# Ionic build android failed **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [May 3, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742 "2017-05-03T12:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![owaisbakhtiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@owaisbakhtiar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/owaisbakhtiar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/1 "2017-05-03T12:01:10Z")
Hello Guys, Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to update your Android SDK. Looked here: /Users/owais/Library/Android/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper Whenever i run ionic build android the above error is generated. Anyone who has faced and solved the issue please let me know 🙂 Thanks ---
**Author:** ![kgaspar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/kgaspar/32/108738_2.png) [@kgaspar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/kgaspar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/2 "2017-05-03T12:14:48Z")
Have you installed the android SDK via android studio or the android SDK standalone installer? ---
**Author:** ![owaisbakhtiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@owaisbakhtiar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/owaisbakhtiar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/3 "2017-05-03T12:25:24Z")
Yes I have installed android SDK @kgaspar … also the paths are defines as you can see in the error message **Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK .** showing the error of gradle wrapper in android sdk… and when I go to the path given in error **Looked here: /Users/owais/Library/Android/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper** I actually could not find any template folder here ---
**Author:** ![owaisbakhtiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@owaisbakhtiar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/owaisbakhtiar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/4 "2017-05-03T12:45:01Z")
Yes I have installed android SDK @kgaspar … also the paths are defines as you can see in the error message Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK . showing the error of gradle wrapper in android sdk… and when I go to the path given in error Looked here: /Users/owais/Library/Android/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper I actually could not find any template folder here ---
**Author:** ![kgaspar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/kgaspar/32/108738_2.png) [@kgaspar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/kgaspar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/5 "2017-05-03T12:47:19Z")
Have you checked this [thread](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-could-not-find-gradle-wrapper-within-android-sdk-might-need-to-update-yo-ur-android-sdk/22056) here. It is the same problem as yours. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![owaisbakhtiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@owaisbakhtiar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/owaisbakhtiar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/6 "2017-05-03T12:49:53Z")
Ok I am trying this… Hope for the best 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![redamed92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/redamed92/32/107830_2.png) [@redamed92](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/redamed92)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/7 "2017-05-03T12:51:21Z")
i had the same problem.i followed another answer on a post here and it worked here s what i did:i downloaded sdk tools package [https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools\_r25.2.3-windows.zip](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.3-windows.zip) then you extract it to C:\Users\CURRENT\_USER\AppData\Local\Android\sdk. you 'll need to replace the current user.then build again.this worked for me here’s the link to that post if you want to [https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-could-not-find-gradle-wrapper-within-android-sdk-might-need-to-update-yo-ur-android-sdk/22056](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-could-not-find-gradle-wrapper-within-android-sdk-might-need-to-update-yo-ur-android-sdk/22056) and check trisna1192 answer ---
**Author:** ![owaisbakhtiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@owaisbakhtiar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/owaisbakhtiar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/8 "2017-05-03T12:52:39Z")
Yes I am going to try the same one 🙂 thanks @redamed92 ---
**Author:** ![Sujan12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sujan12/32/108395_2.png) [@Sujan12](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Sujan12)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/9 "2017-05-03T19:22:10Z")
You won’t need these hacky solutions any more, see my post over there: > [@Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within android sdk. Might need to update yo ur Android SDK](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-could-not-find-gradle-wrapper-within-android-sdk-might-need-to-update-yo-ur-android-sdk/22056/47): > > This will probably solve all these problem: [https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2017/04/28/android-release.html](https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2017/04/28/android-release.html) ---
**Author:** ![owaisbakhtiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@owaisbakhtiar](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/owaisbakhtiar)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/10 "2017-05-04T08:13:25Z")
Yeah It worked… Thankyou Dear ---
**Author:** ![gusgonnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/gusgonnet/32/121606_2.png) [@gusgonnet](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/gusgonnet)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-android-failed/88742/11 "2018-09-02T03:54:01Z")
In case you are stuck with this issue in Ubuntu, please check a possible fix here: > [@Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within android sdk. Might need to update yo ur Android SDK](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-could-not-find-gradle-wrapper-within-android-sdk-might-need-to-update-yo-ur-android-sdk/22056/83): > > Ubuntu 14.04 fix Hi there, I was suffering from this issue and the things I tried from above didn’t help me. I ended up creating the templates directory and copying the gradle wrapper from an existing project to fix it. This was the error I got when running ionic cordova build android: $ ionic cordova build android \> ionic-app-scripts build --target cordova --platform android [20:22:51] ionic-app-scripts 3.1.8 \ \> cordova build android ANDROID\_HOME=/home/gust/Android/Sdk … Good luck, Gustavo.