Cannot run Android app on emulator Error: ENOENT for strings.xml

ionuser · November 12, 2018, 3:35pm

Hello,

I’m migrating my app from ios to Android. I can build the app and install the APK without problems. However, when I try to run it in emulator via

ionic cordova emulate android -c -l

it does not install. I get the following message:

UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘…/platforms/android/res/values/strings.xml’

I got a similar error message before, but then the app would not build at all and I could fix it with this:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/joeljeske/68121fa6d643e0937f50458d0172e16e

patch-android-studio-check.js

/**
 * This hook overrides a function check at runtime. Currently, cordova-android 7+ incorrectly detects that we are using
 * an eclipse style project. This causes a lot of plugins to fail at install time due to paths actually being setup
 * for an Android Studio project. Some plugins choose to install things into 'platforms/android/libs' which makes
 * this original function assume it is an ecplise project.
 */
module.exports = function(context) {
  if (context.opts.cordova.platforms.indexOf('android') < 0) {
    return;
  }

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Any idea? Thanks!