title: Error on building QT Android build with Gradle : Malformed \uxxxx encoding
body: <p>For automated build generation, scripts are written to automate and generate QT Android build with gradle.</p>
  
  <p>The build step fails at the last step.
  The command given is </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>C:\Qt\5.10.1\android_armv7\bin\androiddeployqt.exe --input
    C:/Users/user1/Desktop/Sources/Software/build_android/android-libTestApp.so-deployment-settings.json
    --output android_lisha --debug --android-platform android-28 --jdk "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_65" --gradle</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Error observed is:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>&lt;-------------> 0% INITIALIZING [0s]> Evaluating
    settings&lt;-------------> 0% INITIALIZING [0s]> Evaluating
    settings&lt;-------------> 0% INITIALIZING [0s]> Evaluating
    settings&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [0s]> Loading
    projects&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [0s]> Loading
    projects&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [0s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [0s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [0s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [0s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [0s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]> root project > Resolve
    dependencies of :classpath&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]> root
    project > Resolve dependencies of :classpath&lt;-------------> 0%
    CONFIGURING [1s]> root project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]>
    root project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]> root
    project&lt;-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [1s]> root project
    <strong>FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.</strong></p>
    
    <p>**Where: Build file 'C:\Users\user1\Desktop\Sources\Software\build_android\android_lisha\build.gradle'
    line: 19
    * What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating root project 'android_lisha'.</p>
    
    <blockquote>
      <p>Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.application']
      Malformed \uxxxx encoding.**</p>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Classpath used in build.gradle file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Distribution URL in gradle.wrapper.properties file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-all.zip
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>QT Creator IDE version : 4.6.1</p>
  
  <p>I have checked the related links in stack overflow like 
  i) <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44959885/cordova-to-android-studio-error-malformed-uxxxx-encoding">Cordova to Android studio error malformed \uxxxx encoding</a>
  ii) <a href="https://github.com/googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver/issues/92" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver/issues/92</a>.
  Above links did not help much.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone please help in figuring out the issue.</p>