App Crashes when i try to run on a device

Cooldude68 · January 24, 2018, 6:00pm

My app builds fine but it crashes when i try to run on a real device.
i’ve tried to look around to see what the problem could be and i noticed two things

AndroidManifest.xml is missing from platforms/android
<engine name="android" spec="^7.0.0" /> from config.xml

Android studio is working fine on my PC and apks generated do not crash.

Sujan12 · January 24, 2018, 6:00pm

Does it also crash if you try to build and run a new project created with ionic start?

Cooldude68 · January 24, 2018, 6:13pm

yes even with a blank template project, it is still crashing.

Sujan12 · January 24, 2018, 7:11pm

Then something is broken with your environment.

What is your ionic info output?
What does ionic cordova requirements return?

Cooldude68 · January 24, 2018, 7:51pm

Yes I know, something is broken in my environment, but I just can’t put my
finger on it. The AndroidManifest.xml is missing
how do I check ionic output and ionic Cordova requirement?

Sujan12 · January 24, 2018, 8:04pm

Run those commands on the command line and post their output.

Cooldude68 · January 25, 2018, 8:37am

i just ran ionic output and i got this:

cli packages: (C:\Users\Administrator.HP-PAVILION\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules)

** @ionic/cli-utils : 1.19.0**
** ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.19.0**

global packages:

** cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0**

local packages:

** @ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.8**
** Cordova Platforms : android 7.0.0**
** Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.9.2**

System:

** Node : v8.9.4**
** npm : 5.6.0**
** OS : Windows 10**

Environment Variables:

** ANDROID_HOME : not set**

Misc:

** backend : pro**

Cooldude68 · January 25, 2018, 9:14am

ionic cordova requirements gave me this:

> cordova requirements
Android Studio project detected

Requirements check results for android:

Java JDK: installed 1.8.0
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: installed android-26,android-22,android-21,Google Inc.:Google APIs:21,android-20,android-19
Gradle: installed C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\gradle\gradle-2.2.1\bin\gradle

Sujan12 · January 25, 2018, 10:30am

That looks very wrong.

What Android Studio are you using?
Install a standalone Gradle from gradle.org/install

Cooldude68 · January 25, 2018, 10:36am

im using android studio 3.0.1

Cooldude68 · January 25, 2018, 4:15pm

ive just downloaded and installed the latest gradle (version 4.5). what next?

Cooldude68 · January 26, 2018, 11:18am

AndroidManifest.xml is missing from platforms/android. Could that be problem?

Sujan12 · January 26, 2018, 11:22am

If this normally is there, of course.

Did you remove and re-add the platform?

Cooldude68 · January 26, 2018, 11:37am

no i did not. In fact i just created a new project few minutes ago and AndroidManifest.xml is still missing.

AravindhGopi · June 7, 2018, 2:16pm

Im using cordova-android@7.0.0
android manifest is inside platforms/app/src/main/

EnzoDLP · October 10, 2018, 11:02am

did you find? i got the same problem i think …