Hi all,
I’m trying to use Ionic framework to build hybrid mobile apps but i’m facing the following problem since a few days.
When I want to build the application (which is actually a blank project), the command “ionic cordova build android” returns this error (detailed logs below) when executing CordovaLib:processDebugResources task:
/home/pi/android-sdk/build-tools/23.0.1/aapt: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")
I tried to reinstall many times Android SDK. I also tried differents versions of Android tools/platforms (23, 26) but it did nothing.
I didn’t find on the web any solution to solve this problem.
So, if someone has an idea or already faced this problem and solved it, do not hesitate 
Thank you for your help.
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Detailled logs when building the app:
:CordovaLib:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:processDebugResources/home/pi/android-sdk/build-tools/23.0.1/aapt: 2: /home/pi/android-sdk/build-tools/23.0.1/aapt: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")") FAILED FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':CordovaLib:processDebugResources'. > com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt * Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. BUILD FAILED Total time: 55.363 secs Error: /home/pi/IonicPJ/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output: Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx256M /home/pi/android-sdk/build-tools/23.0.1/aapt: 2: /home/pi/android-sdk/build-tools/23.0.1/aapt: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")") FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':CordovaLib:processDebugResources'. > com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt -
You will find below different element concerning the components installed.
Ionic 3.8.1
Cordova 7.0.1
Gradle 4.1
JAVA 8
I set the variables $JAVA_HOME, $ANDROID_HOME
and added $ANDROID_HOME/tools and $ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools to $PATH variable
This is the packages I installed via Android SDKManager:
Installed packages:
| Path | Version | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| build-tools;23.0.1 | 23.0.1 | Android SDK Build-Tools 23.0.1 | build-tools/23.0.1/ |
| emulator | 26.1.3 | Android Emulator | emulator/ |
| extras;android;m2repository | 47.0.0 | Android Support Repository | extras/android/m2repository/ |
| extras;google;m2repository | 57 | Google Repository | extras/google/m2repository/ |
| patcher;v4 | 1 | SDK Patch Applier v4 | patcher/v4/ |
| platform-tools | 26.0.0 | Android SDK Platform-Tools | platform-tools/ |
| platforms;android-23 | 3 | Android SDK Platform 23 | platforms/android-23/ |
| platforms;android-25 | 3 | Android SDK Platform 25 | platforms/android-25/ |
| tools | 26.0.2 | Android SDK Tools | tools/ |
When I run “ionic cordova platform ls”, I have:
Installed platforms:
android 6.2.3
And everything is running on a raspberry with Raspbian Jessie:
Linux raspberrypi 4.9.35-v7+ #1014 SMP Fri Jun 30 14:47:43 BST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux