Im getting started in developing ionic app, I followed the guide in http://ionicframework.com/docs/guide/installation.html
just in case: the command "ionic platform add ios" works and i have android sdk installed.
when typing the command "ionic platform add android" i get this error:
Adding android project...
/Users/LihaiMac/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.7.1/package/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:126
throw e;
^
Package name must look like: com.company.Name
Error: /Users/LihaiMac/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.7.1/package/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 1
at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:131:23)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:1008:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1080:5)
I tried searching an answer in other related posts, but not successful..
I'll appreciate any help in solving my problem..
What mladen5 said is correct. You need to go to the config.xml of your Cordova/Phonegap project and edit the id to meet the package name expectations.
The name can be found in the ID property and is "com.mydomainhere.appnamehere" in the example config below:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.mydomainhere.appnamehere" version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
<name>Awesome app</name>
<description>
The worlds most awesome app
</description>
<author email="your@email.com" href="http://www.anurlhere.com">
Author name
</author>
<content src="index.html" />
<access origin="*" />
</widget>
"Package name must look like: com.company.Name" that error is very helpful. You have package name that is invalid, probably starts with number.
Android package rules:
- The first character after a period must not be a number
- The first character must be a letter or underscore
- Usually the app id is your company's reserved Internet domain name.
- The app id must consist of letters, numbers, and underscores.
The best way to do it is when you're creating a new app. The Ionic command line interface(CLI) supports two options to do that the right way:
You can also app and package name define using command line interface(CLI) creation you project time like this bellow.
ionic start MyNewApp blank --appname MyNewApp --id com.ionicbyrequest.mynewapp
MyNewApp is my project app name.
Simple, no ? Now when you deploy to stores your id will be unique.
I had the same problem with Ionic a few weeks ago. The problem can be fixed by editing config.xml.
Find the line that starts with
The syntax inside id="" must be com.company.(company name)
ID should be without dashes, just words separated with dots: word.word.word
In your config.xml give the package name according to your project package name
Give widget id in your config.xml as com.test.testapp