Error: No resource identifier found for attribute `requestLegacyExternalStorage` and `preserveLegacyExternalStorage` in package `android`

Question

I have decompiled APK using apktool d demoapp.apk then compiling apk using apktool b demoapp.apk but at compile time it throws the error

brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1):

Here No resource identifier found for attribute preserveLegacyExternalStorage in package android

The same error appears for requestLegacyExternalStorage as well

did you check this issue? https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool/issues/1880 — muetzenflo, Nov 20 '20 at 15:18
Yes I have checked this : github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool/issues/1880 — Sameer Jani, Nov 24 '20 at 05:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '20 at 07:55

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You should compile against SDK 29 and maybe use the most recent build tools for aapt to know this attribute.

answered Nov 24 '20 at 07:55

Bogdan Lonchuk

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '21 at 14:14

If you just want to modify its source before recompile it (resource will not be modified), use -r flag when decompile the apk. I have the same problem, and always get unknown resource problem when recompile it. It solve when I use -r flag when decompile the apk.

# apktool -r d demo.apk

Error: No resource identifier found for attribute `requestLegacyExternalStorage` and `preserveLegacyExternalStorage` in package `android`

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