cordova Android requirements failed: “Could not find an installed version of Gradle”

Question

I\'m trying to build a Cordova Android project using the most recent tools. I followed the instructions here:

$ cordova create myApp com.myCompany.myApp myAp         


        

Answer 1

Extending https://stackoverflow.com/users/5540715/surendra-shrestha answer for linux (~mint) users:
1. Install Android Studio (many tools have been deprecated for command line, so this is likely required). Asuming you follow the author instrucctions, your Android Studio will be installed in /usr/local/android-studio/. At the time of writing, the gradle version in Android Studio is 3.2, look at yours with ls /usr/local/android-studio/gradle/.
2. Add your gradle command, this can be done extending the PATH, as @surendra-shrestha suggested (should be written in ~/.bashrc to preserve the PATH change), adding an alias echo 'export alias gradle=/usr/local/android-studio/gradle/gradle-3.2/bin/gradle' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc. Or making a symbolic link: sudo ln -sn /usr/local/android-studio/gradle/gradle-3.2/bin/gradle /usr/bin/gradle (this was my choice).
3. Run cordova requirements to check everyhing is OK, should output something like:

Requirements check results for android:
Java JDK: installed 1.8.0
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: installed android-26,android-25,android-24,android-23,android-22,android-21,android-19,Google Inc.:Google APIs:19
Gradle: installed /usr/local/android-studio/gradle/gradle-3.2/bin/gradle