I have this issue while packaging android project UE5.2.1.
Also the path given in the log is not found for .Xml. Please suggest to get rid of this error. i have gone through all search results and solutions on the forums. here is the log
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): > Task :app:bundleReleseResources FAILED
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): > Task :permission_library:generateReleaseRFile
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): > Task :downloader_library:exportReleaseConsumerProguardFiles
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): * What went wrong:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): Execution failed for task ‘:app:bundleReleaseResources’.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): 35 actionable tasks: 35 executed
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): > Android resource linking failed
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): Z:\app\build\intermediates\bundle_manifest\release\bundle-manifest\AndroidManifest.xml:311: AAPT: error: unexpected element found in .
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)):
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): * Try:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): BUILD FAILED in 22s
PackagingResults: Error: unexpected element found in .
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): ERROR: cmd.exe failed with args /c “D:\Unreal projects\RumbleRush\Intermediate\Android\gradle\rungradle.bat” :app:bundleRelease
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): (see C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.2\Log.txt for full exception trace)
PackagingResults: Error: cmd.exe failed with args /c “D:\Unreal projects\RumbleRush\Intermediate\Android\gradle\rungradle.bat” :app:bundleRelease
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): AutomationTool executed for 0h 1m 24s
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC2)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error