Android: "Failed to create MD5 hash for file"

[fedeali]

Hello,
I'm trying to build a project for Android that contains an extension I am making (a wrapper for a video ads provider). The project fails to build with the following output to console:

:com.myname.mygamename:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':com.myname.mygamename:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
> Failed to create MD5 hash for file 'Z:\com.myname.mygamename\libs\logging-interceptor-3.7.0.jar'.

logging-interceptor-3.7.0.jar is present inside the extension's AndroidSource/libs directory.

In the extension's settings, I have put the following Gradle dependencies inject code as required by the library:

    // Vungle SDK
    compile files('libs/vungle-android-sdk-6.3.17.jar')

    // Required Third-party Dependencies
    compile files('libs/converter-gson-2.2.0.jar')
    compile files('libs/fetch-1.1.5.jar')
    compile files('libs/gson-2.7.jar')
    compile files('libs/logging-interceptor-3.7.0.jar')
    compile files('libs/okhttp-3.7.0.jar')
    compile files('libs/okio-1.12.0.jar')
    compile files('libs/retrofit-2.2.0.jar')
    compile files('libs/VNG-moat-mobile-app-kit-2.2.0.jar')

    // Support library
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'

    // Recommended Google Play Services
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:15.0.1'

    // Optional Google Play Services
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-identifier:15.0.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:15.0.1'

Removing the compile files('libs/logging-interceptor-3.7.0.jar') instruction lets the build process go not so far, since I get the same error on gson-2.7.jar, and then on converter-gson-2.2.0.jar.

These libraries are required by the ads provider SDK, so I can't remove them. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you in advance.

 

[fedeali]

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