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Josh O'Connor
Josh O'Connor

Reputation: 4962

Error building Android project in Cordova

I am new to Cordova and I am trying to build my project, which was previously working. I believe I have a bug. I am not very experienced with the terminal so I don't know how to resolve this. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling cordova, as well as updating it with no success. Here is my error: 

[Error: ANDROID_HOME is not set and "android" command not in your PATH. You must fulfill at least one of these conditions.]
ERROR building one of the platforms: Error: /Users/joshuaoconnor/Desktop/PBBars/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code 2
You may not have the required environment or OS to build this project
Error: /Users/joshuaoconnor/Desktop/PBBars/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code 2
at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:134:23)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1087:5)

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 260

Answers (3)

Josh O'Connor
Josh O'Connor

Reputation: 4962

I was able to figure an answer out on my own. Coming from a complete beginner with no experience with bash profile, I was lost with your instructions (no offense). To fix this issue, learn how to edit your PATH environment variables. I used this tutorial (http://hathaway.cc/post/69201163472/how-to-edit-your-path-environment-variables-on-mac) which showed how to do it with textedit. After I learned how to edit my PATH variables, I added 

export ANDROID_TOOLS="/Users/joshuaoconnor/Documents/sdk/tools"

export ANDROID_PLATFORM_TOOLS="/Users/joshuaoconnor/Documents/sdk/platform-tools"

to my BASH profile. Sithys and Logains answers did not work for me.

Upvotes: 0

Logain
Logain

Reputation: 4364

Look for the local.properties file and add the correct path to your sdk sdk.dir=/home/somewhere/android-sdk/sdk

I would suggest to generate the project using cordova but build it using Android Studio, since you will probably want to tune one or two things on your android project anyway.

EDITED:

It seems you are on windows, so a quick way would be to set an Environment Variable called ANDROID_HOME pointing to the directory where you downloaded the android sdk as per the Cordova documentation

Either that or the steps stated on the documentation:

To modify the PATH environment on Windows 7:

Click on the Start menu in the lower-left corner of the desktop, right-click on Computer, then select Properties.

Select Advanced System Settings in the column on the left.

In the resulting dialog box, press Environment Variables.

Select the PATH variable and press Edit.

Append the following to the PATH based on where you installed the SDK, for example:

;C:\Development\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools;C:\Development\adt-bundle\sdk\tools

Upvotes: 0

Sithys
Sithys

Reputation: 3783

Your running in a standard "beginners" issue by using cordova or phonegap - but no problem, we are here to help you ;-)

The Terminal tells you, that:

ANDROID_HOME is not set and "android" command not in your PATH.

So, you $PATH is a SystemVariable which "saves" pathes to important files and folders. All files, which are part of the SystemVariable $PATH can be called via your Terminal. So because i don't know, which OS you are using, i'm going to post two solutions. One for each, mac and windows.

Before you start: The PATH is a SystemVariable which is needed as it is. Another folder can be added by a : which seperates the single folders and pathes inside your PATH. If you do anything wrong there, your system may never work correct again without reinstalling it - be carefull and do not delete any of the PATHs content which is already there.

What do i need in my Path? (especially for Cordova/PhoneGap now)

So you need three things in your Path:

  1. %ANDROID_HOME%
  2. tools
  3. platform-tools

How can i see my actual $PATH?

  1. echo $PATH on a mac
  2. echo %PATH% on windows

How to set up the PATH Variable on Windows

  1. Select your Computer from the Start Menu.
  2. From the Contextmenu select System properties.
  3. After that select the advanced tab.
  4. In that section you click on Environment Variables.
  5. So in the section System variables you're going to find the Path which can be edited over there.

How to set up the PATH Variable on Mac OS X Yosemite

  1. Open your terminal and go on like this:
  2. vi $HOME/.bash_profile
  3. Add a line there with this content:
  4. export PATH=$PATH:new/dir1/:dir2:/dir/path/new

This changes will be loaded after a reboot - to apply them immediatly after you changed it, save and close your file and type source $HOME/.bash_profile.

If you have any further questions, let me know - i'm going to edit my answer than.

By the way: There is a great Documentation on how to install Android-Platform on Windows machines. It can be found here, inside the Apache Cordova Docs -> Android - Shell-Tools Guide

Upvotes: 1

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