[jira] [Created] (CB-7280) "cordova add platform android" throws a confusing exception

["teo (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

teo created CB-7280:
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             Summary: "cordova add platform android" throws a confusing exception
                 Key: CB-7280
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7280
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Android
         Environment: ubuntu 14.04, target android
            Reporter: teo


Here's the output from $ cordova platform add android
Downloading cordova library for android...
Download complete
Creating android project...

/home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:126
                    throw e;
                          ^
Error: An error occurred while listing Android targets
    at /home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/lib/check_reqs.js:87:29
    at _rejected (/home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:808:24)
    at /home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:834:30
    at Promise.when (/home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:1079:31)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:752:41)
    at /home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:574:44
    at flush (/home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)
Error: /home/teo/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.0/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 8
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:135:23)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:810:5)

I do have the Android SDK installed, and I don't know whether it is set up properly in order for cordova to find it. I followed installation instructions which, by the way, are extremely convoluted (every documentation page tells you there is a requirement that you needs to install first and links you to another page and these links eventually lead to a loop).


If the exception above is supposed to be telling me that the Android SDK cannot be found, then that's not the proper way of informing me of that. A more meaningful error message should be given (if that is the cause of the exception).




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