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Cordova build android "no android build tools"

So im running into a probelm with cordova
I am running a linux machine trying to build a cordova app how ever,
When i try
$ Cordova build android
I get a the following error
No installed build tools found. Install the Android build tools version 19.1.0 or higher.
How ever i do have it installed
And i have edit my .bashrc & .profile to reflect the changes needed for
$ANDROID_HOME
Am i missing something?

This seems to be an error of the paths:
You need to define paths as:
vim .bashrc
Add the following lines:
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/user/Software/Android
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/user/Software/Android/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/user/Software/Android/platform-tools
Note: When you edit the environment variables you need to reload them.
$source .bashrc //for ubuntu
$source .bash_profile //for mac
Type the following command:
$android
in terminal and hit enter.
If everything is working fine you can try running
$cordova build android
This seems to be a duplicate of the question: questions/31190355/ionic-build-android-error-no-installed-build-tools-found-please-install-the

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.

Cordova error while adding android in mac

I'm working on a macbook and developing with cordova. Now, I want to create an Android apk, but, when I type cordova platform add android I get this:
Error: The command "android" failed. Make sure you have the latest Android SDK installed, and the "android" command (inside the tools/ folder) is added to your path.
Ok, this message should be very clear about what to do next, but don't know what to do. When I search I keep getting how to solve this in Windows and can't follow steps.
What (and how) should I do?
Thanks
EDIT:
I've already installed Android SDK when trying to compile apk.
More info:
As I couldn't install ANT, I uninstalled it: brew uninstall ant. But when brew install antagain I got:
$ brew install ant
==> Downloading http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.9.3-bin.tar.gz
==> Best Mirror http://apache.rediris.es/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.9.3-bin.tar.gz
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Error: Failed to download resource "ant"
Download failed: http://apache.rediris.es/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.9.3-bin.tar.gz

Some things to make sure you have completed before starting w/ Android:
Make sure ANT is installed:
Try ant --version, if command not found you need to install ANT.
The easiest way I have found is to use Homebrew. If you do not have homebrew installed, get it here
Once installed run
homebrew update
homebrew install ant
Unpack Android SDK:
Download and unpack the SDK package, place it in an easy to find location.
Then add the tools and platform-tools paths to your global PATH, like this:
vi ~/.bash_profile
add this line:
export PATH=/path/to/android/sdk/tools:/path/to/adnroid/sdk/platform-tools:$PATH
Exit the terminal and re open the terminal.
Now you should be able to run cordova platform add android in your project folder.

How to fix 'cordova' is not recognized in the Windows command prompt

ERROR
C:\>cordova
'cordova' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
My Environment Path
C:\>path
PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32
\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd
;C:\Program Files (x86)\GtkSharp\2.12\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.
1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\B
inn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\;**C:\Program Files\ANT\apa
che-ant-1.9.3\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\bin;C:\Development\sdk\tools
;C:\Development\sdk\platform-tools;C:\Development\cordova-3.3.0\cordova-android\
bin;**
NB: I have read every available tutorial, followed at least 10 of them, read all the similar questions about 'phonegap' not recognized,, .etc. I have my 'Enabled' registry set to 1 as some solutions have suggested, re-installed 'phonegap' & 'cordova' through NPM install -g phonegap, and same for 'cordova', and I still can't get them to run.
I copied an old phonegap application that I made on another PC, and I can run it through just fine. Hope this would clear anything up.

You do not need to add any cordova folder to the path.
cordova command is a nodejs npm script, what you need is to have the npm folder in your path :
%appdata%\npm\
or if it does not work, use instead
c:\users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\
(replace YourUserName with the name of your user profile)
What's strange is that I don't remember I had to change it manually, I think it should be added automatically when installing node and npm.

npm install -g cordova
-g is a global install option and it will make the cordova globally available in AppData\Roaming\npm. Restart the prompt if necessary.

The Method below is the solution of every such problem related to npm, Be it Phonegap, Cordova, Ionic or else...
The concept is that every software installed using npm is saved on this path:
C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm
So, what we are going to do is just adding the above path to Windows Environment Variable. If you are a begineer, the steps for adding path are as follows:
Go to Control Panel.
Under All Control Panel Items, Go to System.
Click on the Advanced system settings options in the Sidebar.
The System Properties Dialog Box will appear.
You would have done the so far work through searching "Edit Environment Variables" in Search Bar :).
Now, In the System Properties dialog box, there will be Advanced Tab.
In Advanced tab, there will be an option Environment Variables...
Click on it, this will open another Dialog box for Environment Variables.
In System variables, Select Path as shown in image link, and click Edit...
Path attribute in System Variables
Copy the above path, and add it here as shown in link
Copy the Path
Here, you should make sure that the 2 different paths are always seperated by a semicolon ;. Keeping this in mind, add your path to the existing paths.
This will make the application run globally.
This is the General Algorithm of steps employed for any type of Path Configuration.
If You have any issues left, please feel free to ask.

Try running Command Prompt as an administrator..It worked for me

Try restarting the command prompt window. It worked for me.

Place java path before ant path. change the path according to your paths.
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin;D:\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin;D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86\sdk\tools;D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86\sdk\platform-tools;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd

Issue is probably with location of node/npm.
npm working? say npm clear cache
Then even if its not working go to Environment Variables. Ensure nodejs is directed to its directory(wherever you installed it)and npm(which is in Users/YourUsername/AppData/roaming) .. its a hidden folder.
The run npm install npm -g OR (if and only if) that gives issues npm install npm#latest
I recommend getting bower too , so say npm install -g bower
Finally npm install -g cordova
There you go!

Open a Command prompt in Run as administrator mode and
run the below install command
npm install -g cordova
Now check if the command is now recognized. (if needed restart the command prompt)
Now in the visual studio code
goto the terminal
Navigate to the cordova folder
Run the usual commands
cordova platform add android
cordova run android

I had an issue with the default directories that are used by npm. You can get this list by typing 'npm config list' in the command prompt. In my case, for some reason, the cordova installation was going inside a '=' directory. My Command Prompt pointed me to a 'npm.mrc' file inside 'C:\Users\USERNAME' folder when I typed 'npm config list' from where it is picking up the '=' folder inside 'C:\Users\USERNAME\=' as the default folder for cordova. When I uninstalled node, deleted both the 'npm.mrc' file and the '=' folder and reinstalled node and cordova, this issue disappeared. Hope this helps.

I have visual studio installed on my system. Cordova got installed under the following location:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\MDA\c33fb238\taco-toolset-6.3.1
I had to manually add this to PATH.
To know the path where cordova is installed run npm install -g cordova again and the path will be printed on the screen.

After installing Cordova is you face the issue then
check go to Environment variable (My Computer OR My PC > Right Click > Properties > Advance System Settings > Environemnts Variable button)
add
%appdata%\npm\ or c:\users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\
(replace YourUserName with the name of your user profile) to System Variable's PATH

Befor trying any of the answers, just open the node.js command prompt and try again.
Press Windows Button => type Node.js => type Cordova inside the node.js command prompt as usual, and thats it. (hopefully)

I ran npx cordova build --release android and it worked. Should just work, but here we are.

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