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android aapt doesn't work on arch linux

when ever I run the cordova/build, I get following ERROR:
Execute failed: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "../android-studio/sdk/build-tools/android-4.4W/aapt"
what should I do?

I moved my Android Developer Tools (ADT) folder from Ubuntu's partition to Linux Mint's partition, but accidentally put in inside my web server's root folder and the permission of ADT's folders were set to 755, the files were set to 644 by my shell script to rebuild the permissions for my new web server.
After I moved ADT to my home folder and started using Android Studio, I got this problem.
sudo chown $USER:$USER -R /home/myusername/my-adt-folder
doesn't help.
GNU C Library was already installed by default. Not sure why it is related to this problem.
I decided to set 777 permission to ADT and it worked.
sudo chmod 777 -R /home/myusername/my-adt-folder
That's it.
It seems another system user in the system needs to access to android-4.4W/aapt file.

I solved it by installing lib32-glibc.
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/multilib/x86_64/lib32-glibc/

If you just want aapt on Arch without the overhead/hassle of setting up ADT then you can try the solution that I presented on the Android Enthusiasts site here.

An error while building a game with PGS4A

I making a small game in python with pygame.
I wanted to make the game available for android.
Hopefully, there was PGS4A for this
After doing the configuration I had to build it.
So I just typed the command:
python android.py build ~/project/programming/python/gameEngine release install
And I ended up with this error:
BUILD FAILED
/home/turquoisepotato/project/programming/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:570: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/home/turquoisepotato/project/programming/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:622: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/home/turquoisepotato/project/programming/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:658: Execute failed: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/home/turquoisepotato/project/programming/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/platform-tools/aapt" (in directory "/home/turquoisepotato/project/programming/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras/google/play_licensing/library"): error=2, No such file or directory
What do I do with this. I'm lost.
I'm using crunch bang linux 11.

You're probably using a 64-bit OS, while the binaries are compiled against 32-bit libraries.
I'm not familiar with CrunchBang's repositories, but you can probably try
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 zlib1g:i386 lib32ncurses5
and then run the installer again.

For some reason, this is a common problem that usually occurs on Windows with pgs4a 0.9.6.
Take a look at this.
To make sure that the directory structure of the unzipped file is the same as the screenshot.
You do not have a full android-sdk installed. You need the missing files that the error refers to. You can either roll-back to pgs4a 0.9.4, which doesn't use those licensing files or reinstall android-sdk
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6$ cd android-sdk/
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk$ ls
add-ons extras platforms platform-tools SDK Readme.txt temp tools
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk$ cd extras/
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras$ ls
google
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras$ cd google/
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras/google$ ls
play_apk_expansion play_licensing
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras/google$ cd play_licensing/
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras/google/play_licensing$ ls
library LICENSE.txt README.txt sample source.properties test
craig#ubuntu-desktop:~/Documents/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras/google/play_licensing$
This link may help.
http://discussion.pychildren.org/t/windows-installation/10

To fix it go to this site http://ady.my/viewer/ and, in the section build, download the most recent version of build-tools. Extract the files 'aapt' and 'dx' and the directory 'lib' and move these all for the especified folder on the terminal /home/turquoisepotato/project/programming/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/platform-tools.
The code will be similar with this below:
mv aapt dx lib /home/turquoisepotato/project/programming/python/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/platform-tools
But the PGS4A is obselete. I suggest for you, use the Python for Android, that you find in this link: http://python-for-android.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

How to build a JAR file using ant for uiautomator test project

I have been trying to get my head around using uiautomator and I understand creating the test cases. I tried the first two steps of building the JAR according the the Android developer guide for UI Testing (http://developer.android.com/tools/testing/testing_ui.html) and that worked fine, but I am unsure on how to follow the next steps and building the JAR file with ant. Please can anyone help me with this issue.
Here are the steps that I have done so far:
<android-sdk>/tools/android create uitest-project -n <name> -t 1 -p <path>
set ANDROID_HOME=<path_to_your_sdk>
This is the step that I am stuck on:
ant build
The error I get when I use the command prompt is:
'ant' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

In the terminal run
which ant
It seems you do not have ant installed. If no location like /usr/bin/ant shows up after you run the command above, use this to install it:
sudo apt-get install ant
Try again after. It should work.

