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Cordova Platform Add Error - Version Cannot be longer than 256 Characters

I have installed IONIC and Cordova on my new laptop. Installed JAVA, Android etc.
When i try to add platform android, i get errors for all 4 plugins.
Error message is:
TypeError: version is longer than 256 characters
ionic cordova build android
[INFO] Enabling Cordova integration.
> ionic config set integrations.cordova {} --json --force
[OK] integrations.cordova set to {} in .\ionic.config.json!
> cordova platform add android --save
в Running command - failed!
[ERROR] Exception: Using cordova-fetch for cordova-android#~6.2.2
Adding android project...
Creating Cordova project for the Android platform:
Path: platforms\android
Package: io.ionic.starter
Name: MyApp
Activity: MainActivity
Android target: android-25
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Android project created with cordova-android#6.2.3
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-console" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-console" for android
Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-console': TypeError: version is longer than 256 characters
at new SemVer (C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\semver\semver.js:283:11)
at compare (C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\semver\semver.js:566:10)
at Function.gte (C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\semver\semver.js:615:10)
at C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\plugman\install.js:629:24
at _fulfilled (C:\app3\todo\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:854:54)
at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:\app3\todo\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:883:30)
at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\app3\todo\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:816:13)
at C:\app3\todo\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:624:44
at runSingle (C:\app3\todo\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
at flush (C:\app3\todo\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:125:13)
Failed to restore plugin "cordova-plugin-console" from config.xml. You might need to try adding it again. Error: TypeError: version is longer than 256 characters
Running command: "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" C:\app3\todo\hooks\after_prepare\010_add_platform_class.js C:\app3\todo
add to body class: platform-android
--save flag or autosave detected
Saving android#~6.2.3 into config.xml file ...
ionic info
cli packages: (C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules)
#ionic/cli-utils : 1.9.2
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.9.2
global packages:
Cordova CLI : 7.0.1
local packages:
Cordova Platforms : android C:\app3\todo>set cihdrive=c: C:\app3\todo>set cihdir=c:\cih C:\app3\todo>set servdir=c:\cih\service C:\app3\todo>path C:\Users\hillesc\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\local\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Users\hillesc\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\xTools;C:\windows\SYSTEM32;C:\windows;C:\windows\SYSTEM32\WBEM;C:\windows\SYSTEM32\WINDOWSPOWERSHELL\V1.0;C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\INTEL\SERVICES\IPT;C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\COMMON FILES\ULEAD SYSTEMS\MPEG;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Bluetooth Software;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Windows Performance Toolkit;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intuit\QBPOSSDKRuntime;C:\Program Files (x86)\Hyland\Web ActiveX;C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012 R2\Service Manager;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_111\bin;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_111\bin;C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools;C:\Users\hillesc\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\vendor_perl;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\core_perl;c:\cih\util 6.2.3
Ionic Framework : ionic1 1.3.3
System:
Android SDK Tools : 26.0.2
Node : v6.11.2
npm : 3.10.10
OS : Windows 7

Thanks for that comment Gandhi. Yes I found the problem, and it may help 1 person out of millions: I had a registry entry in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor that automatically runs a job (a.bat, kind of like the old "autoexec.bat") that has the exact wierd SET commands in it.
Somehow the fact that this was running every time a command prompt opened, corrupted my platforms.
Once I took that out, everything looks normal now in the "platforms" part of the "ionic info" command. Thanks! (My colleague posted this question for me so I can't give points sorry).

Cannot use Bitnami Node.js for building Cordova App. Because npm not recognized

I am downloaded Node.js and Apache Ant from Bitnami. And set Environmental Variables for the Android SDK, Java JDK, Apache ANT and for NODE.js.
I have checked the PATH by echo %PATH% command in CMD and it results as
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;
C:\WINDOWS\system32;
C:\WINDOWS;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;
C:\Program Files(x86)\WinSCP\;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_74\bin;
C:\Bitnami\apache-ant-1.9.2-bin\apache-ant-1.9.2;
C:\Softwares\android-sdk_r24.0.2-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools;
C:\Softwares\android-sdk_r24.0.2-windows\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;
C:\Bitnami\nodejs-0.12.2-0;
But it always showing like this,
C:>npm -v
'npm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Please suggest for fixing this.
Thanks

