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Building Ionic app on UBUNTU for Android fails with exit code 2: Failed to find 'ANDROID_HOME'

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 version and im trying to work with ionic.
The error comes when I try to:
$ ionic start todo blank
$ cd todo
$ sudo ionic platform add android
$ sudo ionic build android
And I get the following error:
[Error: Failed to find 'ANDROID_HOME' environment variable. Try setting setting it manually.
Failed to find 'android' command in your 'PATH'. Try update your 'PATH' to include path to valid SDK directory.]
ERROR building one of the platforms: Error: /home/kelvin/Desktop/todo/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code 2
You may not have the required environment or OS to build this project
Error: /home/kelvin/Desktop/todo/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code 2
I know there is alot of sites with a answer to this question, but none of them gave me a fix. Or maybe they did, but I didnt understand it. I tried on this site building-ionic-app, but that didnt work either.
I followed this tutorial by Nic Raboy, and its still not working.
Install Android, Cordova, and Ionic Framework in Ubuntu.
So let me explain what I did and maybe that is helpfull to fix my problem:
I started with this guide: Ionic Framework Guide
To install Cordova, make sure you have Node.js installed, then run
Install Node.js
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
$ node -v
v5.0.0
Install Cordova
$ sudo npm install -g cordova
Follow the Cordova platform guides for Android and iOS to make sure you have everything needed for development on those platforms.
Follow the Cordova platform guides for Android
I followed this guilde:
Complete installing guide for android SDK / ADT Bund on Ubuntu
My computer is 64-bit and since im using 14.04.
Step 2: install libgl1-mesa-dev:i386 package.
$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev:i386
Step 3: Install openjdk-6-jdk or better, openjdk-7-jdk
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
Step 4: Download the Android SDK or the ADT Bundle from here and unzip it to wherever you want.
Then I follow step 4 on techtach Complete Guide
$ wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r20-linux.tgz
$ wget http://dl.google.com/android/adt/22.6.2/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140321.zip
Then I unzipped the adt-bundle and copied the folders from SDK -> /home/kelvin/android-sdk-linux/
The folders are: build-tools,extras,platforms,platform-tools,system-images,tools.
Then I executed the following command to install latest android updates
$cd ~/android-sdk-linux/tools
$sudo ./android
And installed
Android SDK Tools (24.0.2)
Android SDK Platform-tools (20)
ANDROID SDK Build-tools (19.0.3)
SDK Platform
ARM EABI V7a System Image
Android Support Library
And then open bashrc
$gedit ~/.bashrc
And added the following lines.
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools
export ANDROID_HOME=~/android-sdk-linux/tools
Checking if it is right:
$ANDROID_HOME
bash: /home/kelvin/android-sdk-linux/tools: Is a directory
Create the project & Configure Platforms
$ ionic start todo blank
$ cd todo
$ sudo ionic platform add android
$ sudo ionic build android
And I get the following error:
[Error: Failed to find 'ANDROID_HOME' environment variable. Try setting setting it manually.
Failed to find 'android' command in your 'PATH'. Try update your 'PATH' to include path to valid SDK directory.]
ERROR building one of the platforms: Error: /home/kelvin/Desktop/todo/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code 2
You may not have the required environment or OS to build this project
Error: /home/kelvin/Desktop/todo/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code 2
And now im kinda lost. I found a forum where they have the same problem: ANDROID_HOME is not set... and one of the guys suggested.
I finally solved it. It was on my users path but not the root users path. I have to run these commands as a root user. I had to edit my root users .bash_profile file.
and one of the others tells how:
In Ubuntu, do all the commands also root
sudo su
gedit ~/.bash_profile
export ANDROID_HOME=/root/Android/Sdk
export PATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
But a third guy said this is a bad idea, so I didnt do it.
I can run the following command:
$ionic serve
And it runs in the browser, but I cant run for android.

I just read your question and it seems you followed the correct way.I faced the same situation during installation process.
The proper set up an Ubuntu machine for Ionic Framework Android development has many steps.Now there are a ton of options to handle this task, but not many bare bones solutions. Most solutions on the internet explain how to use an IDE, or fail to elaborate a complete installation.
After a research,I have found a nice tutorial by Nic Raboy.I followed this tutorial and everything is fine now.
Install Android, Cordova, and Ionic Framework in Ubuntu

