Absolute path are not supported when setting an output file name

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I was following this android tutorial How To Create An Android Icon Pack App – Prototypr[^]. When I imported the project to Android Studio and built it I got the following error android - Cannot set the value of read-only property 'outputFile' for ApkVariantOutputImpl_Decorated - Stack Overflow[^].

I solved that as the answer was already mentioned there. After that when I tried to build the project I got the following error - Absolute path are not supported when setting an output file name.

When I opened the file in Android Studio, it showed that the error was occuring at the following code:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"

    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            output.outputFileName = new File(
                    output.outputFile.parent, "MyIconPack-${variant.versionName}.apk")
        }
    }

Please help me to solve this error.

What I have tried:

I searched in StackOverflow and google, but can't find a proper solution.

Posted 26-Sep-18 1:02am

User 13965370

Updated 26-Sep-18 5:05am

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David Crow 26-Sep-18 10:21am

See the suggestion here by user3155340.

[no name] 26-Sep-18 11:49am

I already had referred it. Can you tell me how to edit my code to remove this error?

David Crow 26-Sep-18 11:56am

Do you mean how to modify the app's build.gradle file?

[no name] 26-Sep-18 11:57am

Yes.

David Crow 26-Sep-18 11:59am

It's just a text file, and can be edited like any other right from within Android Studio (or whatever IDE you are using).

[no name] 26-Sep-18 12:02pm

I know it. I want to edit the portion of the code that I pasted in the question so that the error is solved.

David Crow 26-Sep-18 12:08pm

So did you try replacing what you have with:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"

    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.all { output ->
            def relativeRootDir = output.packageApplication.outputDirectory.toPath()
                     .relativize(rootDir.toPath()).toFile()
            output.outputFileName = new File( "$relativeRootDir/release", newOutputName)
        }
    }
}

[no name] 26-Sep-18 13:11pm

Now the error is like this - Could not get unknown property 'newOutputName' for ApkVariantOutputImpl_Decorated{apkData=Main{type=MAIN, fullName=debug, filters=[], versionCode=2, versionName=1.0.0}} of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApkVariantOutputImpl.

David Crow 26-Sep-18 15:19pm

What about the answers provided here, and here?

Supporting Gradle documentation is here.

[no name] 27-Sep-18 13:01pm

Check this link for solution https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52523902/gradle-version-4-6-absolute-path-are-not-supported-when-setting-an-output-file

Member 13998527 26-Sep-18 11:32am

I am also making an Icon pack, even from Prototypr. I also have the same problem! Please help.

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