktop\project\platforms\android\build.gradle

I am on windows 10, using cordova 10.0.0. The only plugins for the moment are: cordova-plugin-file cordova-plugin-whitelist

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall gradle (trying both 6.1.1 and 6.5), to remove and add again android platform and I also started a new project but nothing changed.

Update:

android version: 9.0.0 latest build-tools installed (in ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/): 30.0.2

Update (solution): Avast was blocking R.txt creation and editing, I solved my problem by temporarily disabling Avast.

[fabrizio03]

I finally found out what happened: Avast was blocking R.txt creation and editing and of course I received no notification… I solved my problem by temporarily disabling Avast.

[ZAHHAR-ISMAIL]

I solve it by uninstalling the antivirus.