`phonegap build android` faild. exit log says, “Command failed with exit code 1”

Question

I am trying to execute the phonegap build android command, but it is giving me an error. I need it to create an apk file to send push notifications to it. I have created a new project and when I execute the command I get the following error.

Downloading http://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: java.net.UnknownHostException: services.gradle.org
    at org.gradle.wrapper.ExclusiveFileAccessManager.access(ExclusiveFileAccessManager.java:78)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.Install.createDist(Install.java:47)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:129)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:48)
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: services.gradle.org
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:184)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538)
    at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:211)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:308)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:326)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:1168)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1104)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:998)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:932)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1512)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1440)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.downloadInternal(Download.java:59)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.download(Download.java:45)

    at org.gradle.wrapper.Install$1.call(Install.java:60)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.Install$1.call(Install.java:47)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.ExclusiveFileAccessManager.access(ExclusiveFileAccessManager.java:65)
    ... 3 more
C:\Users\anuraag\PhoneGapProjects\phonegapDemo\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:126 throw e; ^ Error code 1 for command: cmd with args: /s /c "C:\Users\anuraag\PhoneGapProjects\phonegapDemo\platforms\android\gradlew cdvBuildDebug -b C:\Users\anuraag\PhoneGapProjects\phonegapDemo\platforms\android\build.gradle -Dorg.gradle.daemon=true"

Command finished with error code 1: cmd /s /c "C:\Users\anuraag\PhoneGapProjects\phonegapDemo\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat"

ERROR building one of the platforms: Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1 You may not have the required environment or OS to build this project

Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1 at ChildProcess.whenDone (C:\Users\anuraag\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\phonegap\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\cordova-common\src\superspawn.js:139:23) at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7) at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:818:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)

What I feel is the problem? I think that phonegap is not being able to download gradle from http://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip as the .gradle folder is empty.

Why I can't resolve it and a possible solution? I have read many answers for similar problems but none of the resolved my error. I am not behind any proxy and have temporarily disabled my firewall and anti-virus. But still I've frequently encountered problems of connecting to servers in eclipse and android sdk.Generally by doing a manual install I was able to overcome them.

I have ran phonegap build android before, I am assuming the problem started when phonegap updated to support gradle. So i was wondering if I can manually the files needed and populate the .gradle folder.

You have installed and configured the entire development environment for Android (SDK )? See - developer.android.com/intl/pt-br/sdk/installing/index.html - This could solve your problem. — Caio Ladislau
@user3420463 you are correct. This is because your gradle did not install well. I made some minor corrections to your post. Which platform are you working on? Windows, OSX, Linux? Are you working with an IDE? Eclipse, Android Studio, Visual Studio? — user3255670
I am working on a windows machine, I have android studio installed. Even if I try to reinstall gradle it doesn't work. Somethimg prevents the CLI to reach the server(I can reach it using the browser). — ada2161

ada2161 ada2161 · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-18T17:25:08

The solution for the problem was running the command setx _JAVA_OPTIONS -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true and updating the sdk libraries and then running phonegap build android

`phonegap build android` faild. exit log says, “Command failed with exit code 1”

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