Cordova Platform Add Android Not Working While Listing Android Targets

cordova platform add android not working while listing Android targets

To work, this cordova command needs to use some programs located into your sdk/tools directory. You need also have installed apache ant.

Then you must add these directories into your PATH system variable:

Background:

• let's assume you have installed your Android SDK to the c:\sdk\android directory
• you have installed you Apache ant to the c:\tools\apache-ant directory

Then you must create two system variables:

1. ANDROID_HOME with the c:\sdk\android value
2. ANT_HOME with the c:\tools\apache-ant value

Finally, you must modify the PATH variable and add those two to the end of the PATH' value:

;%PATH%\tools;%ANT_HOME%\bin;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools

NOTE: for those who uses Linux, the instruction differs a bit.

More documentation available here.

Info about 'cordova platform add android' command

There is no relationship between them

When you add the platform with a version you specify a cordova-android version from the released ones. If you don't specify one, it will install the version pinned on the Cordova CLI (or higher patch version if available). Again, the Cordova CLI version has no relationship with cordova-android version or Android targeted version.

cordova-android uses semver for it's versions, that is, major.minor.patch

When there is a breaking change, the first number is changed, and changing the target SDK is not always a breaking change.

All the platform updates are announced on the Cordova blog, make sure you read it frequently so you can be informed of new CLI, platforms and plugins releases

Cordova: Error adding android platform

I think this issue because of .npmrc in your home directory, just remove it and everything should work

Cordova - add android platform issue

change

%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools;

to

%ANDROID_HOME%;

Cordova Platform add android issues

ANDROID_HOME should point to \sdk, not \sdk\platform-tools\. This is because the build system uses things in both platform-tools and tools folders. Change that and try again in a new terminal window please.

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