Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to update your Android

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I’m getting this error when I try to build Android. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to update your Android SDK.

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Update your Android SDK.

Best just install Android Studio as it will take care of all of that.
Also make sure you are using the most recent Cordova and cordova-android versions.

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Helps half way, now getting this error:

/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code ENOENT

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And I’ve tried to update it, still gives me the exact same error. this error goes away only if I manualyl put these files in there, but the I get a new error, which I noted below.

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What are “these files”?
Did you install the Android stuff with Android Studio like I said?

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I don’t know what files these are.

Yes, I’ve done all the installations from Android Studio (not via the terminal).

Thanks!

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vs.

Which is it?

Post your ionic info and ionic cordova requirements output.

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Hi Sujan! Thanks for your help!
With those files I don’t have a problem anymore. I’ve updated my ionic and cordova, and it went away. Now I’m stuck this this error ONLY:

Error: ../platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code ENOENT

Ioni info:

Your system information:

Cordova CLI: 6.5.0 
Ionic Framework Version: 2.0.1
Ionic CLI Version: 2.1.14
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.1.7
Ionic App Scripts Version: 1.1.3
ios-deploy version: 1.9.0 
ios-sim version: 5.0.12 
OS: macOS Sierra
Node Version: v7.10.0
Xcode version: Xcode 8.3.2 Build version 8E2002

NPM version - 4.2.0

I’m not sure how to get ionic cordova requirements, this command doesn’t work in my terminal.

Many thanks!

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Update your Ionic CLI to a current version.

Until then: use cordova requirements.

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Done! My CLI is now 3.4.0

I’ve removed the platform and added it again, then ran a cordova build command, and get these errors now:

cp: no such file or directory: /Users/podoliev/Library/Android/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper/gradlew
        
        cp: no such file or directory: /Users/podoliev/Library/Android/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper/gradle/wrapper
        
        chmod: File not found:
        /Users/username/Documents/Development/app/platforms/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
        
        sed: no such file or directory:
        /Users/username/Documents/Development/app/platforms/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
        
        Error: /Users/username/Documents/Development/app/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with
        exit code ENOENT
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Your gradle is still not installed properly. Try it manually: https://gradle.org/install

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Did everything, re-installed everything, the install processes went well, but still the same error…

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I mentioned it a few times, but you never used it: cordova requirements

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Here what I got from this:

Requirements check results for android:
Java JDK: installed 1.8.0
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: not installed 
Android SDK not found. Make sure that it is installed. If it is not at the default location, set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable.
Gradle: not installed 
Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to update your Android SDK.
Looked here: /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper

Requirements check results for ios:
Apple OS X: installed darwin
Xcode: installed 8.3.2
ios-deploy: installed 1.9.0
CocoaPods: installed 
Error: Some of requirements check failed


┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Update available: 7.0.1 (current: 6.5.0) │
│ Run npm install -g cordova to update.    │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Yep, pretty clear. Something is broken with your Android/Gradle. Without fixing this, the error will stay.

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Yes, that’s pretty clear, I just can’t find a way to do it. I’ve been at it for 4 days straight now.

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Old thread, but just in case someone else is stuck. I came across this on an older project and solved it by updating cordova globally, and the local platform package :

npm install -g cordova
cd my_project
cordova platform update android

Cordova guidelines (https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2017/04/05/android-release.html)

Doing so also updated the my gradle config which somehow had gotten out of date.

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