Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to update your Android SDK

Question

I am trying to take build in an ionic2 application. I got this error while running ionic build android. The error log is

ANDROID_HOME=/home/varun/Android/Sdk
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to    update your Android SDK.
Looked here: /home/varun/Android/Sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper

I tried updating the sdk but it was found that the sdk version is latest.

When i looked at the Android/Sdk/tools folder there is no templates directory. I am running on ubuntu 16.04, with cordova version 6.5.0

Solution 1

Edit:

There has been a newer release of Cordova Android that also fixes some problems with SDK tools 26.x.x

cordova platform update [email protected]

or

cordova platform rm android
cordova platform add [email protected]

Old answer

Google broke Cordova Android 6.1.x and some other frameworks with their latest sdk tools update.

Cordova Android 6.2.1 has been released and it's now compatible with latest Android SDK.

You can update your current incompatible android platform with cordova platform update [email protected]

Or you can remove the existing platform and add the new one (will delete any manual change you did inside yourProject/platforms/android/ folder)

cordova platform rm android cordova platform add [email protected]

You have to specify the version because current CLI installs 6.1.x by default.

Solution 2

I resolved by this by replacing the tools folder in my Android SDK with an older version of the SDK tools (r25.2.3). Follow these steps to do the same:

1. Navigate to https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html, click "Download Options", scroll down, and download the command line tools package for your platform, ensuring that you get a version in the r25.2.X series (not r25.3.X).
2. Unzip this folder. You should end up with a tools directory.
3. Navigate to your $ANDROID_HOME directory (~/Library/Android/sdk/ on OS X).
4. Rename the pre-existing tools directory there to tools.bak (e.g., mv tools tools.bak)
5. Move the tools directory you just downloaded into the SDK folder (e.g., mv ~/Downloads/tools/ .)

A new major version of the SDK tools was just released, which appears to be causing some issues with Ionic (see the press release here: http://tools.android.com/recent/androidsdktoolsrevision2530feb2017).

Solution 3

This worked for me

cordova platform update [email protected]

Solution 4

There's no need to downgrade Android Tools. On Windows gradle moved from:

C:\Users\you_username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools

to:

C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\plugins\android\lib\templates\gradle\wrapper

So you just need to ajust your path so that it points to the right folder.

Solution 5

I had same problem and I solved it with Carlos Delgado's answer.

• Android Path must be set before all things below.
• Download the latest command line tools (https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html -> very bottom part)
• Unzip -> copy and paste "tools > templates" folder to your project folder (/Libraries/Android/sdk/tools/)
• press option key to see Libraries folder in your Finder

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Comments

[Sebastián Rojas]

DETAILS PLEASE, how do you "Change tools directory to tools_r25.2.3 directory."?

[cesarvargas]

I think he meant to put all the files from r25.3.1 on the previously installed tools folder.

[Carlos Delgado]

Indeed, downloading the latest command line tools and paste its content in the /Android/sdk/tools folder solved the problem ;)

[shaunc]

AFAIKT I was able to get away with just copying the old tools/templates subdirectory into the Android/sdk/tools folder.

[shareef]

Yes It WORKED thankks

[Oleg]

Thank you! It's really works!

[dsp_099]

Didn't fix the issue for me.

[jcesarmobile]

@dsp_099 did you remove android platform first? if you run cordova platforms what cordova-android version do you get?

[dsp_099]

I see "Installed platforms: android 6.1.2. See latest question on my profile for more info"

[jcesarmobile]

then do a cordova platform rm android first and then cordova platform add https://github.com/apache/cordova-android, you should get 6.2.0-dev instead of 6.1.2

[dsp_099]

Step in the right direction... That helped... sort of. See my question here, seems to be the issue, might give you more intel.

[Suraj Dubey]

it worked, thanks :)

[Pier]

Thanks that fixed it for me after updating SDK tools to 25.3.1

[mentat]

where do we adjust it? in cordova?

[Playdome.io]

I get a warning: cmd: command failed with exit code 1 Can i get rid of it somehow?

[jcesarmobile]

@Azarus which command?

[Playdome.io]

When upgrading the android platform, this seems pretty messed up right now. :/ Spent like 4 hours just setting things up huh

[Elemental]

you sure you don;t mean @6.2.1?

[ben_joseph]

@mentat update it in the windows path.

[Pedro Miguel Pimienta Morales]

Can you explain better, excuse me, i don't get the part, tools > templates, i need copy the tools folder into template, o what project you say?

[Herman Demsong]

Thanks man, this worked fine for me

[Adam]

You little beauty.

[Lifz]

Fantastic. Running cordova platform update android worked perfectly. It updated to 6.2.3. It must know to look for gradle in the new directory: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\plugins\android\lib\templates\gradle\wrapper

[ChickenFeet]

How is 6.2.2 a newer release when OP has 6.5.0 ? The two solutions to this problem involve either downgrading Android SDK or Cordova, it doesn't seem like a very sustainable solution - you're going to have to upgrade eventually right?

[jcesarmobile]

@ChickenFeet No, you are confusing cordova-lib (or Cordova CLI) version with cordova-android version. Cordova CLI 6.5.0 had cordova-android 6.1.1, so, by the time I wrote this, he needed to upgrade the cordova-android version to 6.2.2. Now there is a new Cordova CLI version (7.0.1) that uses cordova-android 6.2.x as default.

[Mirko]

I am sure, that is the version I am using

[androticus]

This did not work for me. It still gave the same "can't find gradle wrapper" comment

[Ananta Prasad]

cordova platform update [email protected] fixed my issue. thanks bro..:)

[jcesarmobile]

@LAnantaPrasad at this point you also have 6.4.0 or 7.1.4 available, that also have the problem fixed and are newer

[Ananta Prasad]

@jcesarmobile thanks

[Joe]

I've been working on this for 3 days. You save my life. Thanks.

[mahendren]

This is working for me thanks dude......