cordova requirements Command failed with ENOENT

[AlainReve]

I'm really stuck with :
Requirements check results for android:
Java JDK: installed 17.0.6
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: not installed
Command failed with ENOENT: avdmanager list target
spawn avdmanager ENOENT
Gradle: installed /opt/gradle/gradle-7.6/bin/gradle
Some of requirements check failed

I found the list here :
https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/android/index.html

What I do does not seem to be recognised by Cordova. For example,

"java -version" : openjdk version "19.0.2" 2023-01-17
(and I tried it up to version 21 - I've got 6 java versions on my system now!)
but cordova still only sees version 17.

I installed sdkmanager, following instructions here :
https://www.androidcentral.com/installing-android-sdk-windows-mac-and-linux-tutorial
then I typed:
~/AndroidSDK/cmdline-tools/latest/bin$ ./sdkmanager --install "platforms;android-33"
(I installed from android-25 to android-33)
but cordova still says "Android target: not installed". I thought these "platforms;android-xx" WERE the targets.

I fiddled with $PATH and so-and-so's HOME environment variables.

sdkmanager --list : lists around 400 packages and I don't know which to choose. I don't know what half of the things on https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/android/index.html ARE, I try to look them up and I install random packages (via sdkmanager, apt and snap). I already managed to mess up my system once. Got it fixed (I hate it when apt upgrade returns errors).

Hum... Any plans to create a cordova package sometimes soon? Then I could just type "sudo apt install cordova", eventually accept one or two licences along the way, and I would get a functional version with all required dependencies... As it stands, I feel I'm going round in circles...

Why doesn't cordova notice when I change the java sdk version? It noticed when I upgraded Gradle. OK, "why" is not the right question, is it? How can I make it notice? How can I tell it there are android targets on my system (supposing the "platforms;android-xx" really are android targets"?

[breautek]

Why doesn't cordova notice when I change the java sdk version?

Cordova first checks and uses CORDOVA_JAVA_HOME environment variable if set, then falls back to JAVA_HOME (if I recall correctly.)

So if CORDOVA_JAVA_HOME or JAVA_HOME is set to a JDK 17 environment, it will use those binaries over say a PATH order. I'd also note that JDK 17 would be the recommended environment to use as that's what Android Studio will use and their tools assumes a JDK 17 environment. JDK 19 or later is not officially supported by the android SDK so mileage may vary there.

For what it's worth, I also get

Android target: not installed
Command failed with ENOENT: avdmanager list target
spawn avdmanager ENOENT

when running the requirements command, but cordova and android building still works, so those might be a bug with the requirements command itself, rather than the bug in the actual cordova-android platform.

How can I tell it there are android targets on my system (supposing the "platforms;android-xx" really are android targets"?

A workaround would be to use sdkmanager directly as you were already doing:

$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --list_installed

And you're right, you're looking for platforms;... lines:

  platforms;android-33                                  | 3            | Android SDK Platform 33                    | platforms/android-33                                 
  platforms;android-34                                  | 3            | Android SDK Platform 34                    | platforms/android-34  

In my case, I have both android API 33 and 34 installed. At this time, Cordova only supports API 33. API 34 support will be introduced in the upcoming cordova-android@13 release.