Build Error -Ionic Cordova fails for android [dupl

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• Running “cordova build android” - unable to find attribute android:fontVariationSettings and android:ttcIndex 24 answers

I get following error while running the command "ionic cordova build android --stacktrace" :

:generateDebugResources
:mergeDebugResources

:processDebugManifest

:processDebugResources
ERROR: In <declare-styleable> FontFamilyFont, unable to find attribute android:fontVariationSettings
 FAILED
ERROR: In <declare-styleable> FontFamilyFont, unable to find attribute android:ttcIndex

I am using following tools on Window's:
 Editor : VScode

Ionic: C:\Users\xyz>ionic -version
3.19.1
Npm as packagemanager

Project Properties:

target=android-26
cordova.system.library.1=com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:+
cordova.system.library.2=com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.+
cordova.gradle.include.1=cordova-plugin-appsflyer-sdk/customerapp-cordovaAF.gradle
cordova.gradle.include.2=twitter-connect-plugin/customerapp-twitter.gradle
cordova.system.library.3=com.android.support:support-v4:26.+
cordova.system.library.4=com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.+
cordova.system.library.5=com.android.support:support-v4:24.1.1+
cordova.system.library.6=com.android.support:support-v4:+
android.library.reference.1=CordovaLib

Answer 1

Had the same issue, what I did was following:

1. Clear the build directory
   • cordova clean
2. Add multiDexEnabled under android -> defaultConfig to the build.gradle file
   • "your project\platforms\android\app\build.gradle"
   • multiDexEnabled true
3. Change dependencies for "com.android.support" within the build.gradle file
   • com.android.support:support-v4:+ => com.android.support:support-v4:23+
4. Go through the plugins folder and look in all "plugins.xml" and replace:
   • com.android.support:support-v4:+ => com.android.support:support-v4:23+
5. Change project.properties under "platforms\android\project.properties"
   • cordova.system.library.4=com.android.support:support-v4:23+
6. Run "ionic cordova run build"

Unable to merge dex

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/46591042

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/47746531

Clean install

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/24684622

Wrong Namespace / Version

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/49164846

.

android {

    defaultConfig {
        multiDexEnabled true
        versionCode cdvVersionCode ?: new BigInteger("" + privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("versionCode"))
        applicationId privateHelpers.extractStringFromManifest("package")

        if (cdvMinSdkVersion != null) {
            minSdkVersion cdvMinSdkVersion
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

found this on the ionic forum https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/android-build-broken-after-gradle-dependencies-update-execution-failed-for-task-processdebugresources-com-android-ide-common-process-processexception-failed-to-execute-aapt/109982/134 the suggestion that worked for me was "I got it working, my issue was in the cordova-plugin-file-opener2.
Change com.android.support:support-v4:+ to com.android.support:support-v4:23+ in the plugin.xml for the cordova-plugin-file-opener2 in the plugins folder and the node_modules folder.
Then do the same in the project.properties in platforms/android.
My plugin however was the background-geolocation and actually i dont believe i had to make a fix in the project.properties for mine.

Answer 3

I had to do the stuff of both the answers above:

In platforms/android/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner:

Search for compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+ and replace for compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:27+'.

In platforms/android:

Search for cordova.system.library.2=com.android.support:support-v4:+ and replace for cordova.system.library.2=com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.0.

Hope it helps.

Answer 4

Mine required a similar fix as above only it was in the de.appplant.cordova.plugin.local-notification plugin. I changed ‘com.android.support:support-v4:+’ to ‘com.android.support:support-v4:23+’ and then removed and added the android platform and it built. However, I had an extra brace '}' in my build-extras.gradle that had to be removed also.

Answer 5

Replacing 'com.android.support:support-v4:+' and 'com.android.support:support-v4:27+' with fixed versions in the plugin.xml didn't work for us - cordova crosswalk updated at least one support library to version 28.0.0-alpha1 though.

Forcing a fixed version of the support library for each dependency could solve the problem in the end.

configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy {
    eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
        if (details.requested.group == 'com.android.support') {
            details.useVersion "27.1.0"
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

I was having the same problem out of the blue yesterday. It started randomly but from reading around, it looks like it is to do with an update as mentioned above by @cpro90. However, I tried and could not find where to make the necessary manual change.

Eventually I identified that the problem was being caused by my cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview plugin. On Github, I found the issue on the plugin repro this morning and it had over 520 views by lunch.

@UNUMObile suggested the following in the build.gradle file to force an earlier version globally:

    configurations.all {
       resolutionStrategy.force 'com.android.support:support-v4:24.0.0'
    }

This worked immediately for me and may help others with other plugins that also have had their dependancy on 'com.android.support:support-4:<28. The new version 28 seems to be the issue.

Hope this helps someone move forward.