Ionic android build Error - Failed to find 'AN

Question

I am trying to build android for ionic in linux but its showing me an error like this

     [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/kumar/myapp/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/kumar/myapp/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code 2
at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:139:23)
at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:810:5)

and i've added this in my bashrc file

export ANT_HOME="/usr/bin/ant"
export PATH="$PATH:$ANT_HOME/bin"
export HOME="/home/kumar"
export ANDROID_HOME="$HOME/android-sdk-linux/tools"
export ANDROID_PLATFORM_TOOLS="$HOME/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools"
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME:$ANDROID_PLATFORM_TOOLS:$PATH"

I'm thinking i've given the path but i dont know why its showing me this error .. Please help....

Answer 1

You only have to edit your profile file like this:

sudo su
vim ~/.profile

and put this at the end of the file:

export ANDROID_HOME=/home/(user name)/Android/Sdk
export PATH=$PATH:/tools
export PATH=$PATH:/platform-tools

Save and close the file and do:

cd ~
source .profile

now if you do:

echo $ANDROID_HOME

it should show you something like this:

/home/(user name)/Android/Sdk

Answer 2

For OSX

Great tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY22NSBwV_s

No need to do any bash commands/symlinks:

1. Install Java 6 runtime: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?locale=de_DE
2. Install Java JDK: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

Answer 3

For OSX

• into ~/.bash_profile add:

  export ANDROID_HOME="/path/to/android-sdk-macosx"
  export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH"
  

  and then execute it in terminal to take effect immediately;

• into /etc/sudoers add: (you can use console: sudo visudo)

  Defaults        env_keep += "ANDROID_HOME"
  

  since the building process has to start with sudo and Node's process.env get the respective variables.

Answer 4

I had this problem when running sudo ionic run android as root as these environmental variables were not persisted. Fixed by running sudo -E ionic run android.

Answer 5

Case: using SO Windows, try:

set ANDROID_HOME=C:\\android-sdk-windows
set PATH=%PATH%;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools

more in: http://spring.io/guides/gs/android/

Case: you don't have platform-tools:

cordova platforms list
cordova platforms add <Your_platform, example: Android>

Answer 6

To add ANDROID_HOME value permanently,

gedit ~/.bashrc

and add the following lines

export ANDROID_HOME=/root/Android/Sdk
PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools

Save the file and you need not update ANDROID_HOME value everytime.