Error ionic cordova run android A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.tasks

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hello friends. I haven’t found a solution to this problem for several days. I can’t run the command
ionic cordova run android.
It throws me the following error.

Execution failed for task ':app:packageDebug'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.tasks.PackageAndroidArtifact$IncrementalSplitterRunnable
   > com.android.ide.common.signing.KeytoolException: Failed to read key AndroidDebugKey from store "/home/user/.android/debug.keystore": Invalid keystore format

The ionic cordova build --release command works perfect.
The command ionic cordova build --packageType=apk, gives me the same error.
I do not understand why!

IONIC INFO =>

Ionic:

   ionic (Ionic CLI)  : 4.11.0
   Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.9.4
   @ionic/app-scripts : 3.2.4

Cordova:

   cordova (Cordova CLI) : 11.0.0
   Cordova Platforms     : android 10.1.2
   Cordova Plugins       : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 5.0.0, (and 26 other plugins)

System:

   Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (/home/user/Android/Sdk)
   NodeJS            : v14.19.1 (/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v14.19.1/bin/node)
   npm               : 6.14.16
   OS                : Linux 5.13

cordova requirements

android-targetSdkVersion should be greater than or equal to 30.

Requirements check results for android:
Java JDK: installed 1.8.0
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: installed android-30,android-29,android-27
Gradle: installed /opt/gradle/gradle-7.4.2/bin/gradle

Is it a version problem?
Is it a SDK version problem?
Has anyone encountered this problem?

Thanks to you!!

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Hi
Did you find a solution to the problem? Currently facing the same issue

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facing same issue on windows 10

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I have a solution for it, remove android studio, restart and then remove .android folder from Users folder, i.e C:\Users\USERNAME .android.

then remove the platform from cordova app, i.e using ionic cordova platform rm android.

then execute: ionic cordova run android.

it will work

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forgiveness for slow to respond. I have a lot of work.
I solved the problem by removing all the CORDOVA plugins and then installing them again, but it really cost me a lot of work to solve that, since the application had more than 25 plugins, but that was the solution I found. I don’t know if it was the best, but it was what I was able to solve the problem with, thanks.

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I fixed the issue by deleting the following files:

C:\Users\your_user.android\debug.keystore
C:\Users\your_user.android\debug.keystore.lock

After that, the next build was a success. Also, after the build, these files were created again.

I do not now the real cause of the problem, though.

Hope it can help somebody out.

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Hello @Alexander0821! I had to postpone that task, for later, and that happened today! and your solution has helped me in an incredible way! I remembered that I had asked the question and found this answer has solved a past headache for me, therefore thank you very much!

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the answer for Linux is below, thanks for participating.

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deleting the debug.keystore then running the build command worked for me

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Sorry for my late answer, but this is the correct answer, I don’t know if the solution to the problem but this has allowed me to continue with my work. I hope someone finds it useful and thank you very much.