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Posted to commits@cordova.apache.org by fi...@apache.org on 2013/07/18 22:26:06 UTC

[3/3] git commit: [CB-4286] Added known windows issue to README.md

[CB-4286] Added known windows issue to README.md


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Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/commit/fae96275
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/tree/fae96275
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Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: fae9627557dac3a84720e15fc8a51b417ae35452
Parents: b494b37
Author: ldeluca <ld...@us.ibm.com>
Authored: Wed Jul 17 14:55:48 2013 -0400
Committer: Fil Maj <ma...@gmail.com>
Committed: Thu Jul 18 13:25:41 2013 -0700

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@@ -175,6 +175,31 @@ Please check [Cordova issues with the CLI Component](http://issues.cordova.io).
 - Which mobile SDKs you have installed, and which version. Related to this: which Xcode version if you are submitting issues related to iOS
 - Any error stack traces you received
 
+## Known Issues and Troubleshooting
+
+#Windows
+When trying to add a platform on a Windows machine if you run into the following error message:
+    cordova library for "android" already exists. No need to download. Continuing.
+    Checking if platform "android" passes minimum requirements...
+    Checking Android requirements...
+    Running "android list target" (output to follow)
+    
+    Error: The command `android` failed. Make sure you have the latest Android SDK installed, and the `android` command (inside the tools/ folder) added t
+    o your path. Output:
+    at C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\src\platform.js:185:42
+    at C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\src\metadata\android_parser.js:50:13
+    at C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\shelljs\shell.js:1707:7
+    at exithandler (child_process.js:633:7)
+    at ChildProcess.errorhandler (child_process.js:649:5)
+    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
+    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:787:12)
+
+run the command "android list target".  If you see:
+    'xcopy' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
+    operable program or batch file.
+
+at the beginning of the command output, it means you will need to update your Windows Path variable to include xcopy. This location is typically under C:\Windows\System32. 
+
 ## Contributors
 
 Thanks to everyone for contributing! For a list of people involved, please see the `package.json` file.