Found it.
The path for npm and cordova are present in nodejs\node_modules folder. So refer all paths from use_nodejs file. Please follow the steps.
Open the Command Prompt from Windows. And type C:\>set. From this you can get all system Variables and paths.
Open the use_nodejs which is the windows batch file from C:\xxx\Bitnami\nodejs-0.12.2-0 and type C:\>set, from this you can get all system Variables and paths but which is looking different.
Compare the variables and paths from both command prompt and you can get ideas of paths.
Change the path in Windows Command Prompt like setx NODE_HOME "C:\Bitnami\nodejs-0.12.2-0\nodejs\node_modules" from the use_nodejs command promt paths. Like this change whatever paths you want to add.

cordova platform add android error javac

I ran
cordova platform add android
and the error I got
Running command: "c:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "d:\Users\Andy\Project
s\ionic-tut\hooks\before_platform_add\init_directories.js" "d:/Users/Andy/
Projects/ionic-tut"
Creating android project...
D:\Users\Andy\.cordova\lib\npm_cache\cordova-android\3.6.4\package\bin\nod
e_modules\q\q.js:126
throw e;
^
Error: ANDROID_HOME is not set and "android" command not in your PATH. You must
fulfill at least one of these conditions.
I ran this from git bash
on running it from cmd it throws a different error
Error: Please install Android target "android-19".
I ran a echo %PATH% to verify:
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;
C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;
C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLSClient\;
C:\WINDOWS\system32;
C:\WINDOWS;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\3.0\bin\x86;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\3.0\bin\x64;
C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;
C:\Program Files\Intel
\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;
C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;
C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;
C:\Program Files\nodejs\;
D:\Users\Andy\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:/Program Files/nodejs/node.exe;
C:\Program FIles\Java\jdk1.8.0_31\bin;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform_tools
I feel like I am messing up the enviroment variables somewhere but I have checked it multiple times and it seems to be right.
What am I missing?
Windows 8.1

You will need to run the command android from CMD to open the android SDK manager.
From there make sure that the Android 4.4.2(19) package is installed. Let me know if this fixes your issue.

Phonegap - Setting up Phonegap

I have installed the Phonegap using
$ npm install -g PhoneGap
And I have created the Project too.
After that I did
$ PhoneGap build android
It gives
[phonegap] detecting Android SDK environment...
[phonegap] using the local environment
[phonegap] adding the Android platform...
I am stuck with this screen for a lot of time.. I closed cmd and opened again and tried.. But again it stands on the same screen for lot of time..
I have installed Node.js and I have android SDk too. Please help
Thanks in advance..
EDIT:
I closed again and opened.. It gives
Error : C:\Users\Kutty.cordova\lib\npm_cache\cordova-android\3.6.3\package\bin\create.bat: command failed with exit code 8
Please help..
My Path : C:\Users\Kutty\AppData\Roaming\npm\;%ANT_HOME%\bin