An error occured during creation of android sub-project

I installed cordova e phonegap via npm install -g cordova and npm install -g phonegap respectively. Then i created a HelloWorld application via cordova create HelloWorld mynamespace.helloworld HelloWorld. It worked fine! Then i changed my working directory to HelloWorld and i tried to build the app for android via cordova platform add android -d but it didn't work. here is the output:
Installing cordova library for android...
Requesting {"uri":"https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-android.git;a=snapshot;h=3.3.0;sf=tgz"}...
Downloading cordova library for android...
Downloaded, unzipped and extracted 541065 byte response.
Download complete
Installing cordova library for android...
Checking if platform "android" passes minimum requirements...
Creating android project...
Running bin/create for platform "android" with command: ""C:\Users\marcos.pacheco\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.3.0\bin\create" "C:\Dev\HelloWorld\platforms\android" "mynamespace.helloworld" "HelloWorld"" (output to follow)
C:\Users\marcos.pacheco\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:126
throw e;
^
Error: An error occured during creation of android sub-project.
at C:\Users\marcos.pacheco\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\src\platform.js:244:30
at exithandler (child_process.js:633:7)
at ChildProcess.errorhandler (child_process.js:649:5)
at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:787:12)
I've googled and have found some issues with whitespaces but my project is in the C:\Dev\HelloWorld path and my android sdk is in the PATH so that when i type adb at the windows prompt i get the help information of the command as well Java and Ant. Furthermore, i have ANT_HOME, JAVA_HOME and ANDROID_HOME set. I also deleted the ** .cordova ** folder inside my %HOMEPATH% directory and entered the command again but the error is still there.
What might be wrong?

XCOPY needs to be defined and found on your path as it is used by the internal node.js scripts to move things around.
You probably already have xcopy.exe somewhere on your machine. You should be able to add %SystemRoot%\System32 to your PATH and it will work. Or you can open up a terminal and type where xcopy to see the actual path to your xcopy.exe.
I guess having XCOPY on the path is a requirement for setting up and installing Android, but it'd be nice if Cordova checked to make sure you have XCOPY somewhere...

PhoneGap/Cordova Android Development

UPDATE 1:
This was everything I did in the end:
sudo aptitude install -y python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install nodejs
sudo aptitude install npm
sudo npm install -g cordova
sudo npm install -g phonegap
phonegap create my-app
cd my-app
export PATH=${PATH}:/home/oshirowanen/Downloads/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20131030/sdk/platform-tools:/home/oshirowanen/Downloads/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20131030/sdk/tools
sudo aptitude install ant
cordova platform add android
android create avd --name my_and --target 1
phonegap run android
Was any of that not neccessary?
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
On my Ubuntu 12.04 computer, I've just installed node.js with npm and cordova:
$ node -v
v0.10.23
$ npm -v
1.3.17
$ cordova -v
3.3.0-0.1.1
When I try to add android:
$ cordova platform add android
I get the following output:
Creating android project...
/usr/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:126
throw e;
^
Error: An error occured during creation of android sub-project.
/home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:126
throw e;
^
Error: An error occurred while listing Android targets
at /home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/lib/check_reqs.js:87:29
at _rejected (/home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:808:24)
at /home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:834:30
at Promise.when (/home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:1079:31)
at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:752:41)
at /home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:574:44
at flush (/home/oshirowanen/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.3.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)
at /usr/lib/node_modules/cordova/src/platform.js:244:30
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:641:7)
at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11)
at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12)
Anyone know why this is happening and how to resolve it?
I get the same issue with PhoneGap.

It's possible that the Android tools binaries are not in your path.
According to the PhoneGap docs (http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.9.0/guide_getting-started_android_index.md.html), you need to include the Android SDK's tools and platform-tools in your PATH environment variable.
export PATH=${PATH}:/Development/adt-bundle/sdk/platform-tools:/Development/adt-bundle/sdk/tools
where Development is the path you installed your SDK.

Run the "android" command from your adt\sdk\tools folder and install the latest Tools and SDK. Also make sure your PATH has the right variables.
For this you will need ANT to be installed , a JAVA JDK and an Android SDK installed
JAVA_HOME (C:\Program Files\Java\jdk)
ANT_HOME ({ant location}\apache\apache-ant)
ANDROID_HOME ({android sdk location}\android-sdk)
Add these to your PATH variable like %ANT_HOME%/bin;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools;%JAVA_HOME%\bin
Close and re-open your cmd and run your command again.

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and was having the same problem as you until a few minutes ago.
The two things I've noted that I had missed during installation:
The Android version should be 19 and you should be able to type 'android' at the console and see some output or see a window pop-up. Make sure that you add the path to the folder where android.jar is located to your PATH variable, and set ANDROID_HOME to that same path as well. Typically, you would do this in your .bashrc file or in /etc/environment If you edit either of these files, you'll need to either 'source ~/.bashrc' or reopen your terminal to force it to reload the file. Type 'android' to make sure its working.
I observed that the cordova setup script was attempting to write files into a subdirectory 'add-ons' of the Android SDK. That directory does not exist in the Android 19 distribution itself. Consequently, I created it manually and made it writeable by my user account.
ex: Android distribution path:
/opt/android/
The path that its trying to write to:
/opt/android/sdk/add-ons
Once I had done that I was able to get past the problem you've noted above.

It looks like the cordova andorid library file corrupted in your home directory.
Try to remove home//.cordova directory and do this again cordova platform add android in your cordova project.
Make sure you have sourced /platform-tools and /tools to PATH.

Android
The Android command-line tools are built upon shell scripts. You must have the Android SDK's tools and platform-tools folders in your PATH!
Create a project
Run the create command with the following parameters:
Path to your new Cordova Android project
Package name, following reverse-domain style convention
Main Activity name
$ /path/to/cordova-android/bin/create /path/to/my_new_cordova_project com.example.cordova_project_name CordovaProjectName

It looks like this error could also be caused by the absence of a compatible Android SDK version (at the moment 4.2).

