Build Tools revision error

Description

You need to have the right version of Android SDK Build-Tools installed in order to build the ROS Android packages, otherwise you may get an error like the following

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':android_gingerbread_mr1:compileRelease'.
> failed to find Build Tools revision 18.1.1

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Solution

Install the required version of Android SDK Build-tools (in this example, 18.1.1)