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Gradle version to use with Android/Cordova CLI

I currently use Cordova CLI on Windows to build hybrid Android apps. I am in the process of moving my development mover to a headless Ubuntu server. Getting java, NVM, Node, Android SDK and Cordova CLI installed on Ubuntu has not been a problem. Having done so and created the customary Cordova hello world project,
cordova create hello com.example.hello HelloWorld
I proceeded to add the Android platform
cordova plaform add android
and then attempted to build
cordova build android
at which point I was told
Error: Could not find an installed version of Gradle either in Android Studio,
or on your system to install the gradle wrapper. Please include gradle
in your path, or install Android Studio
Installing Gradle by following the instructions given here - I am NOT installing Android Studio and am working on a headless Ubuntu machine so automatic Gradle installation is not an option - is not a problem. However, it is not clear to me which version of Gradle I should install.
I do not want to break my current Cordova project so I am trying to replicate the current Windows/Cordova CLI setup as closely as I can
Node 8.9.2
Java 8
Gradle ???
Dipping inside the gradle-wrapper.properties file in my existing project I find
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.10-all.zip
I have noted that when I compile the project at present there are some ominous warnings about features to be removed from future versions of Gradle that are shown. I could experiment with using gradle-2.10 but it is not entirely clearr to me that it would indeed be the right version. Hopefully, someone here will be able to point me in the right direction.

First, clean up the project
cordova clean android
Then, force the cordova to use the distribution url with the version you want, in this case: gradle-6.3
export CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL=https\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-all.zip
Then, build your application.
cordova build android --release

How to create Android Appcelerator custom module after ADT support is withdrawn by Google?

Android Custom modules i have created with Titanium SDK 5.4.0.GA is not working with latest SDK 6.X.X So trying to rebuild with latest SDK.
But i see ADT is not available now. I'm not able to build custom module with out ADT, getting below errors
The import android.app.Activity cannot be resolved
http://docs.appcelerator.com/platform/latest/#!/guide/Installing_the_Android_Development_Tools
Above Appcelerator link still says to setup ADT.
is there any other way to create custom module without ADT ?

Have a look at this documentation on how to build modules: http://docs.appcelerator.com/platform/latest/#!/guide/Android_Module_Upgrade_Guide
If you module just needs to be recompiled you can use appc ti build -p android -b in your terminal to rebuild your module without using Appc Studio.

Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK

i am new in Ionic. I added android platform in my ionic application and tried to run the application in real android device but i am getting following error in my command prompt i am using windows 10 machine on my end.
Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to update your Android SDK.
Looked here: C:\Users\CURRENT_USER\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\templates\gradle\wrapper
following are my environment variables:
ANDROID_HOME=C:\Users\CURRENT_USER\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\java\jdk1.8.0_121
Please suggest

I think you need to update android sdk,
First you update your android sdk atleast API LEVEL 19 & tools & extra options
as follow
& make sure to add sdk url in environment variable

New Android Studio has moved gradle wrapper to C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\plugins\android\lib\templates\gradle\wrapper. I copied the templates\ folder to sdk\, then passed the compilation. However the command "Ionic emulate android" still failed with "Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1". I don't know how to go further :(

Can't get Terminal Emulator for Android to build in Android Studio

I'm trying to build Terminal Emulator for Android. I'm running Android Studio 1.4 in Kubuntu 15.04. I also tried building it in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with the same results. The project requires the latest Android NDK, SDK 22, and SDK 11 which I've downloaded and configured in Android Studio. My system gradle version is 2.8, and Android Studio has downloaded some other versions internally. I'm using jdk1.8.0_65, which is set to JAVA_HOME and configured in Android Studio. I've built several other projects with my configured Android Studio and only seem to have a problem with this project. I need to use this project as a base for an app I'm developing.
I end up with same error, posted below, no matter what route I take to fix it in Android Studio. This is generally what I've done to try and get the project to work. I open up the project unmodified in Android Studio. I click Build >> Rebuild Project. I get an error telling me ndk implementation is deprecated. I add a file gradle.properties to the root directory of the project with the line android.useDeprecatedNdk=true and rebuild. It gives me an error: Task 'generateDebugTestSources' not found in project. I execute Sync Project With Gradle Files to resolve it. Then I end up with the following error and can't get past it.
Gradle 'Android-Terminal-Emulator-master' project refresh failed
Error:exception during working with external system:
or
Gradle sync failed: exception during working with external system:
Consult IDE log for more details (Help | Show Log)
idea.log
Things I've done to try and get the project to build:
Modify all of the project's build.gradle files to use the experimental plugin
Use different versions of Android Studio
Switch from openjdk to Oracle's jdk
Upgrade gradle to the latest version
Set gradle to default wrapper (default) and also set gradle to different versions
invalidate cache, remove ~/.gradle, and rebuild project
Make sure PATH includes the gradle and jdk bin directories and is in ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, and ~/.zshrc
remove proguard from libtermexec library
reboot computer
I should note that the project builds without issue on the command line. I'd really like to get the project to build in Android Studio for development.

Install Arch and run Android Studio there.
I decided to try building Terminal Emulator on my Arch server, so I installed a xfce (Desktop Environment) and Android-Studio through pacman. I followed the same general path to get things setup, and the app built without issue.
The idea log Android Studio generated for the failed build on Windows and Ubuntu didn't point to any clear problem, even with --stacktrace enabled with gradle. I'm not going to waste my time figuring out why gradle doesn't want to build apps in Ubuntu or Windows.

Upgrading Phonegap Android from 2.5 to 2.6 and 2.7 step

Hi I have problem upgrading Phonegap from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0 and 2.7.0 and specifically with step 8. I'm following the steps from the documentation Upgrading Cordova Android
Copy files from bin/templates/cordova to the cordova directory in your project
Where should I put those files, so they could upgrade my project?

The Android Phonegap conversion docs have changed significantly. There's no longer a step by step process that walks through each upgrade requirement. Instead, theres an "update" program that theoretically does the upgrade automatically. It didn't exactly work this way for me. After going through the documented update process (one step now) I had to go through my project and make sure everything was in place - specifically the cordova-2.7.0.jar and the cordova-2.7.0.js files.
I've just finished upgrading an Android project from Phonegap v2.5.0 to Phonegap v2.7.0. The process I followed was:
Back up the Android project.
Execute the Phonegap update command for v2.7.0 as described in the PG upgrade documentation
Change the current directory to Phonegap for Android directory:
$ cd /phonegap-2.7.0/lib/android
Execute the update command:
$ ./bin/update YOUR/CORDOVA/PROJECT/DIR
Ensure that Eclipse is referencing the correct Phonegap library in the libs directory: cordova-2.7.0.jar.
I also deleted the reference to the previous jar file.
Make sure that the phonegap javascript file (cordova-2.7.0.js) is referenced appropriately in the index.html file.
From within Eclipse: Project/Clean
Build the project and test.

I'm also trying to upgrade from 2.5.0 to 2.7.0 and running the update.bat file gave me the following message: Missing one of the following: JDK: java.oracle.com Android SDK: developer.android.com Apache ant: ant.apache.org – Etienne Desgagné May 27 at 2:15"
You need to check your 'path' System Variables in Environment variables under advanced system settings. JDK is the Java Development Kit and you check if it's correct by 'echo %JAVA_HOME% in a terminal. Ant is an apache thing and again you check that's correct by 'echo %ANT_HOME% and then you just need to make sure your Android SDK folder is in the path variable.