A) Software required:
1) MAC : [For both iOS, Android]
a) Android Studios [For Android]
b) ANT 1.8.1
c) NODE.JS
d) Xcode 5.1 and above [for iOS]
2) Windows :
a) Eclipse ADT Latest [For Android]
b) ANT 1.8.1
c) NODE.JS
B) Steps to install Phonegap/Cordova:
1) MAC:
Open Terminal
a. Install Android Studios
Setup
your PATH environment variable on Mac OS
a. Open the Terminal program (this is in your Applications/Utilities folder by default).
i. Run the following command
$ touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile
This will open the file in your default text editor.
You need to add the path to your Android SDK platform-tools and tools directory. In my example I will use "/Development/android-sdk-macosx" as the directory the SDK is installed in (For Android Studios, it can be found in /Users/<user>/Library/Android/sdk/ by default). Add the following line:
$ export PATH=${PATH}:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/platform- tools:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/tools
Save the file and quit the text editor.
Execute your .bash profile to update your PATH.
$ source ~/.bash_profile
Now every time you open the Terminal program your PATH will include the Android SDK
sudo npm install -g cordova
Create a new app
$ cordova create <directory name> <bundle identifier> <name of project>
$ cd <directory name>
$ cordova platform add android OR iOS
$ cordova run android OR iOS
If you come across problem of Please install Android target "android-19" then run android from Terminal. It will open up Android SDK manager and from there install Android 4.4.2 (API 19)
2) Windows:
Open Command prompt
a. Put ANT [Downloaded folder] folder into “android ADT folder”/sdk
Setup your PATH environment variable on Windows
From the Desktop, right-click My Computer and click Properties.
Click Advanced System Settings link in the left column.
In the System Properties window click the Environment Variables button.
Select the PATH variable from the System variables section.
Select the Edit button.
i. You need to add the path to your Android SDK platform-tools and tools directory. In my example I will use C:\Development\android-sdk- windows as the directory the SDK is installed in. Append the following text into the text box:
ii. ;C:\Development\android-sdk-windows\platform- tools;C:\Development\android-sdk-windows\tools
iii. Save your edit. Close the Environment Variables dialog.
Additionally, you may need to include %JAVA_HOME%\bin to your PATH as well. To check to see if this is required, run a command prompt and type java. If the program cannot be found add %JAVA_HOME%\bin to the PATH. You may need to specify the full path instead of using the %JAVA_HOME% environment variable.
Finally, you may need to include %ANT_HOME%\bin to your PATH as well. To check to see if this is required, run a command prompt and type ant. If the program cannot be found add %ANT_HOME%\bin to the PATH.
You may need to specify the full path instead of using the %ANT_HOME% environment variable.
sudo npm install -g cordova
Create a new app
$ cordova create <directory name> <bundle identifier> <name of project>
$ cd <directory name>
$ cordova platform add android
$ cordova run android

I also tried ,there is a problem in phonegap updated version .
run the following commands in command prompt
npm uninstall -g phonegap -> to unsinstall
npm install -gphonegap#4.2.0-0.24.2 -> to install specific version.
Now use whatever sdk you have,it will work.

PHONEGAP Manual Method
Another method is placing the things manually, and how it can be implemented is shown
below:
• set up the normal Android Application Project
• Create www folder inside assets
• download the phonegap zip file
• copy the phonegap jar file from downloaded phonegap place into libs folder
• copy the phonegap .js file from downloaded phonegap place into www folder that we
have created inside the assets.
• copy the xml complete folder and out into res folder of android
• create index.html file inside the www folder which is the gateway of the phonegap
application.
• Now we can transfer the control from MainActivity.java to our index.html which will
look like this:
"public class MainActivity extends DroidGap {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html");
}
}
• open the AndroidManifest.xml file and paste the code that is shown in the picture.
Figure 4.1: Android Manifest File which allows permissions for device usage.
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After writing this code, now whatever we code in the index.html file will be shown on the
android emulator or the phone.
PHONEGAP CLI Method
Phonegap Command Line Interface(CLI) Method can be called as automated method because
commands will do all the work for you to initialize the PhoneGap project that we have to set up
by yourself in the manual method. Following are the steps that need to be followed in order to
set up the PhoneGap project:
Download Nod.js and install it.
• Now run this command "npm install -g cordova" on Node.js, this command will install
the cordova module with the help of Node Package Manager(npm) for windows, where
-g states that installation of cordova globally.
• Another command "cordova create first com.example.First FirstProgram", this command
will take little processing tim, the argument first will determine the directory of the
project, second argument com.example.First gets a package and the last argument
FirstProgram is define the application title.
• This command "cd first" will give the control inside the cordova project.
• Now this command "cordova platform add android" , it will set up the target platform
on which platform you want to install this application, other commands for several
platform are described below:
• Cordova platform add wp8cordova platform add windows
• cordova platform add amazon-fireos
• cordova platform add blackberry10
• cordova platform add Firefox's
• "cordova platforms ls" command will check the current platforms and we can also
delete the platform by "cordova platform rm amazon-fireos"
• Now the process come on the building block of application by running the command on
console " cordova emulate android".
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• Finally this command will run the basic application "cordova run android" and the
settings of the folders like www in assets and all other things in AndroidManifest.html is
setup according to the phonegap project.

add android sdks 'tools' and 'platform-tools' to path variable.
Keep in mind if you have installed 'phonegap' always use 'phonegap' instead of 'cordova' anywhere.
I personally prefer using cordova.

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...