# "ionic cordova build android" failed - could not find an installed version of Gradle **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [May 29, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074 "2017-05-29T01:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alejandrocao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/alejandrocao/32/101995_2.png) [@alejandrocao](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/alejandrocao)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074/1 "2017-05-29T01:44:15Z")
I’m getting the following error when building android app locally: ionic cordova build android Running app-scripts build: --iscordovaserve --external-ip-required --nobrowser [22:35:07] build dev started … [22:35:07] clean started … [22:35:07] clean finished in less than 1 ms [22:35:07] copy started … [22:35:07] transpile started … [22:35:11] transpile finished in 3.77 s [22:35:11] preprocess started … [22:35:11] deeplinks started … [22:35:11] deeplinks finished in 15 ms [22:35:11] preprocess finished in 15 ms [22:35:11] webpack started … [22:35:11] copy finished in 4.44 s [22:35:21] webpack finished in 10.32 s [22:35:21] sass started … [22:35:23] sass finished in 2.08 s [22:35:23] postprocess started … [22:35:23] postprocess finished in 13 ms [22:35:23] lint started … [22:35:23] build dev finished in 16.26 s > cordova build android > ✖ Running command - failed! [ERROR] Cordova encountered an error. You may get more insight by running the Cordova command above directly. [ERROR] An error occurred while running cordova build android (exit code 1): ``` ANDROID_HOME=D:\Desarrollo\AndroidSDKTools JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51 Error: Could not find an installed version of Gradle either in Android Studio, or on your system to install the gradle wrapper. Please include gradle in your path, or install Android Studio ``` This is my environment configuration: ionic info global packages: ``` @ionic/cli-utils : 1.2.0 Cordova CLI : 7.0.1 Ionic CLI : 3.2.0 ``` local packages: ``` @ionic/app-scripts : 1.3.7 @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova : 1.2.1 @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.2.0 Cordova Platforms : android 6.2.3 Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.3.0 ``` System: ``` Node : v6.10.2 OS : Windows 10 Xcode : not installed ios-deploy : not installed ios-sim : not installed ``` ---
**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 29, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074/2 "2017-05-29T07:34:09Z")
> [@alejandrocao](#): > > Please include gradle > in your path, or install Android Studio So did you do what the error message tells you to do? ---
**Author:** ![alejandrocao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/alejandrocao/32/101995_2.png) [@alejandrocao](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/alejandrocao)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074/3 "2017-05-29T15:28:46Z")
No. I never had to install or configure gradle … did anything change with the new version of cordova or ionic, or is it the new version of android sdk? [Https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/android/#configuring-gradle](Https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/android/#configuring-gradle) What is the best way to install or configure it? Thanks, Alejandro ---
**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 29, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074/4 "2017-05-29T19:13:04Z")
Download and install Android Studio - should take care of most of the stuff automagically. And yes, Android SDK is moving stuff around with minor and even patch releases. cordova-android is trying to keep up, but it’s very hard. ---
**Author:** ![mtsecurit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@mtsecurit](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mtsecurit)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074/5 "2017-06-20T12:25:41Z")
I have android studio installed and it has all functioned perfectly for months. So why should this happen now. I tried to removed a plugin (crosswalk) tried to install a new one (with the lite flag) this failed. They when trying to run android I get these issues. I have re-added the platform with no luck. Any tips or ideas. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074/6 "2017-06-20T13:10:54Z")
Open a new topic and include all relevant information please. (`ionic info`, error message, command executed etc) ---
**Author:** ![mtsecurit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@mtsecurit](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mtsecurit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-build-android-failed-could-not-find-an-installed-version-of-gradle/92074/7 "2017-06-21T08:48:28Z")
I fixed it in the end by installing Gradle separately. Works lovely now. Thanks for the response