Does apktool acts differently with different versions Java? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have this strange problem... I took a certain apk, decompiled it using apktools, but when I tried to recompile it back I got lots of errors like this one:
C:\apkto\test\res\layout\activity_wordfall.xml:46: error: No resource identifie
r found for attribute 'textAlignment' in package 'android'
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.androlib.Androl
ibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\johny\
AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_3012068314543899025.tmp, p, --forced-package-id
, 127, --min-sdk-version, 9, --target-sdk-version, 19, --version-code, 34, --ver
sion-name, 1.2.2, -F, C:\Users\johny\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL64664871173833496
10.tmp, -0, resources.arsc, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\johny\apktool\framework\1.apk
, -S, C:\apkto\test\res, -M, C:\apkto\testo\AndroidManifest.xml]
at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:465)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:403)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:291)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:261)
at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:225)
at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:84)
Caused by: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not
exec command: [C:\Users\johny\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_3012068314543899
025.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 9, --target-sdk-version
, 19, --version-code, 34, --version-name, 1.2.2, -F, C:\Users\johny\AppData\Loca
l\Temp\APKTOOL6466487117383349610.tmp, -0, resources.arsc, -0, arsc, -I, C:\User
s\johny\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\apkto\testo\res, -M, C:\apkto\test\Andr
oidManifest.xml]
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav
a:425)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:451)
... 5 more
Upon writing my question at XDA, I tried offhandedly to do the same thing in a virtual machine I own, not expecting much- but then BAM- apparently the process has ended just fine .
The only difference I see between my PC and my VM is that my PC has the latest Java update (1.8.0_66-b18) and the official android SDK, while my VM has only an older version of Java (1.8.0_31-b13).
So what's happening? and how can I fix it?
Thank you!