Cordoba wants android-19, I have android-20

Question

There are many questions about problems with running the "cordova add platform android" command. I tried every targeted solution and none of them helped me.

Error message :

~/sandbox/hello$ cordova platform add android Creating android project... /home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:126 throw e; ^ Error: Please install Android target 19 (the Android newest SDK). Make sure you have the latest Android tools installed as well. Run "android" from your command-line to install/update any missing SDKs or tools. at /home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/lib/check_reqs.js:80:29 at _fulfilled (/home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:798:54) at self.promiseDispatch.done (/home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:827:30) at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:760:13) at /home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:574:44 at flush (/home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17) at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13) Error: /home/acras/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 8 at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:135:23) at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:810:5) 

I did what tells me the error message (run android and installed all the packages), but the error persists.

PATH : Home SDK for Android, tools and platform tools are on the way

In the platforms folder inside android sdk, I only have android-20 and android-L files.

I think if I add android-19 OR make a cord, I want android-20 to solve my problem. What to do to achieve both options?

thanks

Answer 1

Current Cordoba (4.1.2) only wants to build against API v19

 > cordova build android Running command: /Users/Duncan/Documents/Work/rescyoume/cordova/platforms/android/cordova/build [Error: Please install Android target "android-19". Hint: Run "android" from your command-line to open the SDK manager.] 

To install v19, launch android as it suggests, and then in the GUI that opens, select Android 4.4.2 (API 19)/SDK Platform in the tree and click the Install packages... button.

Answer 2

You need to download Android 4.4.2 (API 19) because the target API is set to 19 in the Android manifest file. Or change it to an API that you have already downloaded or downloaded API 19

In the terminal, enter the command

$ android

This will open the Android SDK manager. Check the API 19 SDK Platform checkbox and download it.

Now when you enter the command

$ cordova platform add android

should work fine.

Answer 3

If you are using Linux,

• Install ant:
  sudo apt-get install ant
• Export the correct sdk path:
  export PATH=${PATH}:/<sdk path>/sdk/platform-tools:/<sdk path>/sdk/tools