Ionic android build Error - Failed to find 'ANDROID_HOME' environment variable
Solution 1
Android Home should be the root folder of SDK.
export ANDROID_HOME="$HOME/android-sdk-linux"
EDIT: Open terminal and type these commands. (yes, on a ternimal , not in bashrc file)
export ANDROID_HOME=~/android-sdk-macosx
PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
and then in the same terminal just type android
. If configured you would be able to use build commands from this terminal. (it's a temporary solution)
Solution 2
For OSX
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into ~/.bash_profile add:
export ANDROID_HOME="/path/to/android-sdk-macosx" export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH"
and then execute it in terminal to take effect immediately;
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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'sprocess.env
get the respective variables.
Solution 3
Setup for Linux/Ubuntu/Mint
- download Android Studio or SDK only
- install
- set PATH
3.1) Open terminal and edit ~/.bashrc
sudo su
vim ~/.bashrc
3.2) Export ANDROID_HOME and add folders with binaries to your PATH
Common default install folders:
- /root/Android/Sdk
- ~/Android/Sdk
Example .bashrc
export ANDROID_HOME=/root/Android/Sdk
PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
3.3) Refresh your PATH
source ~/.bashrc
4) Install correct SDK
When
ionic build android
still fails it could be because of wrong sdk version. To install correct versions and images runandroid
from command line. Since it is now in your PATH you should be able to run it from anywhere.
Solution 4
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>
Solution 5
Download the android SDK http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html
You only export the path of SDK folder.
export ANDROID_HOME="YOUR_PATH/sdk/"
Kumar Elubandi
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Kumar Elubandi almost 2 years
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....
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Kumar Elubandi over 8 yearschanged it but still getting the same issue.
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Karan Kumar over 8 yearstry doing
source ~/.bashrc
at your terminal. -
Ravin Singh D over 7 yearsAlmost 1 hour I wasted setting .bashrc again and again without knowing this need to set in root user bashrc. thanks stranger
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Shubham Takode over 7 yearsThanks @D_plus_plus but what causes the issue
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Ryall over 5 yearsFor me, it was installed as my current user, so replace
/root
with~