I'm trying to create a new Android project using Cordova/Phonegap.
I have downloaded cordova-2.9.0, and the ADT Bundle for Mac.
I extracted ADT to ~/Developer/Android, and added it to my PATH:
export PATH="$HOME/Development/Android/sdk/tools:$PATH"
export PATH="$HOME/Development/Android/sdk/platform-tools:$PATH"
I then try to run the cordova create script, but it fails:
→ bin sudo ./create ~/Projects/myproject/cordova-android com.mydomain.myproject myproject
Password:
BUILD FAILED
/Users/asgeo1/Development/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:714: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/Users/asgeo1/Development/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:728: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
Total time: 1 second
An unexpected error occurred: ant jar > /dev/null exited with 1
Deleting project...
Not very helpful. So I edit the Cordova create script so it will output some more information.
# COMMENTED OUT piping to /dev/null:
#
# compile cordova.js and cordova.jar
pushd "$BUILD_PATH"/framework # > /dev/null
ant jar #> /dev/null
popd #> /dev/null
Then I re-ran the create script:
→ bin sudo ./create ~/Projects/myproject/cordova-android com.mydomain.myproject myproject
~/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/framework ~/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/bin
Buildfile: /Users/asgeo1/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/framework/build.xml
-pre-build:
-check-env:
[checkenv] Android SDK Tools Revision 22.0.5
[checkenv] Installed at /Users/asgeo1/Development/Android/sdk
-setup:
[echo] Project Name: Cordova
[gettype] Project Type: Android Library
-build-setup:
[getbuildtools] Using latest Build Tools: 18.0.1
[echo] Resolving Build Target for Cordova...
[gettarget] Project Target: Android 4.3
[gettarget] API level: 18
[echo] ----------
[echo] Creating output directories if needed...
[echo] ----------
[echo] Resolving Dependencies for Cordova...
[dependency] Library dependencies:
[dependency] No Libraries
[echo] ----------
[echo] Building Libraries with '${build.target}'...
[subant] No sub-builds to iterate on
-code-gen:
[mergemanifest] No changes in the AndroidManifest files.
[echo] Handling aidl files...
[aidl] No AIDL files to compile.
[echo] ----------
[echo] Handling RenderScript files...
[renderscript] No RenderScript files to compile.
[echo] ----------
[echo] Handling Resources...
[aapt] No changed resources. R.java and Manifest.java untouched.
[echo] ----------
[echo] Handling BuildConfig class...
[buildconfig] Generating BuildConfig class.
-pre-compile:
-compile:
[javac] Compiling 104 source files to /Users/asgeo1/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/framework/bin/classes
[javac] /Users/asgeo1/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/framework/src/com/squareup/okhttp/Connection.java:171: method does not override a method from its superclass
[javac] @Override public void close() throws IOException {
[javac] ^
And there's another 40 errors like the one above, regarding @override.
From what I can tell on Google, this is because in jdk 1.6 and above, the @override annotations changed. (or something like that): Why is javac failing on @Override annotation
OK, so I work out that the Android SDK configuration for ant is in a file called build.xml. Low and behold, it has some settings for Java 1.5:
<property name="java.target" value="1.5" />
<property name="java.source" value="1.5" />
If I change those values to 1.6 or 1.7, I get a java error when re-running the Cordova create script:
-compile:
[javac] Compiling 104 source files to /Users/asgeo1/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/framework/bin/classes
[javac] javac: invalid source release: 1.7
[javac] Usage: javac <options> <source files>
I'm really scratching my head here. I'm not an expert on Java, so I don't get what is going on here.
Does anyone know how to run the create script for Cordova Android on OSX ?
UPDATE
After following @cartland's advice below I was able to get rid of the @Override errors. Still getting one last error though:
-compile:
[javac] Compiling 104 source files to /Users/asgeo1/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/framework/bin/classes
[javac] /Users/asgeo1/Downloads/cordova-2.9.0/cordova-android/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/InAppBrowser.java:523: error: cannot find symbol
[javac] settings.setPluginsEnabled(true);
[javac] ^
[javac] symbol: method setPluginsEnabled(boolean)
[javac] location: variable settings of type WebSettings
[javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
[javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
[javac] 1 error
I'll try and work out what that is - but if anyone knows, please post an answer :)
UPDATE 2
I know what the 2nd error is. It's mentioned here: https://developer.motorolasolutions.com/thread/3640
Cordova 2.9.0 is not compatible with Android SDK 18. I need to use Cordova 3.0.0 with Android SDK 18. (or conversely downgrade the Android SDK to 17)