I use cordova.
2days I have same problem"java,ant,android,cordova,command test is ok,
but run cordova platform add android show me Error: An error occurred while listing Android targets".
Now I fixit use:
"chmod 777 ant and android sdk place"
,then it will work.
I use ubuntu 14.04 32bit,

if the problem still exist please make sure that you have the right permissions try
sudo chmo-R 777 /home/your-user-name/.cordova/
Also make sure that you are NOT using sudo to add Android as a platform
This is incorrect in the default Cordova installation
sudo cordova platform add android
Just do
cordova platform add android

I've searched a lot for this, and what worked for me was setting the shell variable $ANDROID_HOME to the path of the sdk/ folder in my adt-bundle directory from android. Use export to do this:
export ANDROID_HOME="/Users/YOUR_USER/Developer/adt-bundle/sdk/"
but be sure to change the directory to match yours.
Good Luck!

Not sure if someone else had a problem with this, but when removed and added my platform again, I realized in my config.xml I had <icon src='...'> and the path inside the src was wrong.
Here was the error output I received when I added the platform again:cp: no such file or directory: C:\Users\{pathtofile}.png.
After I fixed the path, it worked fine.

It can be that your cordova installation have been corrupted try to remove your .cordova folder "rm -R ~/.cordova"
And "run cordova platform add android" again

An error occured During creation of phonegap android sub project

I am trying to build a phonegap android,At that time i got a message that
[phonegap] detecting Android SDK environment...
[phonegap] using the local environment
[phonegap] adding the Android platform...
[error] An error occured during craetion of android sub-projesct. creating cordova project for the android platform
Please help me.
Thanks in advance.

Seems ant binary missing in your path!
In you install ant with npm like:
sudo npm install -g ant
Then just make symlink to bin folder what found in your $PATH like
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ant/ant/bin/ant /usr/local/bin/ant

There may be one of following two reasons-
1) .cordova directory already exists on your machine in your user folder. Delete it and try your command.
2)You have xcopy.exe somewhere on your machine. You should be able to add %SystemRoot%\System32 to your PATH.
or You can find it by running 'where xcopy' in your terminal window. XCOPY on the path is a requirement for setting up and installing Android
You need to define XCOPY on your path as it is used by the internal node.js scripts to move things around.
One of these should solve your problem.

I had same problem with cordova 3.3.1 and phonegap 3.3.0. Finally, I opened Android SDK manager and found out Platform tools were outdated, though I had the latest version from here. After update, this error was gone

Run the "android" command from your adt\sdk\tools folder and install the latest Tools and SDK. Also make sure your PATH has the right variables.
For this you will need ANT to be installed , a JAVA JDK and an Android SDK installed
JAVA_HOME (C:\Program Files\Java\jdk)
ANT_HOME ({ant location}\apache\apache-ant)
ANDROID_HOME ({android sdk location}\android-sdk)
Add these to your PATH variable like %ANT_HOME%/bin;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools;%JAVA_HOME%\bin
Close and re-open your cmd and run your command again.
Similiar to PhoneGap/Cordova Android Development

Build not found in Phonegap 3.0 for android

I have installed Cordova along with Phonegap and installed node.js in my system(ubuntu)
by using following commands:
Install Nodejs http://nodejs.org/
Install Cordova 3.0.x
$ sudo npm install -g cordova
Install Phone Gap 3.0.x
$ sudo npm install -g phonegap
Then i created project using phonegap command:
$ phonegap create hello
Trying to run into my local by using following command:
$ phonegap local run andriod
Now at first i am getting following error:
shoaib#shoaib:~/Documents/hello$ phonegap local run android
[phonegap] adding the Android platform...
[error] An error occured during creation of android sub-project. /home/shoaib/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.0.0/bin/create: line 54: jar: command not found
This i solved by running following command:
ls -la /home/shoaib/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.0.0/bin
Now when i again run
$ phonegap local run andriod
I am getting below error:
root#shoaib:/home/shoaib/Documents/hello# phonegap local run android
[phonegap] compiling Android...
[error] An error occurred while building the android project. /bin/sh: 1: /home/shoaib/Documents/hello/platforms/android/cordova/build: not found
I am using Android SDK 17
and version as 4.2.2 .
Any solution for this issue?

I had a similar problem. build and run were missing along with a few other files and lib was an empty directory. Downloaded cordova-android from here extracted and copied everything from its /bin/templates/cordova/ to the project (/platforms/android/cordova/). Then I could build and install the app.
Still had to start the emulator, check the running emulator with platforms/android/cordova/lib/list-started-emulators and then pass it when installing or it would take forever to install it on an emulator.
$ platforms/android/cordova/lib/list-started-emulators
emulator-5554
$ phonegap install --emulator=emulator-5554 android

I had already installed the JDK but the same error.
To fix this I just removed the phone test project and make sure that:
Java, javac and jar where in the path
(both should work)
java -version
javac -version
jar -version
Android sdk path was properly set and JAVA_HOME environment variable was properly set.
Then I remake the project and everything worked.

Hey got the solution.
I install open jdk 6.0 and problem is resolved.