title: React-Native Build Failed app:mergeDebugAssets
body: <p>I completed a react-native app for Android, and now when I try to </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>run npm android, I get this error:</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
  
  * What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugAssets'.
  &gt; Error: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException:
  C:\Users\SONY\AwesomeProject\android\app\build\intermediates\merged_assets\debug\mergeDebugAssets\out\fonts
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please can you help me?</p>
  
  <p>Many Thanks</p>
  
  <p>React-native </p>
  
  <p>Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: C:\Users\SONY\AwesomeProject\android\app\build\intermediates\merged_assets\debug\mergeDebugAssets\out\fonts
          at com.android.ide.common.resources.MergedAssetWriter$AssetWorkAction.run(MergedAssetWriter.java:84)
          ... 1 more</p>
  
  <p>FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugAssets'.
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException:
    C:\Users\SONY\AwesomeProject\android\app\build\intermediates\merged_assets\debug\mergeDebugAssets\out\fonts</p>
  </blockquote></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I want to successfully build the android app</p>