Appcelerator: [ERROR] Application Installer abnorm

Question

I know this question has been asked lots of times, but answers given did not solve my problem so far.

When trying to build an app to either a Android-device/-simulator/-package, Appcelerator comes with this error:

[ERROR] Application Installer abnormal process termination. Process exit value was 1

• I checked weither all Android-sdk's where installed correctly.
• In the terminal I did: appc logout -D / appc login
• I cleaned the project, including deleting Build- and Resources-folder by hand
• Ran: appc setup
• Some other terminal-lines I stumbled upon: npm install alloy -g and npm install appc-cli-titanium
• Installed Appcelerator-updates
• Added <tool-api-level>17< /tool-api-level> to tiapp.xml
• This line is in the Android-manifest: <uses-sdk android:maxSdkVersion="26" android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="25"/>

With the console in trace-mode, this is what I get:

[INFO] :   ----- MVC GENERATION -----
[INFO] :   [app.tss] global style processing...
[INFO] :   [global style] writing to cache...
[INFO] :   [index.xml] view processing...
[INFO] :   style:      "index.tss"
[INFO] :   view:       "index.xml"
[INFO] :   controller: "index.js"
[INFO] :   created:    "Resources/android/alloy/controllers/index.js"
[DEBUG] :  map:                "build/map/Resources/android/alloy/controllers/index.js.map"
[INFO] :   created:     "Resources/android/alloy/styles/index.js"
[INFO] :   
[INFO] :   [app.js] Titanium entry point processing...
[DEBUG] :  /Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:590
[DEBUG] :        throw err;
[DEBUG] :        ^
[DEBUG] :  TypeError: unknown: Property property of MemberExpression expected node to be of a type ["Identifier"] but instead got "BooleanLiteral"
[DEBUG] :      at validate     (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-types/lib/definitions/index.js:109:13)
[DEBUG] :      at Object.validate (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-types/lib/definitions/core.js:412:50)
[DEBUG] :      at Object.validate (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-types/lib/index.js:505:9)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath._replaceWith (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/replacement.js:176:7)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath.replaceWith (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/replacement.js:160:8)
[DEBUG] :      at PluginPass.Identifier (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/Alloy/commands/compile/ast/optimizer-plugin.js:65:11)
[DEBUG] :      at newFn (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/visitors.js:276:21)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath._call (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:76:18)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath.call (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:48:17)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:105:12)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitQueue (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:150:16)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitSingle (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:108:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:192:19)
[DEBUG] :      at Function.traverse.node (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/index.js:114:17)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:115:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitQueue (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:150:16)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitSingle (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:108:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:192:19)
[DEBUG] :      at Function.traverse.node (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/index.js:114:17)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:115:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitQueue (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:150:16)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitSingle (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:108:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:192:19)
[DEBUG] :      at Function.traverse.node (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/index.js:114:17)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:115:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitQueue (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:150:16)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitMultiple (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:103:17)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:190:19)
[DEBUG] :      at Function.traverse.node (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/index.js:114:17)
[DEBUG] :      at NodePath.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:115:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitQueue (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:150:16)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visitSingle (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:108:19)
[DEBUG] :      at TraversalContext.visit (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:192:19)
[DEBUG] :      at Function.traverse.node (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/index.js:114:17)
[DEBUG] :      at traverse (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/index.js:79:12)
[DEBUG] :      at File.transform (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:548:35)
[DEBUG] :      at /Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/pipeline.js:73:19
[DEBUG] :      at File.wrap (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:564:16)
[DEBUG] :      at Pipeline.transformFromAst (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/pipeline.js:70:17)
[DEBUG] :      at Object.exports.generateCodeAndSourceMap (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/Alloy/commands/compile/sourceMapper.js:112:27)
[DEBUG] :      at generateAppJs (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/Alloy/commands/compile/index.js:554:16)
[DEBUG] :      at module.exports (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/Alloy/commands/compile/index.js:480:2)
[DEBUG] :      at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/Alloy/alloy.js:112:46)
[DEBUG] :      at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
[DEBUG] :      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
[DEBUG] :      at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
[DEBUG] :      at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
[DEBUG] :      at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
[DEBUG] :      at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
[DEBUG] :      at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
[DEBUG] :      at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/bas/.appcelerator/install/6.3.0/package/node_modules/alloy/bin/alloy:3:1)
[DEBUG] :      at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
[DEBUG] :      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
[DEBUG] :      at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
[DEBUG] :      at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
[DEBUG] :      at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
[DEBUG] :      at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
[DEBUG] :      at run (bootstrap_node.js:390:7)
[DEBUG] :      at startup (bootstrap_node.js:150:9)
[DEBUG] :      at bootstrap_node.js:505:3
[ERROR] :  Alloy compiler failed
[ERROR] Application Installer abnormal process termination. Process exit value was 1

Answer 1

You can probably solve this by reverting back to cli 6.2.2 6.3 replaces the old version of file minification to allow ES6 syntax but this is obviously causing a problem in you case.

Just execute "appc use 6.2.2" in the command line (without the quotes of course) and make sure you see Alloy 1.9.x used in the logs before the lines you pasted.