Could not find com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.2.0

Beginning with Android Studio 3.2 Canary 11, the source for AAPT2 (Android Asset Packaging Tool 2) is Google’s Maven repository.

To use AAPT2, make sure that you have a google() dependency in your build.gradle file, as shown here:

buildscript {
  repositories {
      google() // here
      jcenter()
  }
  dependencies {
      classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0-alpha12'
  }
} 
allprojects {
  repositories {
      google() // and here
      jcenter()
  }
}

The new version of AAPT2 fixes many issues, including improved handling of non-ASCII characters on Windows.

Adding the repositories in the buildscript is not sufficient, you need to add it also in allprojects.

Source: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/#aapt2_gmaven

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