# Error: Cannot read property 'replace' of null

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-cannot-read-property-replace-of-null/105797>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-cannot-read-property-replace-of-null/105797 "2017-09-18T12:15:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![abhi123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/abhi123/32/114587_2.png) [@abhi123](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/abhi123)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-cannot-read-property-replace-of-null/105797/1 "2017-09-18T12:15:42Z")

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I am getting this error whenever I add android platform in my project.

`ionic platform add android`

Your system information:

```auto
Cordova CLI: 6.5.0 
Ionic CLI Version: 2.1.13
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.1.7
ios-deploy version: Not installed
ios-sim version: Not installed
OS: Linux 2.6
Node Version: v4.2.1
Xcode version: Not installed

```

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**Author:** ![thesourav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@thesourav](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/thesourav)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-cannot-read-property-replace-of-null/105797/2 "2017-09-18T17:02:43Z")

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