Execution failed for task ‘app:mergeDebugResources’ Crunching Cruncher….png failed

In my case, the error was caused by a PNG file I added to the drawable folder. I had changed its extension from jpg to png by changing the text (in an inproper way) and then uploading it as PNG.

This was the problem Android Studio was pointing to.

I fixed this problem and got the error to disappear by changing the file extension using the Paint.NET tool or any other tool (proper way), and then uploading it to the drawable folder.

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