If you're using ADT, I recommend downloading Apache ant and placing it within the sdk/tools/ant folder. Then change your PATH variable to direct to the ant bin folder.

you have this error because you wrote "ant build" from incorrect path.
I did (this command generate build.xml, local.properties, project.properties files):
<android-sdk>/tools/android create uitest-project -n <name> -t 1 -p <path>
I changed in build.xml first line like:
<project name="name" default="build">
after that I run ant from eclipse. Build was success.

Have you installed ant? If not then do it from this site: http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html
If yes then follow these steps:
Navigate to your project directory and means (go to bin of your project)
Using command window execute the function: ant build
Ensure that your default JAVA_HOME points to JDK installation, not the JRE, and check if your compiler is in the PATH. Try to type “javac” in the command prompt. If javac is not found, then you should put your bin directory in the PATH.
For example, in Windows:
SET PATH=c:/jdk1.5.0_07/bin;%PATH%
This site might help further: http://looksok.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/uiautomator-in-eclipse/

If you have ADT with Eclipse then you can find ant in the plugins directory of Eclipse.

Error Running Android Project in Intellij IDEA

When I run my android project in Intellij IDEA using an AVD I get this error
android-apt-compiler: Cannot run program "/Users/myAccount/Documents/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/aapt": error=2, No such file or directory
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!

Yeah according to Simon in
Android Hello-World compile error: Intellij cannot find aapt
"It appears that the latest update to the r22 SDK release moved aapt and the lib jar from the platform-tools to the build-tools directory. While we wait for JetBrains to release an update, here's a quick fix using a couple of symbolic links for Unix users:
From your AndroidSDK/platform-tools directory, run the following:
ln -s ../build-tools/17.0.0/aapt aapt
ln -s ../build-tools/17.0.0/lib lib
...and IntelliJ should be able to compile as normal.
"
Unfortunately copying is the easier way around this on windows...
unless you use something like
mklink /H C:\Users\Tom\androidsdk\build-tools\17.0.0\aapt.exe C:\Users\Tom\androidsdk\platform-tools\aapt.exe
in the command prompt to attempt to make a hard link window's style of the file to your platform tools folder.
caveat I haven't tried this though...

I solve this problem on WIn by copy all files from android-sdk/build-tools/17.0.0 to platform-tools folder.

i was successfully resolving on mac 10.8
copied only aapt and lib\dx.jar and dx
from build-tools/18.0.1
to
platform-tools

i copied only aapt.exe and lib\dx.jar
from build-tools\android-4.2.2
to
platform-tools

R.java is not being generated because eclipse cannot run aapt

I use Ubuntu 11.10 and eclipse for Android development. I used to keep the android-sdk in my home folder, but because of low space, I copied it to the hard disk. When I moved the sdk to the hard disk, I did not have permissions to run adb, aapt or other platform tools. So, I edited the /etc/fstab file and added the following line
/dev/sda3 /media/hdisk ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
Now, when I execute the command ls -l | grep "sdk" in the terminal, i get this output
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 2012-10-20 16:07 android-sdk-linux
So, I have the permissions now, but when I run eclipse, the R.java file is still not generated, but the BuildConfig.java file is generated. I can run aapt from the terminal, but doing it every time I change the code is not practical. Any suggestions?

In case you have a 64bit Linux running, this command may help you:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Had the same issue and that one did the trick. Found here.

Its a very basic check but have you changed the location of the Android SDK within Eclipse?
Preferences -> Android -> SDK Location

This problem seems have to solved itself after restarting my PC about 2-3 times. Thanks for all the help everybody.